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Dragons on TV Thursday, Friday, and Saturday

Published on May 6, 2014 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


DAYTON, OHIO-Dayton Dragons games on Thursday, May 8; Friday, May 9; and Saturday, May 10 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). The games are available to more than 500,000 households.

WHIO TV Sports Director Mike Hartsock will serve as the guest commentator on Thursday. On Friday, former Reds second baseman Ron Oester, a 2014 inductee into the Reds Hall-of-Fame, will handle the commentator duties. Former Reds infielder Chris Sexton will be the guest commentator on Saturday.

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.

Hartsock has served as Sports Director at WHIO TV since 1989 and has been covering sports for the station since 1982. He has covered three Super Bowls, the 1990 World Series, the 1996 Olympics, and the 2002 BCS Championship Game. He was born in Waynesville and is a lifelong resident of the Miami Valley.

Oester spent his entire 13-year Major League career with the Reds and appeared in more games at second base than all but two players in franchise history. He broke in as a 22-year-old rookie in 1978 and became the Reds starting second baseman in 1980. An outstanding defensive second baseman, his best season at the plate came in 1985 when he batted .295. He retired after the Reds 1990 World Series championship and spent six seasons with the Reds as a Major League coach.

Chris Sexton enjoyed a 10-year professional playing career, spending parts of two seasons in the Major Leagues with the Colorado Rockies in 1999 and the Reds in 2000. He is a product of St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati and Miami University. He was inducted into the Miami University Athletics Hall-of-Fame in 2002 and is one of only two players in school history to win the Mid American Conference Player of the Year award. He still holds the single-season school record for highest batting average, hitting .429 in 1993.

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. In addition to the guests this week, others expected to appear on telecasts are:

Bill Doran, former Houston Astros star and current Reds Minor League Field Coordinator

Todd Benzinger, former Reds first baseman and Dragons manager

Tommy Helms, former Reds player, coach, and manager (member of the Reds Hall-of-Fame)

Doug Bair, former Reds pitcher and Dragons pitching coach

Joe Price, former Reds pitcher

Jeff Reboulet, former Major League infielder and Dayton native

Hal McCoy, Hall-of-fame baseball writer

Paul Keels, Ohio State University broadcaster

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, Major League Baseball scout and former Reds executive

Daryl Smith, Baseball Author

Greg Rhodes, Reds team historian

Dragons 2014 Television Broadcast Schedule (remaining games)

Thursday, May 8 - Fort Wayne TinCaps

Friday, May 9 - Fort Wayne TinCaps

Saturday, May 10 - Fort Wayne TinCaps

Thursday, May 22 - West Michigan Whitecaps

Friday, May 23 - West Michigan Whitecaps

Saturday, May 31 - Lansing Lugnuts

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

Saturday, July 12 - 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

Saturday, August 16 - Bowling Green Hot Rods

Wednesday, August 27 - Lansing Lugnuts

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