Work Pictures, Enjoy!

Throughout the baseball season, I get the opportunity to work for MLB Network and FOX Sports when they come to Chicago to do broadcasts for the White Sox and/or Cubs. I started this a couple years ago while I was working at Comcast SportsNet, on a morning sports show called Monsters in the Morning. This summer, I started freelance working for FOX as a runner/production assistant which basically means I am one of two people going from the production truck to broadcast booth to the dugouts/field area relaying information, stats sheets, or helping with random things to get the broadcast going. I absolutely love it, if for no other reason that I get to be at the ballpark surrounded by knowledgable baseball people. The crews are always so on top of their game, without a single little detail going unplanned or unnoticed.

The pictures below are some of my view point from the following games:
5/14/11: Cubs vs Reds
6/11/11: Cubs vs Yankees
6/25/11: White Sox vs Nationals
Hope you enjoy!

5/14/11: Work area in the broadcast booth

5/14/11: Cubs Win!

6/11/11: Wrigley Field from the 3rd base camera well

6/11/11: Work area for the game, camera well by the dugout

6/11/11: Squeezed into the camera well!

6/11/11: Carlos Pena on third base

6/11/11: Alex Rodriguez getting ready for the inning

6/11/11: Garza's seat for every game!

6/25/11: Getting prepped for Sox v Nationals, love that ballpark cam!

Lineup card for Sox v Nats

6/25/11: Another different work area... in the production truck doing Sounds of the Game today!

6/25/11: View from Sox dugout... pre-game.

Well, I hope you have enjoyed the pictures and hopefully you got to see a different angle of the stadiums! I firmly believe in sharing baseball experiences, which was my reason for starting this blog. There is nothing better than I emails I receive and pictures you guys send in from your trips around Major and Minor league ballparks. If I've learned nothing else from baseball, it's that others share in similar passions. No matter how different you may think you are, there is always someone else out there, in our world of 6+ billion, who shares in those feelings. Baseball has brought a lot of opportunity my way, mostly because others like myself who have shared stories and taught me to chase my dreams. You will never be younger that you are at this very moment. Do not wait to follow your dreams; don't let anything or anyone hinder the pursuit of your goals. Do it now while you have the opportunity.

Thanks for reading and keep sharing your trips!

TBL,

-S

s.betweenthelines@yahoo.com