Bowie Baysox
Benjamin Baker is an accomplished turf management professional with extensive experience in groundskeeping across various sports and golf environments. Currently serving as the Head Groundskeeper for the Chesapeake Baysox since July 2022, Benjamin oversees a crew dedicated to maintaining professional sports turf, including a recent field conversion project. Previous roles include Head Groundskeeper for the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs and the Bridgeport Bluefish, where responsibilities encompassed personnel management and budget oversight. Additional experience includes positions at Wheat's Lawn & Custom Landscape, Inc., Lakewood Country Club, Stonewall Resort, and the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, where Benjamin received recognition for outstanding field management. Educational qualifications include a degree in Turfgrass Management from The Ohio State University and earlier studies in Sociology at Colorado State University.
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Bowie Baysox
The Bowie Baysox are the Class AA Minor League Affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles and have been in operation since 1993. The organization has played its home games at Prince George's Stadium in Bowie, MD since the 1994 season. The Bowie Baysox pride themselves on being one of the top family and group outing attractions around the metropolitan Washington, DC/Baltimore area each and every year. With a stadium that seats 10,000 fans, great professional baseball action, fun for families, kids and adults including great between inning promotions, a kids park that features a carousel and inflatable games, affordable ticket and concessions prices and Free Parking, fans love coming out to a Baysox game between April - September each season. The Baysox have also played host to many Major League Baseball stars over the years including: Jeffrey Hammonds, Gregg Zaun, Armando Benitez, Jayson Werth, Jerry Hairston, Jr., Nick Markakis, Chris Tillman, Brian Roberts, Matt Wieters, Manny Machado, and many others. The Baysox captured their first Eastern League Championship in 2015.