MWL1 Dayton Dragons

Dragons on TV Thursday

Published on July 2, 2014 under Midwest League (MWL1)
Dayton Dragons News Release


DAYTON, OHIO-The Dayton Dragons game on Thursday, July 3 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 Dragons battle the Fort Wayne TinCaps at 7:00 p.m. Dragons telecasts are available to more than 500,000 households.

Former Reds pitcher and Dragons pitching coach Doug Bair will serve as the guest commentator. Bair spent 15 years in the Major Leagues, pitching in 584 games from 1976-1990. He pitched for the Reds from 1978-'81, when his teammates included Johnny Bench, Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, George Foster, Tom Seaver, Ken Griffey Sr., Dave Concepcion, and Ron Oester, among many others. He finished third in the National League in saves in 1978. Bair pitched for two World Series champions, the 1982 St. Louis Cardinals and the 1984 Detroit Tigers.

Bair served as the Dragons pitching coach for two seasons in 2007-'08. Nine pitchers from those two Dragons teams have reached the Major Leagues.

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. Others 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

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

Grant Griesser, former Reds Assistant Director of Player Development

Mo Egger, Sports Talk Host on WLW Radio

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, July 3 - Fort Wayne TinCaps

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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