OTA has Family Fun Night at Springfield Cardinals Game
/The Ozark Turf Association had a family fun night recently at a Springfield Cardinals game at Hammons Field in Springfield, Missouri. The Springfield Cardinals are the AA minor league affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.
OTA members brought their wives or girlfriends and kids to a fun filled evening sponsored by Barry Siems owner of Precision Turf Products.
Attendees were treated to the regular baseball fare such as hot dogs, hamburgers, and chicken fingers, with the chicken fingers being the favorites on repeat visits. The OTA sponsored the adult beverages.
It was a fireworks Friday following the game, which unfortunately was the only fireworks from the host Cardinals as they lost to the Arkansas Travelers (Seattle Mariners AA affiliate) 15-1.
Some of our attendees also made it down to the field for the aftergame “On the Field Dance Party” where OTA members Field Manager Derek Edwards and his assistant, Nathan Strait provided a topnotch dance floor that doubles as the outfield turf. We didn’t get pictures of that group on the field, but we do share the pictures of the group up in our party deck. (Yes, under intense pressure from our group, I had to post a picture of myself, so I posted a picture of Cindy and myself with our rally caps on).
This is becoming a fan favorite and we will be looking to put this on our meeting schedule again next year.