On the Road: See How the Mets Locker Room Equipment Travels for Road Games

On the Road: See How the Mets Locker Room Equipment Travels for Road Games

[Music] You know, you were adamant at the beginning of the year that if you just stuck with what you were doing, eventually the results were going to come. But how good does it feel when it finally does start to happen? Yeah, I mean you always love to have some results, but just trust the process and um we’re getting some good results, so try and keep that going. [Music] A little head kick on the road and we out. These are just some relief cuts. [Music] [Music] I started bat boying in my hometown in 1975 and I’ve continued every year since then. So this is my 51st year in baseball, 35th with the Mets, 15th at the major league level. You know, my first year with the organization was 1991 in Tidewater. And then in 2003, I became the minor league equipment manager. And then in 2010 into 2011, I became the major league equipment manager. So Juan Sto wants to try a new size jersey. So we’re going to make a black one for him to try out. takes a little bit of time, but we get it done. So, rather than take jerseys over to our um stitchers at stitches in whitest stone, um I just went ahead and heat pressed all the lettering on and sewed it myself. So, we put the numbers down like this. And then once those are lined up, we heat those on. Since Juan Sodto is a left-handed batter, the Mets logo is going to go on the left sleeve and the sponsor patch will go on the right sleeve. Now, we’re going to sew. A minor adjustment for a player. We have five different jerseys and four different kinds of pants. So, five jerseys turns into really for him 15 jerseys. And then we ended up making two road jerseys for him for this trip. I learned in middle school back in the day in home economics and then kind of perfected my craft since then. I’ve sewn jerseys in clubouses and hotel rooms, any place I can really find. [Music] Ruiz grounds one down to first. Handled by Alonzo and the ball game is over. The Mets teeter on the break in the ninth, but they hang on for their sixth straight win as they sweep the series for the Nationals. We’re going on the road on Sunday, so in two days. I normally start packing 2 days before the actual day we leave. That gives me time to adjust. All right, everybody’s got pants. For the way we travel, trunks are huge because everything gets beaten up. Goes onto a plane, goes off a plane, goes onto a truck, goes off a truck, back on the truck, into the clubhouse, back on the It’s just It takes a lot of wear and tear. So, these three bags are all caps. All this This is all trainers trunk. So, all these go on the road. Old number two. Old number one’s in the equipment room right now, but old number two is right here. celebrating Father’s Day. And here come the Mets greeted by their kids. That’s a nice touch. On a getaway day, whether it’s at home or on the road, first thing we do is line everything up, make sure everything is where it’s supposed to be at home to get on the truck to go to the airport. Just kind of do a walk through and make sure we still have everything here. The luggage goes first. So that goes in one truck. The second truck is for the equipment. So we have the luggage on the plane when the players and staff get there. And we’re going to start loading the equipment as soon as the luggage truck leaves. Got that for you. Hopefully I’ll be on the truck about 15 minutes before the buses leave. All right, good to go. And we’ll have a little head start. and get the JFK, start loading, and then 30 minutes after that, we’re wheels up. Now, we’ll start putting the equipment on. The equipment’s packed a certain way, so we can bring it off the truck as we need it on the airplane versus trying to hunt for stuff to put in certain spots. Okay, let’s see what we got in the sticker department. It just helps the visiting clubhouse guys when we get into a city know where everything goes. Don’t miss out. Kevin gets the best shoes in the clubhouse. Wable and Sodto lifts one to left. Bang has it lined up. And for the first time this year, the Mets have been swept in a three-game series. And it’s the Rays in a walk, nine to nothing. Sorry if I’m a little rush. We just got to make a bus time. So after the game on getaway day, we have to be quick. I would say maximum an hour and we’re out the stadium. The bags we take on the road have to be packed up and on the truck. And then we have maybe another 30 minutes after to get on the bus and be out and on the way to the airport. Just got to make them fit some way somehow. My name is Jason Pasbizaka. I’m the onfield equipment assistant and also the bad boy for the New York Mets. We’re going to get all of these ready to go. So, good old sledgehammer that’s going viral. A very unconventional approach for Brandon Middle. You know, as a 8 pounder right there, we’re ready for any challenge. You just have to be mentally and physically prepared. I care about this job a lot. It definitely is a dream come true. Not a lot of people get to work for a major league team, so I’m definitely blessed to do it. Most important helmet. Got to get it. Pray for the bats, the pine tar and all of that. It’s a little hectic on the road when we out. Got to make sure all of these are collected. Yeah. The pitch come to go to Harrison or Ian. Sorry. Oh, Harrison here. This is what we do it for. My boy right here. Thank you. And you got a wristband for free. Game used, bro. The helmets and bats are ready. So, we’re going to have either Brendan or Tom bring them out to the truck while we load them on to the cart. Just get the towels back in. Make sure that’s all loaded and get shower. And then, we know we up. All right, let’s get some more stuff. So, the uniforms and the helmet generally don’t go on the truck right away. They’ll go on right at the end of the game. Players bat bags stay until the end of the game. Let’s get this one on. Put that one right next to that one. It’s about 30 minutes to load the plane with the equipment. Just kind of direct the pieces in so that they all sit. Since I’ve been doing it for so long, I know exactly where everything goes. It’s like real life Tetris. Actually, I want to switch these around. I want the two equipment trunks in the back. The two ones so they come off. Yeah. Okay. They come off last. When I pack the airplane, I first pack the truck here the way I want it to come out so that it’s easier to pack the airplane when we get to the airport. We normally fly a 757 aircraft. The cargo area is basically the front cargo area from say the tip of the plane to the wing and then from the wing to the back of the airplane is the other cargo area. We fill the front with luggage. So, a lot of people don’t realize that we have 90 to 100 pieces of luggage underneath the plane as well as all of our equipment. Our equipment is anywhere from 10,000 to 12,000 lb just for the equipment. That’s a lot of stuff. [Music] This is a long road long. Fire on the other side. I’m not. This is a long road long. Wait till the fire is made. My mistakes my decisions. power. What a gift to be living. So when I go home, would you have mercy on my soul? Have mercy on me. How many times must I spread myself? Why do I ask if I don’t have the answers? made my mistakes proud of my decisions. My own gift to be living. So when I come home, will you have mercy on my soul? This is a long fire on the other side. This is a long road until my mistakes my decisions my own to be so you have a se now to no one from Gonalin. He gets hit. Francisco, what happened yesterday? Sliding, hit my toe, and broke it. It’s just a matter of tolerating the pain. But I think it’s more about the pressure. The pressure of the cleat, the pressure of the shoes. That’s going to be a little tougher. So, what we’ve done is we’ve modified the shoe a little bit, created some relief uh slices in the side to create a little more width in the shoe, hopefully decreased some of the pressure years ago. I used to do this for guys that had corns or bunions or so. Now, the relief cuts are in create a little bit of a like a louver. And these are the little implements that we can add to the shoe stretcher. See where it’s starting to bubble out a little bit right here. That’s what we’re looking for. We have two more pairs to do. I won’t say it’s a perfect solution, but it has helped. So, that’s what we need to do to get them on the field. What a magnificent night for Chris and the Braves as they take this series. And they will go for a sweep tomorrow. And Sodto pulls one into right field for a base hit. And there’s a milestone hit for Juan Sodto. His 1,000th career hit. Got to get that ball. Part of my job when we’re on the road is to get the items that we need to get authenticated done with the MLB authenticator. They’ll keep that one for safekeeping. Well, congratulations. 26 years old and 1,000 hits. 1,000 down, 2,000 to go. put it in a ball cube and we put it in Juan Sodto’s locker and that’s his key. [Music] It’s tough. It’s it’s you know and I know nobody feels bad for us but but it’s not just the players. It’s it’s all the support staff as well. the coaches, the trainers, the strength people, the nutritionists, myself, the PR staff, the security staff, everybody. There’s so many people on this trip that have the same routine, and we just kind of get used to it over the course of the season. Like, a hitter doesn’t change his swing because he doesn’t get a hit in a game. A hitter just keeps going out there and battling and using the same stroke and everything else. Same thing with pitchers. Pitchers are still going to throw the ball exactly the same way. So for myself and for the rest of the support staff, our routines should stay the same. We try to do the best that we can to keep these guys prepared and have everything available for them to keep their routines. For people that have been doing it a long time, it’s just kind of second nature to us. that you know you need more. [Applause] They struck them out and the ball game is up. They take the last two to split the four game series and move back into first place in the National League East. [Music] boys. Yeah. Yeah. You guys already know where I love [Music] Kevin 11:05. When we’re on the road, obviously we get on an airplane, we fly to wherever we’re going to go. We get off the airplane. The players and staff get on a bus. They go to the hotel. They check into the hotel, get some sleep, wake up the next morning, get some breakfast, and you know, get on a bus and come back to the ballpark. So, it’s a monotonous routine. After the game, same thing. Game’s over, take a shower, get something to eat here in the clubhouse, go back to the hotel. I’m the founder here at the Clemente Museum in Pittsburgh. I started this club to help the museum. So, it’s a club called the Clemente Society. Got 160 members and 40 of them are baseball players. One of them is Pete Alonzo because he’s he’s really passionate about it. Pete gets it. Pete really gets it. So, it’s kind of cool that he loves it here. downstairs is the party, boys. Good to see you again. Can’t wait. My girl’s right there. It’s a Sanves varietal. It’s super delicious. So, we’re not drinking it yet, but the next round we’ll be drinking uh we’ll be drinking my Sanves. Legend has it Roberto Clemente would only drink seller wine only made in Pittsburgh. It’s a great time to connect and I mean this building is super iconic. I mean, it’s an old firehouse. Apparently Joe Deaggio slept here during a World Series way back when. Dwayne just has an eye for a lot of things baseball. Wine connects people. Baseball connects people. It’s awesome. They’re hanging. They’re all talking. They might be talking wine. They might be talking baseball, but they’re bonding as a team. So, it becomes a really special kind of moment for these guys. They don’t get to do this. A couple pizzas right now. Chef back here’s got a smores board of what he wants to do. Is there nothing quite like this? That’s baseball and wine. And that’s a that’s a good combination. I appreciate you. Thank you so much. [Music] Carlos, this is obviously been a a rough month and a a rough stretch here. These 13 straight games. You’re going to face adversity and just how you going to handle it and how you going to respond. They’re up for the challenge. How are we going to get better? What do we need to do as a group individually to go out there and get out of the stretch? They’re consistent. They’re resilient. They have grit. They fight. They compete. And they have fun. Get one of the left center near the wall. It’s out of here. Goes the other way to tie the game. The ball’s playing here at City Field this afternoon. defense have come right back to walking deep right field that time sl [Music] with another grand slam in left field forget that that’s way out of hand with his second of the day game over winning Heat. Heat. [Music]

Ever wonder how a Major League Baseball team gets all its bats, jerseys, and equipment to the next city? Go behind the scenes with the New York Mets clubhouse staff as they, break down the locker room after a home series, pack and load gear onto the team plane and unload and set up everything at the visiting ballpark.

From the clubhouse to the cargo hold, see the full journey of how an MLB team travels for a road series. This exclusive look shows the hard work and precision that keeps the Mets game-ready wherever they play.

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