‘Melting faces like a misplaced microwave at an ice sculpture competition!’ is a baseball call you didn’t know you needed
Get ready to work that phrase into your daily life for the next few days.
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Savannah Bananas’ Bill LeRoy predicts how he’ll make play while mic’ed up, then does just that
"I literally just called that!"
Baseball America tweets that Joe Doyle “is not a Baseball America staffer or regular BA contributor” after his MiLB report
Doyle's Lookout Landing report on MiLB led to Baseball America distancing themselves from him.
Minor League Baseball hires Octagon to sell its media rights, and there are predictions its low-seven-figure deal “could easily double”
MiLB currently has about 6,700 games annually, plus shoulder programming. And there's a good chance they could get paid more for the rights to those games in today's media landscape.
After a decade in the minors, a NYT feature helped Donny Baarns get a chance to call a regular-season Oakland A’s game
In his 11th season of calling minor-league baseball games, Baarns finally got the chance to be part of a regular-season MLB broadcast.
Remembering Steven Bochco’s attempt at sports drama, Bay City Blues
The renowned TV producer created a minor league baseball dramedy that only lasted four episodes.
Pitcher ends hit streak with pitch behind batter, eventual walk, announcer calls it “gutless”
"That was a gutless move by Ryan Moseley, and the Los Angeles Dodgers' organization!"
MiLB Ogden Raptors promote sexist “Hourglass Appreciation Night,” offend everyone, yank it
This promotion backfired spectacularly, and it never should have been launched.
Associated Press using automated writing service to cover minor league games
As the news industry evolves, the usage of automated writing technology to create stories is only going to...
