NY Gremlin Knight’s Derek Pukash Makes Debut on Ballparkradio
We are pleased to share the archived broadcast of one of the games carried live on Ballparkradio.com from the 2009 AAU Tournament. This one was broadcast on Friday night, January 23, 2009, at 7pm EST between the Pete Quaranta’s Adco Tool Shed team from Staten Island, New York against Hill United of Ontario, Canada.
(be patient, large file, takes time to download, especially first time)
The broadcasters for this one were Kyle Smith, and the newest member of the Ballparkradio crew, Derek Pukash (who was in Orlando as a member of the New York Gremlin Knights team). Judging from the emails we received, Derek’s performance in the booth was well received. (Disregard the scrolling listing of broadcasters on Windows Media player — I was not on the broadcast – it was Derek taking my place that night with Kyle, as I was a little under the weather, and we wanted someone who knew the NY team well, as Derek did. ) Derek has been inked for an encore in Rock Island, Illinois this summer, at the ISC II Tournament of Champions, where he will once again do double duty, as a player and broadcaster.
As you will hear, the broadcast starts a little abruptly — that’s because Kyle was getting us on the air on the fly. We were in the midst of moving our equipment from one diamond to another, after our earlier 5pm broadcast, and they decided to start the game 15 minutes ahead of the 7pm game time — without us. Kyle didn’t miss a beat, and got things rolling in minutes, so you only miss the pre-game and first batter. Hope you enjoy the broadcast.
We extend our thanks to Pete Quaranta and the folks at Adco Tool Shed, who sponsored the broadcast, enabling us to bring it to fastpitch fans live that night. Team cap logo below, for the two sponsor team — Adco, and Tool Shed.
We’ll be posting additional broadcasts from the 2009 AAU International Tournament, with list posted below the jump.
NY Gremlin Knights vs. Manor Dirt Bags, TX
January 23, 2009, 5pm
Broadcasters Kyle Smith & Jim Flanagan
Adco/Tool Shed NY vs. Hill United, ON
Friday, January 23, 2009, 7pm
Broadcasters Kyle Smith & Derek Pukash
CPI/ADS, Oswego, NY vs. Team Minnesota, MN
Saturday January 24, 2009, 11am
Broadcasters Kyle Smith & Bill Hillhouse
Midwest Stampede, IA vs. Texaco Pirates Bahamas
Saturday January 24, 2009, 5pm
Broadcasters Kyle Smith & Jim Flanagan
Chicago/NY Dominican Republic vs. Mac’s CF, KY
Sunday January 25, 2009, 12 noon, Semi-Final
Broadcasters Kyle Smith & Jim Flanagan
Chicago/NY Dominican Republic vs. Midwest Stampede, IA
Sunday January 25, 2009, 2pm, Championship Game
Broadcasters Kyle Smith, Bill Hillhouse & Jim Flanagan