Baseball Radio 2009-10 Episode 1

October 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

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

First off the boys gave a quick wrap of what has been happening in the baseball world. The boys also announced the shows newest supporter Leading Edge Sports and also welcomed back A1 Plaques.

The shows first interview of the night was with Australian Baseball Coach Jon Deeble. Jon had just returned from the World Baseball Cup that was held in Europe. Australia achieved our highest ever finish, which was 5th. Jon gave a rundown of all the action from the tournament.

Next up the boys discussed the restructure of the Baseball Victoria competition and the fact that Div 1 baseball club Waverley has also entered 4 teams in the Div 2 competition.

Rounding of the show the boys talked with Christine Turner. Christine has just recently taken on the role as Assistant General Manager of the Victorian team that will be competing in this years Claxton Shield Competition. This competition will be a new joint venture between the ABL and MLB organizations. As part of the restructure MLB has recruited personnel with American Minor League experience to help with the game marketing aspect of the new competition.

Christine held the position of Community Relations & Special Events Manager for the Tri City Valley Cats and is committed to helping the new national league set up the marketing side of the competition.

As always, the show covered a wrap of this weeks Major League action.

The presenters of this week’s 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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