Baseball Radio Episode 87

October 24th, 2008 · No Comments

Welcome to the weekly wrap up of all MLB and Australian Baseball news.

Due to an outside broadcast by station 3ser this weeks program is 30 mins shorter but will be back to its normal hours of 6.30pm-8pm each Friday night.

First off this week the boys caught up with Baseball SA Claxton Shield Manager Ron Harvey. Ron was recently bestowed with the Order of Australia Medal for his services to the sport of baseball. Also holding the title of the SA Director of Coaching, Ron has been working with a Claxton squad of approx 30 players who have been in training since approx July and are looking forward to regaining a playoff spot at the conclusion of this years competition.

Rounding of the show the boys played an interview that James organized with the Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Matt Herges. Prior to making it in the big leagues Matt spent the 98-99 season playing in the ABL with the Adelaide Giants. Since his stint with the ABL Matt has gone on to play for MLB teams, LA Dodgers, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Arizona Cardinals, Florida Marlins and has spent the past 2 seasons with the Colorado Rockies.

As always, the show included the “Coach’s Rant” and the “Wood Duck” award and also covered all the latest baseball news from home and a wrap of this weeks Major League matches.

The presenters of this weeks program are Craig “frita” Kernick and David “skinny” Simpson along with Jim “tiger” Hines on the panel. You can email the guys with questions for the broadcast at baseballradio@gmail.com

If you have an issue you want to discuss, call the studio on (03) 5996 6977 or send an sms on 0438 366 360. If you’re a podcaster and can’t listen live, call between 6.30pm-8pm each Friday night.

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