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Friday was one of those days for Chrissy Baines.

As the first-year general manager of the Albuquerque Isotopes, taking over after many years with the organization in other capacities, she was standing next to the home dugout glued to her phone. She was monitoring radar of the incoming storm as the annual Guns & Hoses law enforcement vs. firefighters charity softball game to benefit Special Olympics New Mexico was taking place on the field.

The Isotopes had managed to avoid any rain delays or postponements this season, the out-of-their-hands goal of any Minor League Baseball general manager, but Friday wasn鈥檛 looking good. And for the first time in her new role, Baines was about to have to be the bad guy in a stadium of people just wanting to watch some baseball.

Then a smile took over her face and broke through the weather-app-watching stress when I asked her a question. As much as I'd like to think her mood changed because her favorite reporter was on hand in that very moment, it seems the smile was more about subject of my question.

鈥淒o you have a sec to talk about James?鈥�

Standing in a stadium she was about to shut down under a gloomy gray sky of storm clouds and approaching lightning bolts, her face lit up like a beam of sunshine through it all.

鈥淚 love him so much!鈥� Baines said. 鈥淗e motivates our entire staff so much.鈥�

The 鈥渉e鈥� is James Keefner. He鈥檚 34 years old. He loves baseball, hockey and his girlfriend Bernadette. He has been working with the stadium鈥檚 grounds crew for about 15 years now. He has Down Syndrome.

He is the 鈥淢ayor of Isotopes Park.鈥�

鈥淵eah, they call me the Mayor of Isotopes Park because I like to dance and do all the things I do with the grounds crew,鈥� Keefner said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 the best job I鈥檝e ever had.鈥�

And on this day, he traded his usual Isotopes work shirt for a red 鈥淕uns & Hoses鈥� jersey and was one of the handful of Special Olympians teaming up with firefighters and police officers to play on that field he鈥檚 usually working to keep looking so pristine.

鈥淚 love being with all the guys and seeing all the players,鈥� Keefner said, who was a perfect 1-for-1 with a single and a run scored in the softball game before the weather brought it to an early end.

His parents, Jim and Patricia, have had season tickets behind the home dugout since 2009. Shortly after, a former grounds crew chief asked if he could come down on the field and hang out with the crew for a while.

A decade and a half later, Keefner is now a regular 鈥渆mployee鈥� on the grounds crew 鈥� a deal was worked out with his dad and the team where he gets paid $20 in an envelope for each game he works.

When he鈥檚 not hosing down the field before games or helping rake the infield between innings, he can be seen dancing on the grass during pitching changes, high-fiving players in the dugout and just bringing a smile to everyone around him.

鈥淗e鈥檚 the best dancer we have on the crew, that鈥檚 for sure,鈥� said Thomas Gallegos, the Isotopes鈥� Manager of Field Operations.

Keefner says of Gallegos, 鈥淭homas is the best boss that I鈥檝e ever had.鈥�

鈥淣o, we all work for him,鈥� Gallegos said. 鈥淗e鈥檚 just so awesome to be around. I could be having a really bad day, and then I see James and he鈥檚 out there dancing or giving me a hug or he鈥檚 messing with me, pulling my hat off, giving me a hard time. At the end of the day, it鈥檚 all love. All that guy knows is love. He brings an energy, a spirit that money can't buy.鈥�

That energy is contagious 鈥� for thousands of fans through the years, his fellow Isotopes employees and the hundreds of Isotopes players he's befriended through the years.

His favorites include Dee Gordon, Ryan Vilade, John Ely 鈥�

AJ Ellis, Lorenzo Bundy, Chris Michalak, Joc Pederson ...

The list could go on, of course. And the joy he gets from those players is reciprocated by the joy he gives them. He has plenty of signed jerseys and photos with superstars he even meets up with at spring training or at games he's able to attend around the country.

And whenever those things happen, it鈥檚 not long before he asked to hop on his phone and call his closest friends with Jeremiah鈥檚 Place, a program based out of Grace Church in Albuquerque that aims 鈥渢o empower adults with intellectual and developmental disability towards independence through traditional and innovative programs,鈥� .

鈥淭hat鈥檚 his community,鈥� his dad, Jim Keefner, said. 鈥淗e gets to do all these marvelous things, but it always comes back to that same group. Those are his friends. He wants to share all of it with them.鈥�

For his family, watching James work with the Isotopes, and in front of so many thousands of fans through the years, has been its own blessing.

鈥淗e is love. He has a pure heart,鈥� Jim Keefner said. 鈥淎nd for those people who haven鈥檛 been around anyone with special needs, just give them a minute. Just give James a minute and you鈥檒l get to see all of that.鈥�

It鈥檚 something those around Isotopes Park certainly have been able to see for more than 15 years now. And he has no desire anytime soon to stop performing his duties as the Mayor of Isotopes Park.

鈥淚t makes me feel happy because they all treat me like a brother, which I am,鈥� James Keefner said.

鈥淚 love them all and they love me.鈥�

Geoff Grammer is a sports writer primarily covering UNM Lobo basketball but also writing a front page column each Monday aimed at sharing stories about New Mexicans he encounters as a reporter, a dad, a husband and just as a native New Mexican himself. If you have suggestions or feedback, reach him at ggrammer@abqjournal.com or follow him on Twitter (X) .