Softball’s Jessica Mendoza to work Dodgers-Cubs game Sunday night on ESPN

From the NYT
By RICHARD SANDOMIR

Jessica Mendoza, a gold-medal-winning Olympic softball player, will work on ESPN’s broadcast Sunday night of the Chicago Cubs-Los Angeles Dodgers game.

Mendoza, primarily an analyst for women’s college softball at ESPN, became the first woman to call a Major League Baseball game for ESPN on Monday when she joined Dave O’Brien and Dallas Braden for the network’s St. Louis Cardinals-Arizona Diamondbacks game.

“I was nervous,” she said. “I definitely tried to prepare as if I’d done it a million times so it wouldn’t seem like anything unique. My heart was pumping in the first inning like it was in the first inning of an Olympic game. But after that first at-bat — boom! — it felt comfortable.”

Mendoza has worked for ESPN since 2007, has appeared on “Baseball Tonight” since last year and was a field analyst for this year’s College World Series.

A woman calling M.L.B. games is a rarity. Click here to continue reading at the New York Times.

Ballpark Broadcasting and ISC Network crew, are you ready?

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Gold Medal Game from 2015 WBSC Men’s World Championship

Courtesy SportsCanadaTV and Ballpark Broadcasting – The Gold Medal Game from 2015 WBSC Men’s World Championship – Canada v. New Zealand.

Broadcasts of the 2015 WBSC World Championship a joint production of Ballpark Broadcasting and Sports Canada TV
Broadcasts of the 2015 WBSC World Championship a joint production of Ballpark Broadcasting and Sports Canada TV

All 65 games still available, via Video on Demand, click Sports Canada logo below.
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See information regarding Ballpark Broadcasting’s “other” broadcast of the bronze and gold medal games, on Shaw Cable TV. (shown to Shaw subscribers in Canada)

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Shaw Cable TV Viewing info for 2015 WBSC Men’s World Championship Bronze and Gold Medal games

Click the logo to watch games the Video-On-Demand at Sports Canada TV
Click the logo to watch games the Video-On-Demand at Sports Canada TV

In addition to the live streaming video broadcast of the entire 2015 WBSC Men’s Softball World Championship via Ballpark Broadcasting and Sports Canada TV, the bronze and gold medal games on the final day of the tournament, were also broadcast via Shaw cable TV in Canada.

The entire 5 man crew of ballpark broadcasting was involved in the final day’s broadcasts of the bronze and gold medal games:

Kyle Smith and Lance Winn
handled the play-by-play and color commentary on Shaw TV, while Jim Flanagan, Blair Setford and Joe Todd handled the play-by-play and color commentary on sports Canada TV, for first ever dual broadcasts of the bronze and gold medal games.

The Sports Canada TV broadcasts were carried live on the Internet, with the Shaw TV telecasts were carried on a four hour delay on Sunday, July 5, 2015.

The Sports Canada TV broadcasts are available on a Video on Demand basis at Sports Canada TV. (Remember to click the date on the left-hand side of the sports Canada website and then select the game you wish to watch)

The Shaw TV telecasts will be replayed In the local Saskatoon area on the dates shown below, and available as video on demand for Shaw TV Subscribers in Canada

shaw_cableBoth bronze and gold games will be repeat on Shaw TV, Channel 10 (in Saskatoon only) the following days/times:

Wed July 8 – 7pm

Sat July 11 – 10am

It will also be available on Video on Demand to all Shaw cable subscribers within the next day or two.

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Day 9 – WBSC World Championship – Saturday July 4 – Broadcasts

Our broadcast crew is doing 5 games today, all of the Championship bracket games. (Consolation semi-finals have live stream only, consolation championship will include broadcasters)

Click ticket to watch! (Subscription required)
Click ticket to watch!
(Subscription required)

Mexico vs Great Britain
10:00 am
live video stream only

Guatemala vs United States
10:00 am
live video stream only

Japan vs Australia
12:30 pm
Kyle Smith and Blair Setford

Venezuela vs Dominican Republic
3:00pm
Lance Winn and Blair Setford

Mexico v. USA
CONSOLATION CHAMPIONSHIP
3:30 pm
at Gordie Howe Park
Jim Flanagan and Joe Todd

New Zealand vs Canada
PAGE PLAYOFF (Double Life Winners); Winner of this one advances to gold medal game.
5:30 pm

Winner C5 vs Winner C6
Winner Venezuela/Dominican Republic vs. Japan/Australia
8:00 pm
Jim Flanagan and Joe Todd

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Day 8 – WBSC World Championship – Friday July 3 – Broadcasts

Click ticket to watch! (Subscription required)
Click ticket to watch!
(Subscription required)
Our broadcast crew is doing 4 games today, all of the Championship bracket games. (Consolation bracket games have live stream only)

Game and Broadcaster Schedule – Friday, July 3, 2015 – Day 8
(Championship Playoff Bracket)

Pool A3 vs Pool B4
1:00 pm
Japan v. Czech Republic

Jim Flanagan and Joe Todd

Pool B3 vs Pool A4
3:30 pm
Argentina v. Venezuela

Lance Winn and Blair Setford

Pool A1 vs Pool B2
6:30 pm
Canada v. Australia

Kyle Smith and Lance Winn

Pool B1 vs Pool A2
8:30 pm
New Zealand v. Dominican Republic

Jim Flanagan and Blair Setford

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