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“You measure things out, you mark it, and Well the game went late and the sprinklers went on,” says Ferguson with a laugh.
you drive in between the lines. If you want The game in question was July 29th vs. Kansas City, and the grounds crew hustled
it darker, you have to keep going over it to turn off the water before play could resume.
with the (machine’s) rollers.”
“We ended up winning that game 16-15 in the bottom of the 11th. People said to me:
‘Fergie, it was entertainment.’ No one was really mad about it.”
Everyone who’s walked on the “Although the other team might have been,” he concedes.
field for the first time at Shaw In all likelihood, a few minutes of “unscheduled watering” probably didn’t alter either

Park comes away with the same team’s season in a significant way. But that game, and the year, certainly ended the
way the Goldeyes wanted it to.
thought. Every square inch And, two titles in five years notwithstanding, Ferguson and the team’s management
feels like lush, high pile carpet know that championship seasons aren’t guaranteed. Still, Goldeyes fans are hoping

beneath your feet. The grass is for another September playoff run, with their team winning the final game and
celebrating well into the night, once again.
impeccable. Regardless, one thing is certain.

The guy who looks after Shaw Park will back at work in the morning. He’ll have a few
things to do. ■
And despite the painstaking attention to
detail by its facility and grounds manager,
sometimes even a mistake can work in the
home team’s favour.
“The most interesting thing from last year
was when the sprinklers went on during
a game. I was away for a few days, and
I forgot to tell (Don Jr.) what time the
sprinklers were scheduled to go on.

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