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Ballpark Broadcasting signs on for 2018 WBSC Jr. Men’s World Championship in Prince Albert in July

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Ballpark Broadcasting has signed on to do the play-by-play and color commentary for the 2018 WBSC Jr. Men’s World Championship in Prince Albert, July 7-15.  The event marks the fifth consecutive WBSC World Championship broadcast by the Ballpark Broadcasting crew, and sixth event overall:

Ballpark Broadcasting, the Exclusive Broadcast Team for the:
2018 WBSC Jr. Men’s World Softball Championship
2017 WBSC Men’s World Softball Championship
2016 WBSC Jr. Men’s World Softball Championship
2015 WBSC Men’s World Softball Championship
2014 ISF Jr. Men’s World Softball Championship
2008 ISF Jr. Men’s World Softball Championship

This year’s crew will feature Lance Winn, Joe Todd, Paul “Chico” McCart and Jim Flanagan, as well as three who joined the crew for last year’s 2017 WBSC Men’s World Championship, Kris Abbott, Steve Sabourin and Jason “Chopper” Gerbes.

Winn, Todd and Flanagan have been with BallparkRadio/Ballpark Broadcasting since its inception, will be working their record fifth consecutive WBSC World Championship, while McCart worked previously on the radio side of things.

Sabourin and Abbott work as radio pros in Canada.  Gerbes made his mark on last year’s World Championship with a memorable call on the gold medal winning grand slam home run.

Winn, Todd, McCart and Sabourin hail from Ontario Canada, Abbbot from St. Johns’ Canada, Flanagan from Long Beach, California, and Gerbes all the way from New Zealand.   (BPB regulars Kyle Smith and Blair Setford are unable to attend this year’s event due to other commitments.)

For more about the broadcast crew, visit the broadcaster pages of the Ballpark Broadcasting website, or click their names in this post.

Watch for more details on the broadcast as the event approaches.

 

 

 

2017 Canadian Championships – Live Streaming on Sports Canada TV

The 2017 Canadian Championships are being live streamed at Softball Canada, via our good friends at SportsCanada TV. Click logo below to watch.

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Editor’s note: The live stream is not Ballpark Broadcasting’s.  It is via SportsCanada.tv, our frequent broadcast partner, so we heartily recommend viewing. The stream is, as always, outstanding HD quality.  It is being handled by the folks in Saskatoon, with whom we were honored to work with for the 2015 WBSC Men’s World Championship.  We are enjoying it right along with you.

Day 3 – WBSC World Championship – Broadcaster Schedule

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Tune in to watch all games live at www.worldsoftball.tv

Ballpark Broadcasting has an 8 man crew for Whitehorse: Lance Winn, Joe Todd, Kyle Smith, Kris Abbott, Steve Sabourin, Jason Gerbes, Jim Flanagan and Blair Setford (Blair not in Whitehorse, but holding down the fort at “Ballpark Bristol”, stirring up a Tweet storm on Twitter (@BPBroadcasting)

Here are the broadcaster assignments so you can follow along.

Date Game Time Field Team Team PxP CC
SUNDAY, JULY 9, 17 10:00 AM 2 JAPAN TURKEY Steve Joe
2017 18 11:30 AM 1 INDIA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Kyle Jason
19 12:30 PM 2 ARGENTINA HONG KONG Kris Joe
20 2:00 PM 1 BOTSWANA DENMARK Lance Jason
21 3:00 PM 2 SOUTH AFRICA AUSTRALIA Steve Jim
22 4:30 PM 1 CZECH REPUBLIC VENEZUELA Kyle Kris
23 5:30 PM 2 GREAT BRITAIN NEW ZEALAND Steve Jason
24 7:00 PM 1 CANADA UNITED STATES Lance Jim

 

Web-streaming announced for 2017 WBSC Men’s Softball World Championship

From the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC)

Web-streaming announced for 2017 WBSC Men’s Softball World Championship

WHITEHORSE, YT, Canada – Fans around the world will be able to watch the 2017 WBSC Men’s Softball World Championship from their living room, thanks to SportsCanada.TV and Ballpark Broadcasting.

Sixteen teams from all five Olympic continents will compete in the 15th edition of the men’s softball championship, which will be hosted in Whitehorse, Yukon, July 7 to 16. Live streaming video will be offered for all 76 games played over the 10 days.

SportsCanada.TV will provide the video production for each game while Ballpark Broadcasting will provide the play-by-play and colour commentary. The cost to view all games, including playoffs, is US$29.95. Games will be recorded and archived for on-demand viewing as well. Fans can subscribe to the service through this link: worldsoftball.tv/

Great Britain and Botswana will kick off the world championship at 9:00 am PDT on July 7th. Host Canada begins defence of their title against South Africa, at 7:30 pm, immediately following the opening ceremony.

The full game schedule is available here: www.2017mensworldsoftball.com/schedule/

This will mark the third time that Ballpark Broadcasting and Sports Canada TV teamed up to deliver state of the art, high definition live streaming video broadcasts of a WBSC Championship to a world-wide audience. The two partnered in 2014 in Whitehorse, and again in 2015 in Saskatoon. SportsCanada.TV also produced the streaming for the 2016 WBSC Women’s Softball World Championship in Surrey, Canada.

Tournament ticket passes for the 2017 WBSC Men’s Softball World Championship are on sale at Sport Yukon. Passes are $200 for adults and $150 for youth and seniors, and they are good for all games – including medal rounds. Day passes will be available at the gate during the event.