For years at the College of Idaho, I would invite the media to come to our field for a batting practice session – to drive some coverage of our teams.
Media Manager Courtney Garner and I each felt this thing could work for the Hawks as well – inviting all of the local media out for a couple hot dogs and a couple of rounds of batting practice. Only issue – the team is not in town – so, the 38-year-old radio guy stepped up to the bump for the first time since Little League.
For the most part, I threw strikes, and tried to emulate the Tom Beyers’, the Mark Johnson’s, and the Gary Van Tol’s – throwing firm pitches from 45 feet, mixing in a bad curve ball and a knuckler.
As for the media guys –
Paul Gerke of KIVI-TV opened the BP session, showing he was…