Broadcasters are high-profile representatives of their teams, known for their skills behind the microphone, their ability to connect to their local communities, and for making an impact in the industry. Our 2019 Broadcaster of the Year is Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, the voice of the Lansing Lugnuts (Low A; Midwest League). (more…)
The Ballpark Digest Awards not only honor the very best annually in professional baseball, they spotlight those individuals putting in the extra effort to pave new, successful passages on top of their other triumphs. Announcing our 2018 Ballpark Digest MLB Broadcaster of the Year: Pat Hughes, voice of the Chicago Cubs. (more…)
In 1994, he became the inaugural voice of the Salt Lake Buzz (renamed the Bees during the 2005-2006 season). This past season, on June 24, he called his 3,000th game for Salt Lake. Today, Ballpark Digest honors Steve Klauke as the 2014 Broadcaster of the Year to kick off the annual BPD Awards. (more…)
Yes, it’s that time of year again: The season for the annual Ballpark Digest Awards. Each year we honor the best and the brightest in all of baseball–MLB, MiLB, indy, summer collegiate, college–with a series of awards, culminating with our choices for best new ballpark and best ballpark renovations. Last year saw a record of […]
Darren Headrick, voice of the Carolina Mudcats, has earned the Carolina League’s second-annual Broadcaster of the Year award. Headrick garnered the most votes among the CL’s lead broadcasters and broadcast assistants. Headrick, 28, is concluding his second season as the play-by-play voice of the Mudcats. Before arriving in Zebulon prior to the 2012 season, the Maryville, […]
More postseason plaudits: Tim Calderwood, the voice of the Schaumburg Boomers, has been named broadcaster of the year in the independent Frontier League. Ne earned the award for the second time in his career, with the first coming in 2009 during his time with the Traverse City Beach Bums. “I am humbled to receive this […]
We continue our 2012 Ballpark Digest Awards with the announcement of the Broadcaster of the Year Award: Donny Baarns, the Voice of the Visalia Rawhide (High Class A; California League). This was the most difficult category to judge this season: there is an abundance of riches in broadcast booths, and the increasingly complex roles taken […]
Today is deadline day for nominations for the 2012 Ballpark Digest Awards. We’re looking for input earlier than in past years: the goal is to present the awards before the end of the season, which is coming up surprisingly fast. Here are the categories: Promotion of the Year Logo of the Year Executive of the Year Organization […]
It’s that time of year again: we’re asking for readers to send us nominations for the 2012 Ballpark Digest Awards. We’re looking for input earlier than in past years: the goal is to present the awards before the end of the season, which is coming up surprisingly fast. Here are the categories: Promotion of the Year Logo […]
We’re coming up on the deadline for submitting nominees for the 2011 Ballpark Digest Awards, with a deadline of end of business Monday, Aug, 1, fast approaching. As always, we’d love to hear from you about who and what should be honored. The awards are open to all levels of baseball: affiliated, independent, summer-collegiate and […]
