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Facility & Operations
SportsTurf: What is your relationship with MLB?
Cook: I've worked for the Commissioner's office in
varying roles over the past 25+ years managing Opening
Day games and numerous MLB events around the
world. Over the past 12 years, the consultation and proj-
ect management services have been provided through
our Brickman Sportsturf team, which is a division of
Brickman.
ST: What other projects have you worked on for
MLB?
Cook: MLB has played games internationally for
many years and we typically oversee the entire field of
play operations for those games. In addition we assist with
new ballpark evaluations and educational clinics related
to field and ballpark maintenance. Field safety is a major
issue with MLB and the MLBPA.
Q&A wiTh MurrAy COOk
On MLB in AuSTrALiA
Tom Nicholson,
Director of MLB's
Oceania office, left,
with Murray Cook.
Editor's note: SportsTurf caught up with global traveler Murray Cook, president of the Sports Turf Services Division of the Brickman Group,
former president of the Sports Turf Managers Association, and the international face of field preparation for Major League Baseball, to ask ques-
tions about his experience preparing the cricket grounds in Australia for MLB's Opening Day series last March.
