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By education and experience - Accountant with a specialty in taxation. Formerly a CPA (license has lapsed). Masters degree in law of taxation from University of Denver. Now retired. Part time work during baseball season as receptionist & switchboard operator for the Colorado Rockies. This gig feeds my soul in ways I have trouble articulating. One daughter, and four grandchildren. I share the house with two cats; a big goof of a cat called Grinch (named as a joke for his easy going "whatever" disposition); and Lady, a shelter adoptee with a regal bearing and sweet little soprano voice. I would be very bereft if it ever becomes necessary to keep house without a cat.
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Coors Field Nugget Eleven - uneventful day
Not much happened, including a baseball game! Weather which would be bitterly cold no matter what the time of year, along with a dusting of snow, postponed the game. I had a nine am call, for a 7:30 pm game, but by 10:30 the game had been postponed. A couple of bright ideas occurring to stadium operations staff resulted in a recording which answered the phones for us, so the two of us working in reception assisted with phone calls to several dozen staff members whose shifts were moved from Saturday to Sunday. By three pm, the lobby doors were locked and I was on my way home.
When I arrived this morning, the hallway in the tunnel was banked on one side by box after box after box of "rally towels." Obviously, everyone who has scored a ticket for the two NLDS games in Denver will take a towel home. That's probably close to 90,000 promotion giveaways, lined up on fork lift ready pallets, to be moved to the gate areas when we know the game is going to be played.
The only lobby visitors were a handful of frustrated media types, from radio, TV, and local newspapers. By the time most of them had thought to head over to the stadium, the PR department was closing things up and sending people home.
In the TV truck bays at the back of the stadium, TBS, the MLB network, and ESPN were set up and spent much of the morning recording atmospheric shots of the stadium clothed in about an inch and a half of snow. Radio chatter much of the day contained continuous mentions of "uplink" difficulties related to the cold.
For the first time in my seven years of working at Coors Field, I was late for my call time without an explanatory phone call in advance of my arrival. The streets at 8 am were not particularly hazardous, if one was careful, nonetheless I passed three fender-bender type accidents and was forced to slow down to get past them. My phone was in the back seat, and in any event, it wouldn't have been a good day to make a phone call while at the wheel of the car, so I just kept on keeping on and signed in as soon as I could.
We'll play a game on Monday. The time depends on the outcome of the ALDS - if those contests go to a fourth game, they will have first dibs on the evening broadcast slot, and we'll play at noon. If one of those contests results in a sweep, we'll play in the evening.
One more day to remember! Even if nothing much happened, it was the first time I had a day like it.
When I arrived this morning, the hallway in the tunnel was banked on one side by box after box after box of "rally towels." Obviously, everyone who has scored a ticket for the two NLDS games in Denver will take a towel home. That's probably close to 90,000 promotion giveaways, lined up on fork lift ready pallets, to be moved to the gate areas when we know the game is going to be played.
The only lobby visitors were a handful of frustrated media types, from radio, TV, and local newspapers. By the time most of them had thought to head over to the stadium, the PR department was closing things up and sending people home.
In the TV truck bays at the back of the stadium, TBS, the MLB network, and ESPN were set up and spent much of the morning recording atmospheric shots of the stadium clothed in about an inch and a half of snow. Radio chatter much of the day contained continuous mentions of "uplink" difficulties related to the cold.
For the first time in my seven years of working at Coors Field, I was late for my call time without an explanatory phone call in advance of my arrival. The streets at 8 am were not particularly hazardous, if one was careful, nonetheless I passed three fender-bender type accidents and was forced to slow down to get past them. My phone was in the back seat, and in any event, it wouldn't have been a good day to make a phone call while at the wheel of the car, so I just kept on keeping on and signed in as soon as I could.
We'll play a game on Monday. The time depends on the outcome of the ALDS - if those contests go to a fourth game, they will have first dibs on the evening broadcast slot, and we'll play at noon. If one of those contests results in a sweep, we'll play in the evening.
One more day to remember! Even if nothing much happened, it was the first time I had a day like it.
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