You just use your words and your background to describe what’s going on.” “Once you put on the headset, everything else melts away. Every job I go for, there’s roughly 200 applicants. Everyone thinks that if they grew up watching sports then they can talk about sports, that they can broadcast from their couch. What is the biggest challenge of your job? I’ve called hundreds of games, so it’s taken years of practice to get to that point. Is it bouncing? Is it a chopper? Is it a one-hopper? How fast is it going? All these little things are what I know to look for. For example, for me, if it’s a ground ball to the first base side, I know I can describe it that way, but maybe in the last inning there already was a ground ball to the first baseman, so I need to be more descriptive. You just use your words and your background to describe what’s going on. Once you put on the headset, everything else melts away. How do you know what to say during play-by-plays? I went from women’s basketball to men’s basketball, volleyball, soccer, softball, and by the time I graduated high school, baseball. I was free labor, but it was fine with me. From then on, I kept broadcasting at the University of Texas all through high school. I loved the live action and how you never knew what was going to unfold in front of you. I recall bits and pieces of trying to talk and not talk over him, to be cognizant of all the things he’d ever taught me. Why don’t you give it a shot?” I was really shy, but he says I talked the entire time. But on that day, his student couldn’t make it, and he said to me, “Well, I have an extra headset, and you know basketball. It was a women’s basketball game- basketball was my sport growing up. He was at the University of Texas–Dallas calling a game, and I was going to be there just to keep score. My grandfather was a sports broadcaster at the University of North Texas, and would have his students go to different local universities and practice calling games. Whenever people point out that I’m a female broadcaster, my response is, “Yeah, but I’d rather talk baseball with you.”Ĭan you tell me about your first foray into sports broadcasting? You said you were 15 years old? I cannot wait for the day when I can walk into the press box and they say, “Oh, the broadcaster’s here,” not “Wait, you’re the broadcaster?” I don’t like the attention or to talk about myself it’s kind of an anti-broadcaster thing, because our job is to talk about everyone else. People often point out that you’re not just a broadcaster, you’re a female broadcaster. When she was 15, sports broadcasting came into Tiedemann’s life, and it’s been a constant ever since. She eventually picked up basketball and volleyball she even participated in rodeos during the weekends. She’d go home crying every day because no one would throw her the ball, but the next day she got right back out there. As a child in Texas, she played football with the boys during recess in elementary school. Sports have always been at the center of Tiedemann’s life. A 29-year-old play-by-play announcer and one of Minor League Baseball’s original four female broadcasters, Tiedemann left Kentucky (and the Lexington Legends) and moved to Maine in March of 2020 after she accepted the position of director of broadcasting for the Portland Sea Dogs (the Boston Red Sox’s Double-A team). School buses recently deposited approximately 6,500 children for an educational tour of the Sea Dogs’ stadium, and their boundless curiosity and enthusiasm left Tiedemann with little time to fortify herself. I’m not worried about that part of it.For Emma Tiedemann, it is a “yes, I had hot dogs for breakfast” kind of day. I love him, and he’s going to do just fine. He’s terrific at what he does, he’s been absolutely fabulous to work with. I’m sure they’re going to be lining up for his services. “I know that he’s going to land on his feet and he’s going to be in great shape. He’s been an outstanding partner for 15 years, and I’m truly going to miss him on a work-related side, and I’m going to miss him on a personal side because he also has become a very, very close friend of mine. He was asking me if there was any chance he could get it. “For the last 15 years, it’s been an absolute pleasure to work with Don,” a tearful Remy told reporters after the Red Sox beat the White Sox in Chicago. “I can remember him sitting in the booth when the job became available. But none have been as senseless as letting go of Orsillo.īut no one took it harder, aside from Orsillo himself, than analyst Jerry Remy. The Red Sox have made a lot of moves the last two years that haven't worked out.
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