威斯康星蔓越莓农拼出巨型棒球手套：数百万颗浆果为酿酒人世界大赛助威
威斯康星州的蔓越莓种植户 10 月 21 日在 Cranmoor 的 Gottschalk 蔓越莓农场，用数百万颗蔓越莓在采收池中拼出一只巨型棒球手套与棒球，为即将在世界大赛登场的密尔沃基酿酒人助威——这是酿酒人自 1982 年以来首次打进世界大赛。
图案长 100 英尺、宽 115 英尺，由威斯康星州蔓越莓种植者协会组织设计：先用 GPS 测绘在池中插旗定位，再花约四小时移动黄色浮筒，把浆果推成轮廓，球体部分则覆以塑料布。农场主 Fawn Gottschalk 一家当时仍在采收季中，另有两三家本地农场协助完成。
「十月是我们的月份，但我们很乐意与酿酒人分享。」Gottschalk 说。威斯康星即将连续第 32 年蝉联全美蔓越莓产量第一。世界大赛首战将于 10 月 23 日开打，Gottschalk 已买好门票，将与母亲、儿子和男友一同观赛；她说自己上一次看酿酒人打世界大赛时只有 4 岁。（GSM 据 Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune 报道）
Wisconsin Cranberry Growers Shape a Giant Baseball Glove From Millions of Berries to Cheer the Brewers
Wisconsin cranberry growers gathered on Oct. 21 at Gottschalk Cranberry in Cranmoor and shaped a giant baseball glove and ball out of millions of cranberries in a harvest bog, wishing the Milwaukee Brewers luck in the World Series — the Brewers' first trip to the Fall Classic since 1982.
The design, 100 feet long and 115 feet wide, was organized by the Wisconsin State Cranberry Growers Association: GPS mapping and flags marked the outline, and growers spent about four hours moving yellow booms to push the berries into place, with a plastic sheet forming the baseball. Owner Fawn Gottschalk's family farm was still in the middle of harvest, and two or three other local growers helped.
"October is our month, but we're happy to share it with the Brewers," Gottschalk said. Wisconsin is about to be the nation's top cranberry producer for the 32nd straight year. Game 1 of the World Series is Oct. 23; Gottschalk has tickets and will attend with her mother, son and boyfriend — she was 4 years old the last time the Brewers played in the Series. (GSM, based on reporting by the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune)
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