Melanie Newman will serve as the Salem Red Sox‘s (High A; Carolina League) play-by-play broadcaster for 2019, joining color analyst Suzie Cool in baseball’s first all-female broadcasting booth. (more…)
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An Important Time for Women in MiLB Broadcasting
By Jesse Goldberg-Strassler on September 28, 2018 in Features, Minor-League Baseball, The Front Office
Kirsten Karbach volunteered at her college radio station in Florida. Emma Tiedemann’s grandfather handed her his headset at a college basketball game in Texas. Melanie Newman pursued photojournalism in Alabama. And Suzie Cool juggled six jobs in Pennsylvania. (more…)
Suzie Cool to Appear on Select Salem Red Sox Broadcasts
The Salem Red Sox (High A; Carolina League) have announced that on-field host Suzie Cool will join Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations Ben Gellman on select broadcasts this season. According to the team, this makes Cool the first female broadcaster in Carolina League history. (more…)