I love this time of the year. It's warm outside, there's baseball to be played, and I have the best seat in the house doing the best job in the world: broadcasting.
I'm back for my second season with the Richmond RiverRats, a summer wood-bat collegiate team in its fifth year of existence. The 'Rats play on the west end of the Rose City, in the historic McBride Stadium. It's a nice, beautiful ball park that has withstood the test of time thus far, and has been standing since 1936.
The last pro team to call McBride home was the Richmond Roosters of the Frontier League. From 1995 until 2005, the Roosters made the Rose City their home. After the 2005 season, the Roosters were bought/moved to Traverse City, Michigan and became the Beach Bums of the Frontier League.
I was very lucky to get the internship last year, joining a few other interns from Indiana colleges and universities. I worked with one who did the post-game stories last year, great guy.
It's a very peaceful way to spend a summer: broadcasting baseball in a historic ballpark. I couldn't picture any summer without broadcasting baseball. If you never been to John Cate Field at Don McBride Stadium, you really need to check it out one day. Tickets are plenty cheap ($8 for a nice box seat and $6 for a bleacher spot) and it's good, quality baseball...or you could always listen to me broadcast the games.
Until next time,
-Lee
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