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We're here at the home of the AtlantaBraves truest park.
Today we are stepping behindthe plate with the team behind the team.

Let's go.

>> Turns out a path to a career inprofessional sports doesn't have toinclude scoring goals or hitting homers.

It can go through science, art, music,community work, food, and more.

Prosports teams create a micro economy fullof hundreds of amazing people workingamazing careers.

And today we'rerounding the bases with some of them inthis 10-minute special.

Meet Insung Kim,vice president and creative director ofthe Atlanta Braves.

Some careers insports start with a sketch and end up inthe hands of fans around the world.

>> I have one of the coolest jobs in theworld because I get to design things.

And the players and fans in one of myfavorite sports, they get to wear it andthey get to keep it.

So, it's reallyfun.

>> From jerseys to bobbleheads, creativityis key.

>> This is the Outcast bobblehead.

So, wegot Big Boy and Andre 3000 over here.

and play your lipstick Cadillac funkymusic.

>> And for Mr.

Kim, a little nostalgia fromhis childhood inspired some big ideas.

>> So, this is a new game used store hereat Truce Park called South End TradingCompany.

We wanted to remind you of kindof the baseball card shops that you andI went to growing up.

We you canactually come here and buy a baseballfrom the game that you watch today.

So,we have a neon light outside the store.

So once all the uh baseballs from uhtoday's game are brought over here umthe light goes on and you come in thestore and you can say you know what uhthis is this is my first baseball gameso I want to make sure that I get abaseball from today's game.

>> Who is a teacher out there who impactedyou on your journey?>> So I want to give a shout out to MissSpencer my uh my art teacher in seventhgrade.

Without her I never would havepursued art.

She was the one that thatencouraged me and told me, "Hey, this issomething that you're really good at.

Maybe you should continue to u follow itbecause she saw something in me and Iand I'm so grateful to her for that.

">> Amazing.

Impacting the next generationteachers out there.

Keep it up.

>> This is Scott Beam, director of fieldoperations.

Long before fans fill thestands and players take the field, workon the field is well underway.

We'rehere 24/7 pretty much from March untilOctober.

So, there's a lot of demand,but from fertilizing to cutting um todragging the infield to to managingmoisture, um there's a lot that goes oninto making this thing playable everyday.

>> Keeping a field looking major leagueready takes serious skill and science.

For the next generation out there, ifthey're looking to maybe get into thiskind of career path, what sort of skillsor studies should they be working on? Igot you.

Science is big for us.

Um,obviously we're watching um diseasecontrol.

Uh, we're fertilizing, soknowing rates of fertilization.

Igraduated from Penn State with my turfdegree.

I mean, that's a good program toget into to be able to to learn thisstuff and to to do a career like this.

>> While players study the playbook, thiscrew studies soil, weather patterns, andmore to make sure the field is gameready.

>> The biggest thing for us is weather.

Um,especially down here, we're not a domefacility.

So, you know, I'm alwayswatching the weather.

Tarping is ofutmost important on this field.

I have asystem underneath the field that I canpump 102,000 gallons of water in an houroff of this field.

I mean, that's that'swhat we care about is the player safety.

Um, and then, you know, obviously wantto look good, but if it has to take aseat back to look good, we want to makesure it plays good.

>> You hear that? Preparation, preparation,preparation, and attention to details.

He didn't say 100,000 gallons of wateroff this field.

He said 102,000 gallonsof water he can pump off this field.

That's awesome.

From the field to the front row seats,meet Katie Hearn, manager of game daystaffing and administration.

If you likemeeting, greeting, and making peoplesmile, you can make a career out of thatas well.

Katie, you help manage thepeople that fans interact with most at aballpark.

What makes a great employee?>> Being a good teammate.

I tell people whocome to work for us the the importanceof being a good role player.

If youcoming from playing a sport, you knowthat the person who passes the ball isnot 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, getexcited about your role, get excited todo your role every day, and you're goingto have a great time.

>> Katie always says one thing.

What is themost important part of your uniform? Andit's the smile.

If you can come to theballpark, give a warm and sinceregreeting with a smile and it's got to besincere.

Uh, anticipate the fan needsand at the end of the night we give thema bond farewell and we make sure thatthey enjoy theel at this ball parkcreate memories that they'll ever forgetand relationship that they'll alwayshave for the rest of their life.

After landing your dream job, your lifechanged in a major way.

Tell us yourstory and what kept pushing you throughit.

>> I started with the Braves in 2016 andthen I suddenly lost my vision in 2017and I really wanted to continue workingbecause of the passion I had built forour guest and for our staff.

And so theBraves were really supportive of that.

We had an accessible advisory committeeat the time that were really helping usdecide what we were going to put intruest park.

I was lucky enough to be apart of that in my very first year.

Right now, we're standing in section 39,which is front row accessible seating.

Iwant to make sure that this ballpark isthe most inclusive place that you can gowatch a game or any type ofentertainment.

So, that is what keeps mehere, and that's the passion that Icontinue to to hold every day.

>> Next up, Danielle Badassi, VP ofcommunity affairs and executive directorof the Atlanta Braves Foundation.

If youdream of creating positive change in theworld, you can do that far beyond thefield.

How does your career show thathaving a career in sports can impactpeople far beyond the playing field?>> Oh my goodness.

Well, first of all, Ilike to say that I have the best job inbaseball um because I get to use thiswhole stadium, all of our players, ourteammates, all of our fans, and I get togo and do good things for our community.

So whether that's um supporting youthbaseball, um building baseball fields,it's going out and doing fooddistributions, I get to build communitythrough baseball every day and it's fun.

>> And beyond the ballpark, the impactkeeps growing.

>> We uh honored one of our Braves heroesuh Hank Aaron with the establishment ofthe Henry Lewis Aaron Fund.

And throughthat, this past year, we've been able toannounce a project called the Hank AaronDiamonds.

The Hank Aaron Diamonds aregoing to put a brand new baseball andsoftball infield at every Atlanta publicschool high school over the next year.

So, um, we've already opened four, uh,baseball fields opened in February onHank's birthday, which was a reallyspecial thing.

And now we're in theprocess of of building the four softballfields.

So, we're going season byseason.

Um, so when we're done, we'llhave 16 brand new Hankar and Diamondsacross all of Atlanta public schools.

And that to me feels like a love letterto our kids in Atlanta that that willhave an opportunity to to play on ahankaren diamond to to feel like they'rea part of the Braves.

And and that'sreally what this all about.

>> For many, that's what makes the jobtruly meaningful.

>> This can change lives.

What I do everyday gets to change lives.

whether it'sjust giving someone a moment umextending the life of a child and and umcreating opportunities and and that'sthe privilege of all of this.

>> So whether it's science, design,entertainment, or simply showing up witha smile, these careers prove you don'thave to be on the game day roster towork in professional sports.

>> Did you notice how everyone said thatthey have the best job? Well, it may behard to compete with Jeffrey Schmidt,senior director of entertainment andevents, and he had a surprise for us.

>> Oh, man.

It is so good to see you, Cory.

You, too.

>> Listen, you're in Braves country.

Yougot the hat.

You're looking good.

Butyou know what? If you're going to takein the experience, I I got I can't letyou go without a jersey.

But check itout.

>> Oh, yeah.

That is just for you rightthere.

Check that out.

We got to do thisin style.

I need to wear this.

Yes.

For those of you who love music andperforming arts, did you ever think youcould join a pro sports team and bringsome positive vibes, baseball seasontypically runs April through the end ofSeptember into October if you make thepostseason, but this is a year- roundoperation.

It takes us all year to planthese experiences.

I have a team of over100 people that help put on the game dayexperience just for the liveentertainment element.

So, between ourdrum line and our our tomahawk team andour mascot team and all the liveentertainers and variety performers thatcome out, you don't just have to be abaseball fan to come to a game likethis.

You just be an entertainment fan.

>> Jeffrey's path to his career might notbe what you'd expect.

>> So, I wanted to be on Broadway.

Musicaltheater was my passion.

That's what Iwanted to do.

So, for a brief moment, Iwent to a theater school in New YorkCity.

Um, but I realized quickly that Ikind of I love the passion of being inthe live experience.

So, I ended upafter college going into theme parks.

Iworked in theme parks for 14 yearscreating consumer events and also uhI've been all over the country.

Did thatfor 14 years.

And now this is my 14thyear in Major League Baseball.

Turns outthe path to a career in pro sportsdoesn't have to go through a game dayroster.

It can go through arts, music,science, community work, leadership, andgood oldfashioned teamwork.

Thanks forlearning with me and playing ball today.

I'm Koi Wire.

We are CNN 10.

I'm out ofhere.