This year’s World Series was fun to watch. From a Texas Rangers perspective, you have to be thrilled for Mike Napoli, Koji Uehara and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. That trio earned their World Series rings. When Napoli and Salty were with the Rangers, they were go-to guys for me when it came to radio interview for the…
Tonight, the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox play the first game of the World Series. In my broadcasting career, I will never forget hosting the radio pregame show for three different World Series: 2005, 2010 and 2011. In 2005, I was at the pregame show helm when the Sox hosted Astros at US…
Before the Rangers began their series against the Cardinals in St. Louis, I sent Eric Nadel a text message of encouragement. “Have a good call tonight. I’m sure the memories are flooding your mind.” The longtime radio Voice of the Rangers replied, “Yeah. Different booth. Thank goodness.” I always enjoy a positive spin. For clarification,…
The month of October certainly has its fair share of tricks and treats in my broadcasting career. October 26th is a treat, but this was the trick… Join me in a flashback to 2005. The Chicago White Sox had their games broadcast on ESPN 1000. Their pre and post game show host, Dave Wills, bolted…
On Monday night, I was watching Baseball Tonight on ESPN. For the first time since October 27, 2011, I watched the recap of Game Six of the World Series. That’s right, I never watched the highlights (or lowlights) of Game Six since after that game when I watched the recap before I went to bed…
