Jake Tyler's job is to see to it the Mud Hens aren't, strictly, muddy. Piles of snow were shoveled off the field by hand because the field was too fragile for heavy equipment. Add his job to the list of those made harder by the winter nobody in our region is sorry to see leave.

Digging out from winter in Toledo

Jake Tyler’s job is to see to it the Mud Hens aren’t, strictly, muddy. Piles of snow were shoveled off the field by hand because the field was too fragile for heavy equipment. Add his job to the list of those made harder by the winter nobody in our region is sorry to see leave. Making sure the “Field” part of Fifth Third Field is ready for the Mud Hens’ home opener is generally a laid-back job — aerate the soil, add a layer of sand, spread fertilizer on the grassy parts, mow it a couple of times


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