Highlights From First 19 Episodes
10/27/22 • 78 min
A recap of the first fourteen episodes of Sports In The Making and includes short sections from some of the most memorable responses.
Recap Highlights:
00:00 Introduction to Episode
1:40 Episode 2 - Scott Hecht talking about a make-or-break moment in his tv career
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLkgyVd4XSs&t=10s
6:40 Episode 3 - John Howard shares the most intense moment of his career as technical director on the Super Bowl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7h2US1BANk&t=8s
10:51 Episode 4 - Chris Farrow talks about how he would find announcers for ESPN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWZI3oYGmmo&t=9s
17:10 Episode 5 - Jenny Cavnar shares her experience making Major League Baseball history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3ikmvR0Roo&t=13s
24:10 Episode 6 - Paul Kirk on what it was like working Super Bowls in media relations with the Denver Broncos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCYoU335niE&t=11s
31:38 Episode 7 - Carlos Alfonso reluctantly took a Major League Baseball coaching position with the San Francisco Giants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnLW109AkKQ&t=16s
34:58 Episode 8 - Dennis Spencer talks about how to get viewers when there is a lot of money spent on media rights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-LXqDuqc7c&t=11s
38:10 Episode 9 - Dean Walker's biggest challenge in his career was overseeing the Olympics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74KSqMBujpE&t=13s
42:20 Episode 10 - Jimmy Serrano on how minor league players think about contracts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtq2zVDBQDg&t=7s
44:40 Episode 12 - Ben Bouma shares his story of helping build the Pittsburgh Pirates' stadium and helping a billionaire purchase an NHL team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEfCwuyOqEk&t=77s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR1qG2z2Wes&t=13s
55:30 Episode 13 - Brian Nupnau explains how tv truck engineers keep shows on the air
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHpKlM0yIzY&t=11s
58:30 Episode 14 - Heather Novickis on how building relationships with athletes is important in representing her clients
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoO3RZWzEfY&t=13s
1:01:30 Episode 15 - Mary Kate Shea describes what happens the week leading into the Boston Marathon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLh_Bivgbnw&t=11s
1:08:00 Episode 16 - Ato Boldon shares what he learned from Dr. John Carlos about protesting during the 1968 Olympics
1:12:21 Episode 19 - Nick Gismondi on how he found work as an announcer and what an announcer needs to do to create their own opportunities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3nK4MZa7IE&t=14s
1:17:44 Episode Close
A recap of the first fourteen episodes of Sports In The Making and includes short sections from some of the most memorable responses.
Recap Highlights:
00:00 Introduction to Episode
1:40 Episode 2 - Scott Hecht talking about a make-or-break moment in his tv career
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLkgyVd4XSs&t=10s
6:40 Episode 3 - John Howard shares the most intense moment of his career as technical director on the Super Bowl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7h2US1BANk&t=8s
10:51 Episode 4 - Chris Farrow talks about how he would find announcers for ESPN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWZI3oYGmmo&t=9s
17:10 Episode 5 - Jenny Cavnar shares her experience making Major League Baseball history.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3ikmvR0Roo&t=13s
24:10 Episode 6 - Paul Kirk on what it was like working Super Bowls in media relations with the Denver Broncos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCYoU335niE&t=11s
31:38 Episode 7 - Carlos Alfonso reluctantly took a Major League Baseball coaching position with the San Francisco Giants
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnLW109AkKQ&t=16s
34:58 Episode 8 - Dennis Spencer talks about how to get viewers when there is a lot of money spent on media rights
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-LXqDuqc7c&t=11s
38:10 Episode 9 - Dean Walker's biggest challenge in his career was overseeing the Olympics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74KSqMBujpE&t=13s
42:20 Episode 10 - Jimmy Serrano on how minor league players think about contracts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtq2zVDBQDg&t=7s
44:40 Episode 12 - Ben Bouma shares his story of helping build the Pittsburgh Pirates' stadium and helping a billionaire purchase an NHL team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEfCwuyOqEk&t=77s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QR1qG2z2Wes&t=13s
55:30 Episode 13 - Brian Nupnau explains how tv truck engineers keep shows on the air
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHpKlM0yIzY&t=11s
58:30 Episode 14 - Heather Novickis on how building relationships with athletes is important in representing her clients
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoO3RZWzEfY&t=13s
1:01:30 Episode 15 - Mary Kate Shea describes what happens the week leading into the Boston Marathon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLh_Bivgbnw&t=11s
1:08:00 Episode 16 - Ato Boldon shares what he learned from Dr. John Carlos about protesting during the 1968 Olympics
1:12:21 Episode 19 - Nick Gismondi on how he found work as an announcer and what an announcer needs to do to create their own opportunities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3nK4MZa7IE&t=14s
1:17:44 Episode Close
Previous Episode
Andrew Irvine - Game Design Manager, MLB The Show & Former ESPN Event Producer
LOG:
0:00 - Introduction
1:15 - How Drew first thought about getting into sports
3:00 - How he didn’t make the initial cut to work for ESPN as a staff employee but was eventually hired
5:10 - What a remote Production Assistant is at ESPN
6:05 - How he advanced from PA to Associate Producer
7:45 - What an AP’s responsibility is in remote/event production
11:20 - What it took for Drew to get from AP to Producer
12:30 - What role he took in building Longhorn Network
14:10 - His first producing moment
14:45 - How his nerves were producing his first event
15:30 - Some of Drew’s mentors
16:45 - His event that went awry
18:55 - What an ISO producer is
20:40 - Relationship between announcers and producers
22:30 - His thoughts on what makes a good play-by-play announcer, analyst and reporter
25:10 - Drew’s favorite events he’s covered
26:40 - How he started working for PlayStation
29:00 - He was a gamer when he was younger
29:45 - Building a video game for baseball
32:30 - How his current job as Game Design Manager has given him more time to spend with family
33:50 - What influence Drew has made on MLB The Show with the broadcast, announcers and audio
34:30 - How he comes up with ideas for the game and how they get done quickly
35:25 - What changes he’s made for the 2022 MLB The Show version that includes the new announce team
37:40 - How the game was able to get John Sciambi and Chris Singleton as the announcers
41:30 - How they manage the amount of announcer calls within the game
43:00 - Bringing live sports broadcast elements into video games and vice versa
45:40 - How the game looks real
48:00 - What the response to MLB The Show 2022 has been so far & how people react to him when they know he works on the game
49:30 - How Drew can top what he’s doing now on the game
52:05 - Revisiting how people react to him working at MLB The Show
53:30 - How baseball is a part of your life and playing for a men’s adult baseball league, the Bristol Knights
54:10 - Some memorable baseball pictures and statistics of Drew & Don
57:30 - The difference between college football and college baseball as far as the intensity
59:50 - What Drew’s first credential was working live sports television
1:01:05 - His favorite movie
www.mlbtheshow.com
Next Episode
Dave Raymond - CEO, Hero of Happiness, The Original Philly Phanatic & Mascot Incubator
0:00 Episode Introduction
1:50 The meaning of the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series
3:00 How Dave grew up in Maryland and being the son of Hall of Fame College Football Coach Harold “Tubby” Raymond
5:55 Where Dave got his work ethic
7:50 How he became the Phillie Phanatic
11:00 How quickly the Phanatic had success and passing it along to Tom Burgoyne
13:25 Wearing the costume was physically demanding for Dave
17:20 What he did to create, sometimes unintentional, the personality of the Phanatic
22:30 How he developed the character and how Dave drew inspiration from his mother
25:45 What some special moments for Dave was being the Phanatic
32:20 How Dave created mascot characters and how he feels a part of the Phanatic after all these years
35:38 How valuable a mascot can be to a professional sport team and how his company creates them
40:00 What justifies a mascot being paid upwards of $625,000
44:00 How Dave uses the stories of the mascot to help train people how to have fun
49:30 The Tommy Lasorda “incident.” youtube.com/watch?v=vX4L2LHGs98
52:50 Dave’s relationships with MLB umpires
54:15 His most memorable skit youtube.com/watch?v=kxfA72OTOXA
56:00 His most memorable item from the Phanatic
57:30 Don’s autographed picture of the Phanatic
58:15 Episode Close
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