Sports Field Maintenance

Biography:

Barney Lopas?EUR??,,?? childhood was full-immersion baseball. Growing up in Appleton, Wisconsin, he lived just down the street from a minor league team, the Single A White Sox. By age five he was a bat-boy for the team. Even as a kid, Barney loved baseball. He played little league, played with friends, played right up through high school. When he realized he wouldn?EUR??,,??t be able to play ball professionally, he decided to stay as close to the game as possible

It was a decision that came easily for him. Barney?EUR??,,??s older brother had worked as groundskeeper for several years with their hometown minor league team. But he?EUR??,,??d been offered a job with the Florida Marlins and was leaving town. So it was in 1985 that Barney took over the job, and became Head Groundskeeper for the Single A team. He never looked back. Twenty years later, Barney Lopas is still keeping the field green and playable?EUR??,,?(R)only now he works for the Big Leagues: the Los Angeles Angels at Anaheim, Calif.?EUR??,,??s Angel Stadium.

Course Title: Sports Field Maintenance

Course Description: Baseball infield installation and maintenance, along with building the mounds and maintaining them.

Schedule subject to change