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Today’s BPD Broadcaster Chat: Jesse and Mick Discuss Bees, the Appy League and More!

Ballpark DigestJoin Jesse Goldberg-Strassler and Mick Gillispie on their weekly Broadcaster Chat podcast, as they discuss the language of baseball, broadcasting and broadcasters, and the big stories of the week on Ballpark Digest.

Jesse Goldberg-Strassler is the Voice of the Lansing Lugnuts and the author of The Baseball Thesaurus and The Football Thesaurus, which make up the Ultimate Sports Lingo Library. Mick Gillispie is the Voice of the Tennessee Smokies and a spring-training broadcaster for the Chicago Cubs, as well as the winner of the Broadcaster of the Year in the 2017 Ballpark Digest Awards.

This week’s topics:

  • Mick makes a trip to the Appy League
  • Their deepest on-air fears (bees!)
  • Stick mics
  • The fake-to-third/throw-to-first pickoff move
  • and much more

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