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We're here at the home of the Atlanta Braves truest park, from the people who keep the field looking major league ready, to the creative minds designing what players wear, to the planners bringing that ballpark energy.
And leaders making a difference in the community.
Today we are stepping behind the plate with the team behind the team.
Let's go.
Turns out, a path to a career in professional sports doesn't have to include scoring goals or hitting homers.
It can go through science, art, music, community work, food, and more.
Pro sports teams create a micro economy full of hundreds of amazing people working amazing careers.
And today we're rounding the bases with some of them in this 10 minute special special meet in Sung Kim, vice president and creative director of the Atlanta Braves.
Some careers in sports start with a sketch and end up in the hands of fans around the world.
I have one of the coolest jobs in the world because I get to design things and the players and fans in one of my favorite sports to get aware and they get to keep it.
So it's really fun.
From jerseys to bobbleheads, creativity is key.
This is the outcast bobblehead, so we got Big Boi and Andre 3000 over here.
Southern, playlistic, Cadillac, funky music.
And for Mr. Kim, a little nostalgia from his childhood inspired some big ideas.
So this is a new game used store here at Truist Park called South End Trading Company.
We wanted to remind you of kind of the baseball card shops that you and I went to growing up.
You could actually come here and buy a baseball from the game that you watched today.
So we have a neon light outside the store.
So once all the baseballs from today's game are brought over here, the light goes on and you come in the store and you can say you know what.
This is this is my first baseball game.
So I want to make sure that I get a baseball from today's games.
Who is it? teacher out there who impacted you on your journey?
So I want to give a shout out to Miss Spencer, my art teacher in seventh grade.
Without her, I never would have pursued art.
She was the one that encouraged me and told me, hey, this is something that you're really good at.
Maybe you should continue to follow it, because She saw something in me and I'm so grateful to her for that.
Amazing.
Impacting the next generation teachers out there.
Keep it up!
This is Scott Beam, Director of Field Operations.
Long before fans fill the stands and players take the field, work on the field is well underway.
We're here 24-7 pretty much from March until October.
So there's a lot of demand, but from fertilizing to cutting, to dragging the infield, to managing moisture, there's a lot that goes on into making this thing playable every day.
Keeping a field-looking Major League ready takes serious skill and science.
For the next generation out there.
If they're looking to maybe get into this kind of career path, what sort of skills or studies should they be working on?
I got you.
Science is big for us.
Obviously, we're watching disease control.
We're fertilizing, so knowing rates of fertilization.
I graduated from Penn State with my turf degree.
I mean, that's a good program to get into, to be able to learn this stuff and to do a career like this.
While players study the playbook, this crew studies soil, weather patterns and more to make sure the field is game ready.
The biggest thing for us is weather, especially down here.
We're not a dome facility, so I'm always watching the weather.
Tarping is of utmost importance.
On this field.
I have a system underneath the field that I can pump 102000 gallons of water, and an hour off of this field
I mean, that's what we care about is the player's safety.
And then you know, obviously we want it to look good, but if it has to take a seat back and look good, we want to make sure it plays good.
Preparation preparation, preparation and attention to details.
He didn't say 100,000 gallons of water off this field.
He said 102,000 gallons of water he can pump off this field.
That's awesome.
From the field to the front row seats meet Katie Hearn, manager of game day staffing and administration.
If you like meeting, greeting, and making people smile, you can make a career out of that as well.
Katie, you help manage the people that fans interact with most at a ballpark.
What makes a great employee?
Being a good teammate.
I tell people who come to work for us the importance of being a good role player.
If you're coming from playing a sport, you know that the person who passes the ball is not always going to get the limelight, but they are so important to the game.
And so we all work together as a team.
It's a team sport on the field and off.
So we tell people know your role, get excited about your role, get excited to do your role every day and you're gonna have a great time.
Katie always says one thing, what is the most important part of your uniform?
And it's the smile.
If you can come to this ballpark, Give a warm and sincere greeting with a smile and it's got to be sincere.
Anticipate the fans' needs, and at the end of the night, we'll give them a fun farewell.
And we'll make sure that they enjoy themselves at this ballpark, creating memories that they'll ever forget and relationships that they'll always have for the rest of their life.
After landing your dream job, your life changed in a major way.
Tell us your story and what kept pushing you through it.
I started with the braves in 2016 and then i suddenly lost my vision in 2017 and i really wanted to continue working because of the passion i had built for our guests and for our staff, and so the braves were really supportive of that.
We had an accessible advisory committee at the time.
They were really helping us decide what we were going to put in Truist Park.
I was lucky enough to be a part of that in my very first year.
Right now we're standing in section 39, which is front row accessible seating.
I want to make sure that this ballpark is the most inclusive place that you can go watch a game or any type of entertainment.
So that is what keeps me here and that's the passion that I continue to hold every day.
Next up, Danielle Badassi, VP of Community Affairs and Executive Director of the Atlanta Braves Foundation.
If you dream of creating positive change in the world, you can do that far beyond the field.
How does your career show that having a career in sports can impact people far beyond the playing field?
Oh my goodness.
Well, first of all, I like to say that I have the best job in baseball because I get to use this whole stadium, all of our players, our teammates, all of our fans, and I get to go and do good things for our community.
So whether that's supporting youth baseball, building baseball fields, going out and doing food distributions.
I get to build community through baseball every day, and it's fun.
And beyond the ballpark, the impact keeps growing.
We honored one of our Braves heroes, Hank Aaron, with the establishment of the Henry Louis Aaron Fund.
And through that, this past year, we've been able to announce a project called Hank Aaron Diamonds.
The Hank Aaron Diamonds are going to put a brand new baseball and softball infield at every Atlanta public school, high school over the next year.
We've already opened four baseball fields opened in February on Hank's birthday, which was a really special thing.
And now we're in the process of building the four softball fields.
So we're going season by season.
So when we're done, we'll have 16 brand new Hank Aaron Diamonds across all of Atlanta Public Schools.
And that to me feels like a love letter to our kids in Atlanta that will have an opportunity to play on a Hank Aaron Diamond, to feel like they're a part of the Braves.
And that's really what this is all about.
For many, that's what makes the job truly meaningful.
This can change lives.
What I do every day gets to change lives, whether it's just giving someone a moment, extending the life of a child and creating opportunities.
And that's the privilege of all of this.
So, whether it's science design, entertainment or simply showing up with a smile, these careers prove you don't have to be on the game day roster to work in professional sports.
Did you notice how everyone said that they have the best job?
Well, it may be hard to compete with Jeffrey Schmidt, Senior Director of Entertainment and Events, and he had a surprise for us.
Oh man, it is so good to see you, Corey.
You too.
Listen, you're in Braves country, you got the hat, you're looking good, but you know what, if you're going to take in the experience, I can't let you go without a jersey.
But check it out.
Oh yeah, that is just for you.
Right there, check that out.
We gotta do this in style.
I need to wear this cut.
For those of you who love music and performing arts, did you ever think you could join a pro sports team and bring some positive vibes?
Baseball season typically runs April through the end of September into October if you make the postseason but this is a year-round operation.
It takes us all year to plan these experiences.
I have a team of over 100 people that helped put on the game day experience, just for the live entertainment element.
So, between our drum line and our tomahawk team and our mascot team and all the live entertainers and variety performers that come out, You don't just have to be a baseball fan to come to a game like this.
Just be an entertainment fan.
Jeffrey's path to his career might not be what you'd expect.
So I wanted to be on Broadway.
Musical theater was my passion.
That's what I wanted to do.
So for a brief moment, I went to a theater school in New York City.
But I realized quickly that I love the passion of being in the live experience.
So I ended up after college going into theme parks.
I worked in theme parks for 14 years creating consumer events and all.
I've been all over the country, did that for 14 years, and now this is my 14th year in Major League Baseball.
Turns out the path to a career in pro sports doesn't have to go through a game day roster.
It can go through arts, music, science, community work, leadership, and good old-fashioned teamwork.
Thanks for learning with me and playing ball today.
I'm Coy Wire.
We are CNN 10.
I'm out of here!
