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Please consider supporting my work and subscribe to  my Patreon page .  Your patronage will get you exclusive interviews and other prospect related material as well as early access to all of my other content such as this post.  Thank you.   Mike Ventola, image- Jay Floyd Mike Ventola has spent nearly a decade broadcasting in the developmental ranks for the Phillies organization.  He's also worked for the Southern Illinois Miners, the Augusta Greenjackets, New Jersey Institute of Technology calling women's basketball and the Danny Bonaduce Morning Show. Currently the Manager of Media Relations for the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Ventola previously called games for five seasons with the Double-A Reading Fightin Phils. Recently, "Mikey V." took time to answer interview questions for me and offered some insight on his career path, the appeal of broadcasting, his current role with the IronPigs, what he's missing most this year during the baseball ...

Greg Giombarrese, image via Greg's Twitter profile Please consider supporting my work and subscribe to  my Patreon page .  Your patronage will get you exclusive interviews and other prospect related material as well as early access to all of my other content.  Thank you. Greg Giombarrese has been one of my favorite people in baseball for roughly a decade.  Currently the Director of Communications for the Class A Lakewood BlueClaws, he's the long-time radio voice of the club as well.  Sharp and rousing, Greg is always a standout among professional baseball play by play talents. Recently, Giombarrese was kind enough to answer several questions about his career, how he got his start in broadcasting, horse racing and more.  Read ahead for this wonderful interview. - Do you recall your earliest memories of broadcasting and what appealed to you most? I never really did much before I got to college, except for the occasional calling of plays in my h...

Please consider supporting my work and subscribe to  my Patreon page .  Your patronage will get you exclusive interviews and early access to all of my other content.  Thank you. Are you familiar with Jesse Goldberg-Strassler ?  He is the voice of the Toronto affiliate Class A Lansing Lugnuts.  Ballpark Digest named him their 2019 Broadcaster of the Year and now he's here, answering my questions! I asked Jesse about his early interest in the broadcast side of sports, how he got started in the profession, some key highlights from his career and so much more.  Read ahead for this interesting and enjoyable interview. - Do you recall your earliest broadcasting memories and what appealed about the role to you? I spent my childhood broadcasting games, baseball, basketball, or football, on the computer, on the basketball court while shooting hoops, or merely in my imagination. When I was a teenager, my father suggested I contact the local Minor League ...

At long last, the Phillies announced their latest radio deal this week and the team's broadcasts will be heard exclusively on the FM dial in 2016. The contract, which was reportedly inked on Tuesday, links the Phils to CBS Radio and stipulates that the broadcasts will air strictly on WIP 94.1 FM. In recent seasons, the Phillies were simulcasted on WIP as well as WPHT 1210 AM. WIP is slated to carry select spring training contests and all 162 regular season games this year. A move to WIP makes plenty of sense as the longest tenured all-sports talk station in the city of Philadelphia (WIP previously resided on the AM dial before moving to FM in 2011) is already a destination for the region's baseball fans while WPHT does not feature any other sports related programming on its schedule. The radio broadcast team will remain the same with Scott Franzke, Jim Jackson and Larry Andersen handling commentary.

On Monday, I guested on Corey Seidman's HD radio show on the Phillies 24/7 channel. During my interview segment, we talked about some promising names in the Phils organization including Kenny Giles , J.P. Crawford , Cam Perkins and Maikel Franco . Top draft pick Aaron Nola and a pair of troubling Canadians in Phillippe Aumont and Tyson Gillies were discussed as well. To hear my segment with Corey on Monday's edition of "Phillies Today", click here and skip to the 9:00 mark of the show to get right to me.

Tune in around 1:25pm today (Saturday, December 18th) to hear me talking Phillies baseball with the one and only Tyrone Johnson. We'll be talking about the Phillies' stunning acquisition of Cliff Lee and other matters pertaining to your favorite MLB club. Tyrone is a multi talented Millennium Radio force. Music, politics, current events and sports are all topics you can hear Mr. Johnson discussing on various Millennium owned outlets. He hosts The Weekend Sports Guide each and every Saturday, from noon to 3pm, on Atlantic City's 97.3 ESPN. You can listen on the air or online . Check it out! _________________________________________________ Connect with PhoulBallz.com on Facebook by clicking HERE .