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Ballpark Broadcasting Podcast, WBSC U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup 2020 Edition

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We invite you to listen to Ballpark Broadcasting’s inaugural podcast, WBSC U-18 Men’s Softball World Cup 2020 edition, featuring anchor Steve Sabourin, back at the studios in Toronto, Canada, with special guests Ballpark Broadcasting’s own Jason “Chopper” Gerbes and Lance Winn, who are part of the SkyTV broadcast team in Palmerston North, New Zealand. The tournament is being broadcast on SkyTv in New Zealand (broadcast TV), and simulcast on the internet to a world wide audience on the WBSC’s YouTube channel.

Steve Sabourin, (above) anchor of the Ballpark Broadcasting Podcast, from the studios in Toronto, Canada

Click the button below to listen. Enjoy! (and keep an eye out for a World Cup wrap-up podcast)



Special Guests on Ballpark Broadcasting’s inaugural podcast, Lance Winn (L) and Jason “Chopper” Gerbes (R), who are in New Zealand as part of the SkyTV/WBSC broadcast team.

Happy 91st Birthday, Vin Scully


We at Ballpark Broadcasting wish Vin Scully a very happy 91st birthday.  So much has been written about this broadcasting legend; today we’ll let HIS words do the talking.  The clip below is a favorite of many,  the greatest Vin Scully clip say others. I can hear his voice before I ever press the play button.  “2 and 2 to Harvey Kuenn…..”  


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.

 

 

 

Podcast – New Zealand Radio Sport’s Daniel McHardy with special guest Jason Gerbes

New Zealand Radio Sport’s Daniel McHardy with special guest Jason Gerbes, talking about his call of the grand slam home run in the gold medal game by Joel Evans of the New Zealand Black Sox.

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