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Host Gwen Mascai (WBEZ Re:sound) takes a swing at singing the "National Anthem" ("one of the most humiliating moments of my life -- caught on tape"). Dan Collison (LongHaulPro.org) provides play-by-play commentary on "The Potato Ball Caper." Barrett Golding spends a season with the Rookie League. Terry Allen defines the many meanings of "Dug-Out." And Philip Kent Bimstein plays ragtime ball with the St. Louis Cardinal's "Bushy Wishy Beer Man."
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Host Gwen Mascai (WBEZ Re:sound) takes a swing at singing the "National Anthem" ("one of the most humiliating moments of my life -- caught on tape"). Dan Collison (LongHaulPro.org) provides play-by-play commentary on "The Potato Ball Caper." Barrett Golding spends a season with the Rookie League. Terry Allen defines the many meanings of "Dug-Out." And Philip Kent Bimstein plays ragtime ball with the St. Louis Cardinal's "Bushy Wishy Beer Man."
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Review of HOME TEAM Baseball SpecialIt's difficult to believe a special could be both amusing and dark, but "Home Team" is both. We just aired this on KFAI in Minneapolis. Host Gwen Macsai does an embarrassing rendition of the National Anthem at a minor league game, Dan Collison recounts an odd footnote in baseball history: The Potato Ball Caper. (The catcher sneaks a potato onto the field and uses it to fake out a runner, later tagging him out with the real baseball. It's like something you did as a kid!) And then there's the eeriy "Dug-Out," a long piece that's sure to intrigue listeners. I don't know quite what to make of it, but I like it. Actors with southern accents tell a disjointed story of violence, exploring the real meaning of the word "dugout." According to this piece, baseball dugouts were originally called "graves" because they were rectangluar and dug into the earth. Listeners are sure to be entertained in the first 30 minutes of this program and a little confused in the second 30 minutes. And that's a good thing. |
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Review of HOME TEAM Baseball SpecialTakes the most deeply American, earnest and lyrical of all the sports - starts out clever and sweet and then in half two takes a plunge down into the dark heart of turn-of-the-century America - with a symphonic story that successfully defends serious, longer-bite listening and makes it worth it - let's give audiences a little credit! Choosing three tones this time was challenging. This one runs round lots of bases. |
Timing and Cues
1) Promo 30sec
2) Special- Half1 28min
3) Station Break 1min
4) Special- Half1 30min
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Posted on April 03, 2005 at 04:49 PM | Permalink
Review of HOME TEAM Baseball Special
Baseball has always been a writer's sport -- think Roger Angell and that other Roger, the Aga's brother -- and HOME TEAM proves that baseball is radio's sport. I've always loved Gwen M's tone: a kind of warm and welcoming with just a hint of the acerbic. And the stories are perfect in a baseball way -- witness the potato story and the sheer headtwisting weirdness of the dugout. PDs: by my New Englander's reckoning, you've got four weeks to air this before there's absolutely no hint of snow in the forecast. Don't dawdle.