Back on the Air
It's been a few years, but I'm back on the air waves broadcasting ball games! I called a game Friday night, and I didn't realize until today how excited I am to do games again. I was a little worried about taking up too much of my free time and spending too much on gas, but I only average two games a week and gas is mostly covered. Throw in a small payment per game, and I feel I'm getting paid to have fun. It's kind of like playing in the NFL, only the lack of a good pension plan doesn't matter as much since I don't beat up my body...
Anyway, I'm calling about 15 games for the Waynesboro Generals, part of the Valley Baseball League. The league is 11 teams up and down the Shenandoah Valley. Each team is filled with college players from NAIA and JCs to big D-I prgrams. The goal of the league is to show talent to the scouts and provide college kids a chance to improve their skills.
Enough background...our games are webcast, so any of you can listen to me on the internet! Not sure if it's aired live, but I know they are archived, so you can listen afterwards. Here is the link:
http://www.futuremediaworld.com/waynesboro.htm
And here is the list of games I'm doing this year:
6-8: vs Haymarket
6-13: vs Covington
6-16: vs Luray
6-20: vs New Market
6-27: at Woodstock
6-28: at Staunton
7-7: vs Harrisonburg
7-13: at Staunton
7-14: vs Covington
7-15: at Front Royal
7-18: vs New Market
7-20: at Winchester
7-23: at Harrisonburg
7-27: at Haymarket
Hope you get a chance to listen to me.
99 Comments:
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Glad to have you back doing this, El! Seemed like you always liked it and people enjoy listening to you! Will have to see if I can listen to a few bites and pieces...
I had a brat for lunch today!
(Huh, that can be said different ways. No matter! Whatever was in that casing tasted good!)
Nickel
Do you have a announcing partner? If not, you should consider using an alternative voice, to pretend that you have an obnoxious partner that knows little about the sport you are calling. Just don't get confused when you switch back to your normal voice to call the game. I would call my invisible obnoxious partner "Brisket" or maybe "Charlie" depending upon whether you were going to use a west Texas voice or a Brittish accent.
All right, who's the nut who wrote that last comment about having an imaginery, invisible partner? Craziness, sheer craziness. Sometime my crowd mic is near the PA system and I get their PA guy talking obnoxiouly loud...I could call him Johnny!
I say a side kick of "Knowledgeable Nickel"!! He would be cool to listen to. Pretty insightful,too, I'm sure.
Nickel
I'm a little tea pot short and stout, here is my handle, here is my spout
Nickel
That's hilarious!! Although it wasn't me.
So it's OK to talk to yourself, it's OK to answer yourself, but as soon as you say to yourself "What was that?", you've got problems.
The problem? Nickel really wasn't Nickel!!
Nickel
I've been gone for a week and you don't even miss me, Nickel??
Nickel
Yeah, it was like you weren't even gone!
Nickel
Just remember, Nickel, I know where you live!!
Nickel
I'll sleep with one eye open. Wait, would that be your eye or mine????
Nickel
Kevin Garnett traded...Still getting used to that.
Nickel
I don't know which is less likely, Kevin Garnett leading his new team to a championship or James DeBoer actually writing something on his own blog...
At least the Celtics will have some good story lines and be entertaining.
That's right, James. That's a slam!
Give us a good posting!!!!
Nickel
My money is on Garnet. I think Mr. DeBoer forgot that you have to click on the little "e" in order to access the internet (which is how you add postings to your blog James!).
Hi, James!
Congrats on Sunday.
Mike Stand
Boo!
You scared me!! But only because someone besides me actually visits this site!!
Nickel
Happy Birthday Nickel! your old..
P8R
Dang! You're right!
Nickel
I went to the Boundary Waters! James, did you??
Nickel
Nickel, rumor has it you heard wolves! That true?
Nickel
Yep!
Nickel
Did you have any silver bullets with you?
Nope!
While it is legal to bring a gun into the Boundary Waters, we have never even brought it up for a vote.
This year, however, I have heard more and more people ask if we do and then after they find out that we don't bring one, ask us why not?!
This past trip we also heard a "snarl" from a cat in our camp during the night. FYI, they don't have any house cats up there!!!
Being mauled by a wild animal while in the Boudnary Waters...what a way to go!!!!
Nickel
Did you know James and Sarah have a website?! Unfortunately, I haven't figured out how to leave messages on that site yet...
Nickel
If I had a Nickel for every time I heard that....Ha ha ha!
Man, lately the most obvious of jokes have been funny to me. Kudos to anonymous!
Hey, Nickel. Didn't want you to get lonely here so...
Ross
Boy, Ross, you sure seem like a caring person!
Nickel
Hey Nickel, What kind of fruit teases you?
Hey, who's eating Laffy Taffys out there?!
Nickel
Oh, Jail Bird, just wanted to let you know that my, uh, surgery went well.
Fox
Banana nana nana!!!!!!
Fox, good to ehar that it went well. Just make sure to take it easy. No jumping!
Jail Bird
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Dude (or Dudett), I was pumped to imagine that people were actually on this site...OK, here we go!!!
Nickel
I, too, will join in so will clarify since more people may start reading this blog!
I no longer need to worry about having little foxes. Just wanted the rumors to stop, Jailbird!!!
Fox
Ooops, sorry, Fox. I MAY HAVE told Knife Man some innacurate info. I'll straighten him out then!! I promise to tell the truth from now on...
Jail Bird
Jail Bird, I went to the ER yesterday so that is why I wasn't answering your emails!
Knife Man
Nice we are getting others involved! Hi, James! There. Now he is being rude if he doesn't respond...
Nickel
Hello James. How are you doing?
Just so that everyone knows. I feel like a penny today...
Nickel
...I feel better...even though not sure what the future holds!
Fox - how have you been doing since surgery?
Knife Man
I saw Fox Wednesday. "She" is doing well...except she fell out of the chair!
Nickel
...and I am out of jail! Although, rumor has it that Knife Man may have spent some time there recently :-)
Jail Bird
I did. Over night. At least I know that I shouldn't have done what they THOUGHT I was doing...Jail Bird, what is your excuse?!
Knife Man
My cousins were saved!
Fox
Me again!
What?! No more entries yet??
What?! No more entries yet??
Is there an echo in here??
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Choo?
James, it's Monday morning. Do you know where I am?
Hi.
...but they didn't make it.
Fox
Just to keep you updated, I am moving...just don't know where yet!
Jail Bird
NOt that I can talk, but maybe you should try to settle down some!
Knife Man
boy, that James guy is sure missing some 'intelligent' conversations! Come on, guys! how about some more jokes? When do you feel like a quarter, Nickel? No that's not a joke, you said you felt like a penny one day, so when do you feel like a quarter! I mostly feel like a million bucks!! :-) - PJP
I am thinking about changing my name. I can't remember when I felt worth more than a penny!
...stupid job!
....mmm, prok chops!
Here comes the snow!!!
Huh, maybe I could be St. Nickelish!!!
Signed...
Shoot, didn't work. They posted it opposite of what I wanted!
Hey, where is the "cent" symbol on my computer?
Isn't a cent sign on the computer, I don't think - I think the @ sign replaced it. ~ PJP
What?! It isn't under option something...what, my keyboard doesn't even have option on it anymore! What is this world coming to??
Nickel
I'm not in New Hamshire right now!!
Jail Bird
Me either!
I may not be the smartest cookie in the kleenex box, but someone is in trouble!!!
Knife Man
Hey, has no one figured out where the cent sign is on a keyboard? It has to be there!
Oh, 91...
Nickel
92!
¢
How rude!!!
¢!
That good?
One more month...and then I probably move...but not to jail!
Knife Man,
Using my skills, I learned that Jail Man is, well, in jail...
Fox
Getting close!
I just have to waste one commment to be...
100!!
U-S-A, U-S-A
...your shirt. That button is in the wrong place...
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