Dragons on TV Next 3 Nights
DAYTON, OHIO-Dayton Dragons games on Thursday, June 12; Friday, June 13; and Saturday, June 14 will be televised from Fifth Third Field on WHIO Digital Channel 7.2 (channel 23 and digital channel 372 on most Time Warner Cable systems in the Miami Valley).
Dragons telecasts are available to more than 500,000 households. The Dragons host the Bowling Green Hot Rods on Thursday while the Lake County Captains will provide the opposition on Friday and Saturday. All three games start at 7:00 p.m.
National Baseball Hall-of-Fame writer Hal McCoy will serve as the guest commentator on Thursday. On Friday night, Greg Rhodes, the official historian for the Cincinnati Reds Hall-of-Fame, and Daryl Smith, author of the book, Making the Big Red Machine, will provide commentary. On Saturday, Grant Griesser, former Reds Assistant Director of Player Development, will be the guest commentator.
Sponsors for Dragons television broadcasts include Dayton Power & Light, IUE-CWA, Smoothie King, Alliance for Consumer Education, Greater Ohio Virtual School, Gamin' Ride, Buffalo Wild Wings, Cohen Recycling, IWORKS, Coldwell Banker Heritage Realtors, Courtyard by Marriott Dayton South, and Voss Auto.
The Dragons will televise 25 games from Fifth Third Field this season. The telecasts are produced by the Dragons' in-house production crew. Each telecast will feature a special guest commentator who will work with Dragons play-by-play announcer Tom Nichols. Among those who have appeared or are expected to appear on telecasts are:
- Ron Oester, former Reds second baseman and a 2014 inductee into the Reds Hall-of-Fame
- Bill Doran, former Houston Astros star and current Reds Minor League Field Coordinator
- Todd Benzinger, former Reds first baseman and Dragons manager
- Doug Bair, former Reds pitcher and Dragons pitching coach
- Chris Sexton, former Reds infielder
- Jeff Reboulet, former Major League infielder and Dayton native
- Hal McCoy, Hall-of-fame baseball writer
- Paul Keels, Ohio State University broadcaster
- Mike Hartsock, WHIO TV Sports Director
- Mike Vander Woude, the voice of the Dragons from 2000-2007
- Chick Ludwig, WONE Radio host
- Larry Hansgen of WHIO Radio
- Mo Egger, WLW Radio Sports Talk host
- Grant Griesser, former Reds Assistant Director of Player Development
- Jamie Ramsey, Reds Assistant Director of Media Relations (author of the blog "Better Off Red")
- Brad Del Barba, Professional Baseball scout and former Reds executive
- Daryl Smith, Baseball Author
- Greg Rhodes, Reds team historian
Dragons 2014 Television Broadcast Schedule (remaining games)
Thursday, June 12 - Bowling Green Hot Rods
Friday, June 13 - Lake County Captains
Saturday, June 14 - Lake County Captains
Saturday, June 28 - Lake County Captains
Thursday, July 3 - Fort Wayne TinCaps
Thursday, July 10 - South Bend Silver Hawks
Friday, July 11 - West Michigan Whitecaps
Thursday, July 24 - Quad Cities River Bandits
Friday, July 25 - Quad Cities River Bandits
Saturday, July 26 - Cedar Rapids Kernels
Saturday, August 2 - South Bend Silver Hawks
Friday, August 15 - Bowling Green Hot Rods
Saturday, August 16 - Bowling Green Hot Rods
Wednesday, August 27 - Lansing Lugnuts
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