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The definitive image of baseball from this time last year was that of the empty stadium—a ghostly cathedral of green, missing not just its fans, but players and workers, too. For the first time in the history of organized baseball, the calendar turned to Opening Day, and no one could set foot in a ballpark.
Well—almost. There was one group of people who still had to visit to the stadium. It’s the same group that has to be there throughout the offseason, through any weather, earliest in the morning and latest at night.