• Clean Your Microphone0

    Beyond your voice, the microphone is an announcer’s most important tool for our trade.  It’s also the most neglected.  The computers get a nice bag to reside in, the microphone gets left in all sorts of environments, often tossed into a basket or bag with other wires or objects, banged around after a hard day

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  • Protecting Your Most Important Asset, Your Voice0

    Many times we’re asked about how to keep a voice sounding fresh, especially after announcing upwards of nine games in day in very chilly weather.  Well, my recommendation is Canada Dry ginger ale, followed by Tropicana orange juice with lots of pulp.  That’s what works best for me as the next day I’m fine. In

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  • My Life In Minor League Baseball0

    I spent 8 1/2 years working in Minor League Baseball, and before that spent a lot of time hanging around Minor League Baseball stadiums.  My dad and I went on many trips during the summer months to various stadiums, sometimes my mom would join us.  This space, I will be sharing a story, anecdote, or

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  • P. A. Announcer Spotlight: Michael Gatien

    P. A. Announcer Spotlight: Michael Gatien4

    This week we meet a 23 year-old P. A. announcer from Ann Arbor, Michigan, Michael “Mike on the Mic” Gatien. Mike started in 2006 while a student at Pioneer High School where he’s announced baseball, softball, basketball, football, lacrosse, field hockey and soccer and is currently filling in for varsity sports. His inspiration to become

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