If the weather cooperates, which may be a substantial if, Bridgeport High School will open up the 2018 state baseball tournament Friday morning at 10 a.m. at Charleston’s Appalachian Power Park. For those of you unable to get off work or make the southern swing for other reasons, don’t fret.
Travis Jones, the “Voice of the Indians,” has confirmed that once again the game will not only be carried live via radio on various MetroNews stations across West Virginia, but will also be shown via live stream on the MetroNews Channel off of their Web site.
“It’s going to the same as the past,” said Jones. “If you can’t some to the game and, based on the time of the first game at 10 a.m. it may be difficult for some, you can follow it two ways. You can do the audio version from MetroNews’ stations, including locally at 103.3 WAJR FM or the Bridgeport Indians Radio App, and you can go to the Web site and watch it online.”
The day of the game, Jones said there will be a link on wvmetronews.com that you can click on to watch the live game feed. Former Pirates legendary broadcaster Lanny Frattare will be joined in the booth by Ernie Galusky with Brad Howe handling reporting from the field.
The radio broadcast will also have some familiar names. Fred Persinger and Kyle Wiggs will take care of the call from the booth, while Dave Wilson will be the dugout reporter.
There’s also good news in the event Bridgeport would make it to the Class AA title game and followers happen to miss it or be unable to listen or watch. Jones said the title games in all three classifications will be aired at a later date on AT&T Pittsburgh, which is formerly Root Sports.
“Those replay dates will be announced likely a short time after the completion of the title games,” said Jones. “It’s anticipated the title games will be replayed multiple times.”
For those that watched the games on-line through the live streaming last year, they’ll be pleased to know that it’s returning in the same high definition format with all the bells and whistles as before.
“It really is ESPN quality and if you watch one of their programs being streamed compared to this you won’t be able to tell the difference,” said Jones. “The quality, graphics, replay angles and the use of 12 field microphones will provide the viewer with a full experience.”
Bridgeport (27-10 prior to last night’s game with Charleston Catholic) opens the state tournament Friday against James Monroe (17-8). BHS is the No. 1 seed, while JMHS is the No. 4 seed.
The winner of that game will play the winner of No. 2 Wayne (25-5) and No. 3 Frankfort (23-6). The contest is scheduled for roughly 1 p.m. Saturday or 50 minutes after the completion of the Class AAA title game scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. that day.
Editor's Note: Photos by www.benqueenphotography.com.
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