Year 2 as the Play-by-Play Broadcaster & Media Relations Assistant for the Lake County Captains is in the books! And what an awesome year it was.
Below is my broadcast reel from the 2024 season.
LINK:
Looking forward to next season!
#SeasTheDay
Most recent Guardians pinch-hit, go-ahead home runs:
1. WILL BRENNAN, 4/15/2024 at BOS
2. ESTEVAN FLORIAL, 4/14/2024 vs. NYY
3. Jason Giambi, 9/24/2013 vs. CHW
(via
@Stathead
)
#ForTheLand
|
@CleGuardians
I am excited to announce that I have accepted the position of Play-by-Play Broadcaster for the Lake County Captains, the High-A affiliate of the Cleveland Guardians!
Thank you to all who have supported and guided me along the way.
I can’t wait to get to work!
#AllHandsOnDeck
The Captains’ series-opener just got suspended in the top of the 2nd after a 1+ hour delay.
Travis Bazzana is last to leave the field, signing autographs and taking photos with every young fan for the last 45+ minutes.
As
@SlangsOnSports
says, baseball is the best.
#ForTheLand
One final weight loss update:
In March, I was at my heaviest at 270 pounds. Since then, I have now lost over 100 pounds and am in the best shape of my life.
Despite all of the craziness 2020 has given us, this year has taught me one thing: HARD WORK PAYS OFF!
I am pleased to announce that I have officially accepted the position of Radio Production Intern with the Lake County Captains for the 2022 season!
Looking forward to producing radio broadcasts and assisting with game day coverage.
I can’t wait to get to work!
#AllHandsOnDeck
What a crazy year it’s been. Although it’s had many negatives, you can still find some positives in it. So, I am proud to say that after three months of hard work, I have lost over 53 pounds and am under 200 pounds for the first time since my freshman year of high school!
2024 MLB Draft 1st overall pick Travis Bazzana taking some BP ahead of his Minor League home debut for the Lake County Captains!
#ForTheLand
#SeasTheDay
#MiLB
With a month until
@JCUFootball
’s season opener, I’d like to officially announce that I’ve been named Co-Sports Director of
@WJCU887
for the 2021-22 academic year!
I can’t wait to get started, and looking forward to calling
@jcusports
on the airwaves this year!
#StreakUp
⚡️
I am also honored to announce that I have been named the 2021-22 WJCU Sportscaster of the Year!
It has been an absolute pleasure serving as Sports Director for WJCU this school year, and I look forward to what the future holds!
#GoStreaks
⚡️
Thank you to Fox 8 News for having myself and
@TylerDanburg
on this morning to talk about the Captains and their upcoming postseason!
Interview:
The Midwest League Playoffs start a week from today!
🎟️:
#SeasTheDay
I am pleased to share that I have been named the 2022-23 JCU Sports Information Student Worker of the Year, along with Maddie Maselko!
It has been an absolute honor to serve as one of Wenzler’s Warriors for the past four years.
Go Blue Streaks!
#WenzlersWarriors
#GoStreaks
⚡️
Some of my favorite calls from one of the most thrilling college basketball games of the season!
No. 8 John Carroll defeated No. 3 Mount Union 74-72 on Wednesday night to take sole control of first place in the OAC.
🎥:
@jcusports
,
@mpodo
#GoStreaks
⚡️
#d3hoops
#InTheBooth
Amazing plays. Historic moments. Crazy comebacks. NCAA Tournament appearances, and everything in between.
79 games of living out my play-by-play dreams.
Thank you, JCU.
#GoStreaks
⚡️
#OnwardOn
*I do not own the rights to “Memories” by Maroon 5.*
Captains, Guardians, and baseball fans alike, here is everything you need to know about Lake County’s newest hitter, Travis Bazzana, ahead of his Minor League debut tonight!
#SeasTheDay
#ForTheLand
the rumors are true ... WE GOT HIM 🇦🇺
THE
#1
OVERALL DRAFT PICK, TRAVIS BAZZANA, IS SET TO MAKE HIS DEBUT TONIGHT AS A CAPTAIN.
read all about our Bazzmanian Devil here -
The Lake County Captains begin their 21st season vs West Michigan (High-A, Detroit) on Opening Day.
Absolutely pumped to be the broadcast/media relations intern for the season!
Join
@LoganPotosky
and me for every home game on the Bally Live App/ MiLBTV with 6:35 first pitch!
Eight days ago, I ended my first season as Play-by-Play Broadcaster for the Lake County Captains.
It was a fun and beneficial experience, during which I put skills learned in college to use in the professional world.
Looking forward to next year!
📸:
@Mattimore10
,
@stevie_dohm
Through 35 team games, Guy Lipscomb (
@guylip7
) has a .478 OBP, 9 SB, & 11 SO in 96 PA.
He is the ONLY Single-A to Triple-A player with these numbers (.478+OBP, 9+SB, 11-or-fewer SO, & 96+PA) since 2005.
The last MLB player to do it was Joe Morgan (1975, CIN).
#SeasTheDay
#MiLB
A bit late, but honored to share that I recently received the 2023 Kathryn E. Dolan Communication Award, Outstanding Senior Award, and Academic Excellence Award from the Tim Russert Department of Communication at John Carroll University.
Truly thankful for my four years at JCU!
I am honored to announce that I have received the 2023 IBS Radio “Best Sports Play-by-Play (Football)” Award.
Thanks to Bobby Gerome (color analyst) and
@erichwalsky
(producer) for helping make the winning demo!
I am very thankful for all of my experiences with WJCU!
#IBSNYC23
I am pleased to share that myself and
@TylerDanburg
have created a media guide for the 2024 Lake County Captains season!
Fans can prepare for tomorrow’s season-opening doubleheader with 82 pages of team stats, records, alumni, and more! ⬇️
#SeasTheDay
I am honored to announce that earlier this month, I was named a national finalist for two 2023
@IBSStudentMedia
Awards!
I am thankful to broadcast sports and serve as Sports Director for
@WJCU887
at John Carroll, and am looking forward to what the next semester has in store!
List of MLB & MiLB hitters this season to accomplish the following in their first 33 team games:
.330+ AVG, 1.045+ OPS, & 27+ RBI
• C.J. KAYFUS (LAKE COUNTY CAPTAINS, High-A, CLE)
• Heston Kjerstad (Norfolk Tides, Triple-A, BAL)
#SeasTheDay
#MiLB
Last night, Captains 2B Travis Bazzana tied a single-game franchise record with 3 doubles!
He became the 14th Captain to achieve the feat, and the first to do so since INF Alex Mooney hit 3 doubles on 4/27 at West Michigan.
#SeasTheDay
#ForTheLand
#MiLB
It’s every broadcaster’s dream to call a championship win.
But to call one for a hometown team you grew up rooting for is even more special.
One month ago today, I called the final out of the 2024 Midwest League Championship Series.
The final call is below! ⬇️
#SeasTheDay
First NCAA Tournament victory in five years ✅
Worst to first in OAC in one season ✅
12th OAC Regular Season Title ✅
Most regular-season wins since 2015-16 ✅
Best OAC record since 2008-09 ✅
Thanks for a memorable season,
@JCUMensHoops
.
#GoStreaks
⚡️
@jcusports
Believe it. It’s happening.
We will be broadcasting tonight’s Lake County Captains game from the world-famous Roto-Rooter Toilet Row! 🚽
Join myself and
@TylerDanburg
on and the
@ballylivenow
app at 7 PM!
#SeasTheDay
#MiLB
BREAKING: John Carroll Men’s Basketball has been selected to play in the 2023
@NCAADIII
Tournament.
This is
@JCUMensHoops
’ 16th NCAA Tournament appearance, and first since 2018.
The Blue Streaks will face Albertus Magnus at Oswego State on Friday night.
#GoStreaks
⚡️
#d3hoops
A Father’s Day that I will never forget.
Thank you,
@LCCaptains
, for letting my dad join me in the booth for innings 3-9 and a 5-0 shutout victory today!
Happy Father’s Day, Dad!
#RollCaps
#MiLB
Tonight, RHP Austin Peterson (8.2 IP) recorded the 3rd-longest outing by a Captains pitcher since 2005!
The only longer outings? ⬇️
• 9.0 IP: RHP Brett Brach (7-24-10 vs. Peoria)
• 9.0 IP: LHP Aaron Laffey (7-7-05 vs. Delmarva)
#SeasTheDay
Captains Baseball is BACK!
Catch me and
@TylerDanburg
on the call for every
@LCCaptains
home game for the 2024 season on the Bally Live app and !
First pitch for our season-opening doubleheader today against West Michigan is set for 4 PM.
#SeasTheDay
A great photo from last night’s Captains clinching celebration.
Here’s the pitching staff, led by Pitching Coach Kevin Erminio, that has been dominant this year!
They rank top-3 in the MWL in: ERA (1st), WHIP (1st), fewest BB (1st), W (2nd), and opposing AVG (3rd)!
#SeasTheDay
I am pleased to share that I will be calling tomorrow’s Division II, Region 5 Semifinal between Hudson and Walsh Jesuit for
@SpecSportsOH
!
⏰: 7 PM
📍: Portage Community Bank Stadium (Ravenna)
Subscribers:
Non-Subscribers:
Congratulations,
@TylerDanburg
! It’s been an absolute pleasure working alongside you so far this season. Looking forward to what the rest of the year has in store!
You have a very bright future ahead. Keep up the great work!
📸:
@stevie_dohm
Cool sight before tonight’s Captains game.
After earning a 5-3 win earlier today, current Akron RubberDucks and former Captains Milan Tolentino, Jorge Burgos, Dayan Frias, and Cooper Ingle all stopped by Classic Auto Group Park!
#SeasTheDay
#QuAkron
I am honored to announce that I received the 2022 Lee Andrews Memorial Broadcasting and Plain Dealer Journalism Scholarships from the Tim Russert Department of Communication.
I am grateful and blessed to be part of the JCU community, and look forward to my senior year next fall!
It was an absolute pleasure to have
@CBBonFOX
Broadcaster & Reporter and Cleveland diehard John Fanta (
@John_Fanta
) in the booth and on the field for a first pitch today on his birthday!
#SeasTheDay
@TylerDanburg
ICYMI, Cleveland Heights native and Chiefs TE Travis Kelce won the Home Run Derby at the 2024 David Njoku Celebrity Softball Game in Eastlake today!
Here’s how it sounded with myself and
@TylerDanburg
on the call. ⬇️
#SeasTheDay
I’ve had so many amazing experiences during my time at John Carroll.
These have been four years of my life that I will never forget.
#OnwardOn
*I do not own the rights to “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” by Green Day.*
Captains with a .313+ AVG, 4+ HR, and .957+ OPS in the first 16 team games of a season (since 2005):
• ALEX MOONEY (2024)
• Will Benson (2019)
• Jared Goedert (2007)
#SeasTheDay
Captains fans, here’s everything you need to know for tonight’s Game 1 of the 2024 Midwest League East Division Championship Series! ⬇️
Game Notes 📝:
#SeasTheDay
#ForTheLand
List of MiLB & MLB pitchers with 80+ K & 6-or-fewer BB in the first 63 team games of a season since 2005. ⬇️
• 2024 AUSTIN PETERSON, LC
• 2016 Clayton Kershaw, LAD
• 2012 Severino González, V-PHI
• 2011 Joe Wieland, MB
• 2007 Richard Acosta, D-PIR
#SeasTheDay
#MiLB
On 9/18, the Captains won the 2024 Midwest League Championship!
Thank you to the LC front office for letting me tell the team’s historic story this year.
And I can’t thank my intern,
@TylerDanburg
, enough for his hard work this season. He is a star in the making!
#SeasTheDay
Last night, I got to call my first-ever walk-off home run!
A solo shot from
@LCCaptains
outfielder Jorge Burgos, his second of the game, ended the Quad Cities River Bandits’ 12-game winning streak.
It also gave the fans a free
@ClassicAG
car wash!
🎥:
@MiLB
#RollCaps
#MiLB
Captains C Cooper Ingle is on an ABSOLUTE TEAR right now.
His 11 G hit streak is the longest active in the MWL.
Since May 17, he leads MiLB in AVG (.477) and OBP (.574), and is 2nd in OPS (1.279).
He is also the only MiLB/MLB player w/ 2+ grand slams since May 25.
#SeasTheDay
The Captain of the Week presented by
@officialeague
goes to Cooper Ingle 🏆
@IngleCooper
ranked top 5 among qualified High-A hitters in: OPS (1.392, 2nd), SLG (.813, 3rd), batting avg (.500, 3rd), and OBP (.579, 5th) 🔥
read more here ➡️
.
@CleGuardians
Steven Kwan talks about what it felt like to get ahold of one at Classic Auto Group Park during his rehab assignment with the team 🫡
listen to the entire interview here ➡️
I am honored to share that I have been named a 2023 STAA Honorable Mention All-American!
Thank you very much to
@JohnCarrollU
,
@jcusports
, and
@WJCU887
for all you have done to prepare me for a sports broadcasting career.
I look forward to what the future holds!
#JimNantzAward
You truly never know what you’ll see at the ballpark from a Minor League Baseball broadcast booth.
@TylerDanburg
and I saw a SpongeBob scene unfold in real-life this past week.
#SeasTheDay
List of MiLB pitchers with a 0.95- WHIP, 1.90- ERA, and 170+ K in a season since at least 2005:
- MATT WILKINSON (
@tugboat2715
) (Lake County/Lynchburg), 2024 All-MiLB Prospect 2nd Team
*end of list*
He ranked 2nd in MiLB in:
- ERA (1.90)
- K (174)
- WHIP (0.91)
- AVG (.169)
I am excited to share that I have submitted my reel for the 2022 Jim Nantz Award!
Special thanks to
@STAAtalent
for giving aspiring sportscasters like myself the opportunity to showcase our talents.
Looking forward to what the future holds!
#InTheBooth
The Captains hit 4 HR in tonight’s 7-2 win at Fort Wayne!
Tyresse Turner (solo), Alex Mooney (2-run), Jonah Advincula (2-run), and Jorge Burgos (solo) each hit their first of the season!
This marks LC’s most in a game since 8/14/22 vs. Fort Wayne, when they hit 5.
#SeasTheDay
Through 57 team games, Alex Mooney has 19 stolen bases, 31 RBI, and 38 runs scored.
Only FOUR Midwest League players have done this since at least 2005:
• ALEX MOONEY, 2024 (LC)
• Henry Bolte, 2024 (LAN)
• Byron Buxton, 2013 (CR)
• Mike Trout, 2010 (CR)
#SeasTheDay
#MiLB
This past Friday night, I called one of the wildest baseball games I’ve ever seen.
The Captains hit a 2-out RBI single to send the game to extras.
Then, after allowing 4 runs in the top of the 10th, Lake County scored 5 to win the game!
🎥:
@LCCaptains
,
@MiLB
#RollCaps
#MiLB
Yesterday, I had a full-circle realization. ⬇️
3/22/21: A guest speaker in my
@JohnCarrollU
“Issues in Sports Journalism” class was Lugnuts broadcaster
@jgoldstrass
.
9/10/23: I ended my first season as the Captains’ broadcaster with us calling the same game.
#MiLB
#InTheBooth
Two new notes pages for tonight.
Here’s everything
@LCCaptains
and
@CleGuardians
fans need to know about LHP Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson and MLB rehab OF Steven Kwan ahead of Lake County’s contest against West Michigan!
FULL NOTES:
#SeasTheDay
#ForTheLand
The Lake County Captains lived up to their “Rake County” moniker last night with 4 franchise records!
- 20 runs
- 19 RBI
- 19-run margin of victory
- 12-run inning (tied)
Alex Mooney also set a Captains record with 6 runs scored!
…
#SeasTheDay
#MiLB
Interesting fact of the day:
Tonight, Captains LHP Matt “Tugboat” Wilkinson will be getting the start on what would have been Northeast Ohio native and 7-time MLB All-Star Thurman “Tugboat” Munson’s 77th birthday.
#SeasTheDay
John Carroll is one of two schools to defeat two different
@NCAADIII
Elite 8 teams this season.
@JCUMensHoops
beat Mount Union and Wheaton.
UW-Eau Claire (
@UWECMBB
) beat UW-Whitewater and UW-Oshkosh.
#d3hoops
Pro hitters w/ 10+2B, 6+HR, .333+AVG, 9+SB, & 20+RBI in first 33 team games w/ 1 team (since ‘05):
- ALEX MOONEY (2024, LC)
- Ryan Bliss (2023, AMA)
- Ronald Acuña Jr. (2023, ATL)
- Jake Fraley (2017, PER)
- Carlos Correa (2015, CC)
- Rene Reyes (2012, AGS)
#SeasTheDay
#MiLB
This week, the Captains will travel to West Michigan for a six-game road series against the Whitecaps.
The only players from Single-A through MLB with a .410+ AVG, 8+ RBI, and 2+ SB from 4/15-4/21?
LC’s Nate Furman and WM’s Luke Gold.
#SeasTheDay
#MiLB
I am honored to share that I have been named the 2022-23 WJCU Sportscaster of the Year!
I was also named WJCU Student Director of the Year, along with
@ZacharySinutko
.
So grateful for the two years I’ve spent with such an awesome station filled with amazing people and memories!
For the first time since 2010, your Lake County Captains (
@LCCaptains
) are Midwest League East First Half Division Champions!
The team went on to win its only league title in franchise history that year.
#SeasTheDay
List of Lake County Captains pitchers with 36+ strikeouts & 3-or-fewer walks through the first 30 team games of a season since 2005:
• TRENTON DENHOLM (2024)
• AUSTIN PETERSON (2024)
#SeasTheDay