Episode 27 - Water in Sports

Episode Highlights

• [2:30] The Birthday Game - Elizabeth gives her best at playing the birthday game without Brent. Spoiler: it doesn't go well. 
  
  
  • Governor Jerry Brown
    
    
  • Colin Powell
    
    
  • Olaf Kölzig 
    
    
• [4:53] Great week to be a sports fan - Opening Day for baseball and the Masters Tournament.
  
  
• [6:30] When you think of water in sports, what comes to your mind? 
  
  
• [9:37] Water in Golf - A story from 2014 shows the importance of water use in golf.​​​
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• [16:54] Opening Day 2017 - Baseball and water.
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    A different kind of rain delay - Spring Training 2017: Reds-Indians game briefly delayed by rogue sprinklers.
    
    
  • Some colleges have gone to artificial turf for baseball fields.
    • Even fields with artificial turf need some type of irrigation for cleaning and even cooling purposes. John has had his shoes melt while refereeing a soccer game on artificial turf.
      
      
  • [22:10] Irrigation is used to keep playing surfaces ready for the players.
    
    
• [26:20] Sports need water - Next time you are out, check out how your favorite sport would be different without water.
  
  
• [27:00] Elizabeth shares more about her favorite place - She'll be heading to Cincinnati in September for some Reds baseball and Oktoberfest Zinzinnati (the nation's largest authentic Oktoberfest).
  
  
  • Elizabeth's tip of the week: visit Cincinnati.

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