The Evansville Otters go for a five-game winning streak tonight following an 8-6 comeback win against Normal on Thursday night in 10 innings.
(NORMAL, Illinois) – On the air last night, I used that phrase above for the first time in my broadcasting career. In the ninth inning, I said, “If you’re in the car, pull over…it’s unsafe to drive during this game.” It came to me naturally and summed up the type of atmosphere at the ballpark in just a few words. Evansville had trailed the entire game until the top of the ninth inning when the Otters scored a pair of runs to tie the game against the Normal CornBelters at six. Reliever Josh Cephas forced extra innings with a scoreless frame and the Otters surged into their first lead of the game with another two runs in the 10th. It was an emotion-tugging baseball game that pulled back and forth like two children fighting ov
er a doll. Evansville has now won a season-high four games in a row, all coming at the start of this roadtrip. They will look for five straight tonight. First pitch is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. CDT and our Evansville Otters pregame show will start at 6:45 p.m. Here is the link to tune in!
July 22, 2011 | Categories: Evansville Otters, Uncategorized | Tags: baseball, broadcasting, Evansville Otters, extra innings, Normal CornBelters | 2 Comments »
(EVANSVILLE, Indiana) – Typically a baseball game has a few defining moments. It may be a bases loaded double or a strong defensive play, but we know defining moments when we see it.
Life also has these defining moments that immediately change where we are and affects where we are going next. Well, today was one of those days my friends.
After staying up late working on videos for the website, I woke up at seven o’clock and rushed to get packed for work. My broadcasting partner, Bill McKeon, invited me over for breakfast and I drove over to the color commentator’s house with the morning meal.
Bill presented an amazing breakfast spread with scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, bacon, and toast that immediately hit the spot. The conversations were also incredible as we swapped life stories on our experiences with baseball. Right away, I could tell that this would be a defining moment for what turn out to be a great day.
After thanking Bill, I drove over to Bosse Field to start working with the Evansville Otters staff. The team held a nine o’clock meeting and then I hit the ground running.
I was in the zone and nothing could stop me. In the span of the first few hours, I had posted three new videos to the site, a brand new top story with my interview of Sam Barloga, and answered all my emails.
This set me up with some free-time to talk to an up-and-coming sports journalist named Lee Mowen. A senior at Wright State, Lee found my profile on LinkedIn and was looking for advice on how to get started in this business and how to succeed. I told Lee everything that helped me like reading books on networking, becoming more social media friendly and overall being very reachable (this means email, Facebook, Twitter, and phone calls). We talked about making a website, how we broadcast games and everything in between. It was a defining moment for Lee who is looking for his next step while taking his current step, which is exactly what most of us should be doing. (Take a look at Lee’s profile!)
We thanked each other for the time and then I went back to my daily routine. I updated the Otters website some more, posted a new poll to get the fans talking, and updated my blog too. Then I relayed all of that new information to Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn before finishing my final research for the broadcast.
The game was a season-defining moment and win for the Evansville Otters. Manager Andy McCauley called this a good statement series and it was. Evansville won two out of three games against the 1st place Southern Illinois Miners including a message-sending 5-0 shutout on Tuesday night.
The broadcast was also the best one I’ve had this season and felt so comfortable with my call, analysis and phrasing. It was one of those types of days for me, and a few other people too, as I saw a lot of smiles with a lot of support today.
Make sure to be on the look out for defining moments and to be ready to star during them. They only come along once so often just like a comet across a night sky. If you miss it, the moment might not come again for some time. If you are ready, hopefully it is you mastering the moment instead of missing the mark. The way you define it is simply up to you.
PHOTO OF THE DAY:
It's tough to define this interesting group that just visited Bosse Field and starting playing imaginery baseball today.
SKI’S STATS:
0 – Runs from the league’s leading Southern Illinois Miners.
1 – Career win now for Evansville Otters pitcher Chris Peters.
2 – Hits for the league’s leading Southern Illinois Miners.
3 – Video uploads to Youtube for the Evansville Otters.
4 – Runs batted in for Otters outfielder Nick D’Amico.
15 – Game home games in July…
21 – …Consecutive days that it took place during.
29 – Minute phone conversation with Lee Mowen.
2199- Screaming fans, arguably the loudest this season, at Bosse Field.
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Hey everyone. My name is Mike Radomski and I am a sports reporter currently working in Evansville, Indiana. I have 10 years of sports reporting experience dating back to my time covering the Bergen Catholic Crusaders and continuing with my reporting of the Quinnipiac University Bobcats. As a broadcast journalism major and sports studies minor, I was a play by play broadcaster and radio host at Quinnipiac before moving on to become the lead broadcaster for the Evansville Otters baseball club. I have served as a sports editor for Patch.com in Fort Lee, New Jersey and also announced sporting events for LMC-TV in Mamaroneck, New York. Now, I am back in Evansville as the Director of Media Relations and Broadcasting for the Otters and I want to thank the organization for allowing me to do what I love every day. I would also like to thank my family for their undying support and dedication to my dream.
I started the site to highlight some of my old work and post new pieces of material as well. Feel free to let me know what you think and contact me anytime.
Thanks and best wishes! -Mike
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Defining
(EVANSVILLE, Indiana) – Typically a baseball game has a few defining moments. It may be a bases loaded double or a strong defensive play, but we know defining moments when we see it.
Life also has these defining moments that immediately change where we are and affects where we are going next. Well, today was one of those days my friends.
After staying up late working on videos for the website, I woke up at seven o’clock and rushed to get packed for work. My broadcasting partner, Bill McKeon, invited me over for breakfast and I drove over to the color commentator’s house with the morning meal.
Bill presented an amazing breakfast spread with scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, bacon, and toast that immediately hit the spot. The conversations were also incredible as we swapped life stories on our experiences with baseball. Right away, I could tell that this would be a defining moment for what turn out to be a great day.
After thanking Bill, I drove over to Bosse Field to start working with the Evansville Otters staff. The team held a nine o’clock meeting and then I hit the ground running.
I was in the zone and nothing could stop me. In the span of the first few hours, I had posted three new videos to the site, a brand new top story with my interview of Sam Barloga, and answered all my emails.
This set me up with some free-time to talk to an up-and-coming sports journalist named Lee Mowen. A senior at Wright State, Lee found my profile on LinkedIn and was looking for advice on how to get started in this business and how to succeed. I told Lee everything that helped me like reading books on networking, becoming more social media friendly and overall being very reachable (this means email, Facebook, Twitter, and phone calls). We talked about making a website, how we broadcast games and everything in between. It was a defining moment for Lee who is looking for his next step while taking his current step, which is exactly what most of us should be doing. (Take a look at Lee’s profile!)
We thanked each other for the time and then I went back to my daily routine. I updated the Otters website some more, posted a new poll to get the fans talking, and updated my blog too. Then I relayed all of that new information to Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn before finishing my final research for the broadcast.
The game was a season-defining moment and win for the Evansville Otters. Manager Andy McCauley called this a good statement series and it was. Evansville won two out of three games against the 1st place Southern Illinois Miners including a message-sending 5-0 shutout on Tuesday night.
The broadcast was also the best one I’ve had this season and felt so comfortable with my call, analysis and phrasing. It was one of those types of days for me, and a few other people too, as I saw a lot of smiles with a lot of support today.
Make sure to be on the look out for defining moments and to be ready to star during them. They only come along once so often just like a comet across a night sky. If you miss it, the moment might not come again for some time. If you are ready, hopefully it is you mastering the moment instead of missing the mark. The way you define it is simply up to you.
PHOTO OF THE DAY:
It's tough to define this interesting group that just visited Bosse Field and starting playing imaginery baseball today.
SKI’S STATS:
0 – Runs from the league’s leading Southern Illinois Miners.
1 – Career win now for Evansville Otters pitcher Chris Peters.
2 – Hits for the league’s leading Southern Illinois Miners.
3 – Video uploads to Youtube for the Evansville Otters.
4 – Runs batted in for Otters outfielder Nick D’Amico.
15 – Game home games in July…
21 – …Consecutive days that it took place during.
29 – Minute phone conversation with Lee Mowen.
2199- Screaming fans, arguably the loudest this season, at Bosse Field.
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