We completed the 2008 spring training yesterday and I can honestly say that the four telecasts were the cleanest spring telecasts we have done in my twenty one years of televising Cardinal baseball.
The reason these shows were so good is that we were fortunate that we had great crews. The members of our telecast team worked hard, were pleasant, and created not only good telecasts but very enjoyable shows as well.
For the most part, every Major League baseball telecast team does not look forward to spring telecasts. The crew members (usually) are not versed in baseball TV coverage and are just putting in their time to make a buck.
The camera operators were constantly looking for shots. Mediocre camera operators take breaks between innings. Yet, between innings is when some of the most compelling shots of the telecast are captured. The camera operators on our four spring training games worked hard from the time we went on the air until we signed off. It was a real pleasure watching these “Professionals” in action.
The technical directors for the four spring shows were terrific as well. In fact, the TD from the FSN North Puma truck is one of the best technical directors I have ever sat next to. This guy was fast, creative, pleasant, and he kept his mouth shut. There were many instances where my directing would have “tied up” many a technical director, but this guy (except for one tiny hiccup) was flawless.
I plan on suggesting to my Executive Producer that we use this Puma Truck in Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, and Cincinnati instead of being in the back end of a dual. I realize that the dual feed is here to stay and that the cost of televising makes this necessary, but, if the cost of the dual feed and the cost of the Puma Truck are similar, I believe that a telecast out of a Puma Truck (especially with this TD and with this truck’s EIC) has a greater chance of being “cleaner” than that of a dual.
We open the 2008 season on Monday. I am happy we are opening at home. The transition from these spring telecasts to the real thing, the regular season, will be smooth because our home crew is hard working and a pleasure to be part of.
Our home technical director, Don, is one of the best as well.
I hope I have not put too much pressure on him.
Just kidding, Don.
The reason these shows were so good is that we were fortunate that we had great crews. The members of our telecast team worked hard, were pleasant, and created not only good telecasts but very enjoyable shows as well.
For the most part, every Major League baseball telecast team does not look forward to spring telecasts. The crew members (usually) are not versed in baseball TV coverage and are just putting in their time to make a buck.
The camera operators were constantly looking for shots. Mediocre camera operators take breaks between innings. Yet, between innings is when some of the most compelling shots of the telecast are captured. The camera operators on our four spring training games worked hard from the time we went on the air until we signed off. It was a real pleasure watching these “Professionals” in action.
The technical directors for the four spring shows were terrific as well. In fact, the TD from the FSN North Puma truck is one of the best technical directors I have ever sat next to. This guy was fast, creative, pleasant, and he kept his mouth shut. There were many instances where my directing would have “tied up” many a technical director, but this guy (except for one tiny hiccup) was flawless.
I plan on suggesting to my Executive Producer that we use this Puma Truck in Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, and Cincinnati instead of being in the back end of a dual. I realize that the dual feed is here to stay and that the cost of televising makes this necessary, but, if the cost of the dual feed and the cost of the Puma Truck are similar, I believe that a telecast out of a Puma Truck (especially with this TD and with this truck’s EIC) has a greater chance of being “cleaner” than that of a dual.
We open the 2008 season on Monday. I am happy we are opening at home. The transition from these spring telecasts to the real thing, the regular season, will be smooth because our home crew is hard working and a pleasure to be part of.
Our home technical director, Don, is one of the best as well.
I hope I have not put too much pressure on him.
Just kidding, Don.
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