The
off season for baseball always feels like an off season for me, even if more
busy. I go through my daily life with work and school, but everyday I want baseball to be back.
After the Sweets’
season ended, I went back home to Eugene, OR and got ready for the different
sports seasons. Oregon football is very important to the radio station that I am
the assistant sports director for at the U of O, but fall also presented
volleyball, soccer and high school football as well as daily talk shows.
It was a fun year for the station as
we pushed boundaries and called Oregon football for the first time in our
history. I got the chance to travel on the road to Washington, Washington State
and Stanford for football games and it was an experience I will
never forget.
One of the highlights was completing a “Weekend
in Washington”, where we called Oregon versus Washington volleyball and
football on Friday and Saturday respectively and then drove across the state
for Oregon versus Washington State volleyball the next day in Pullman. We got
about three hours of sleep that night and drove a collective twelve hours that
day, but it was a great experience as well.
The fall sports schedule kept me
busy and school did as well. This brought on the stress that all college
students face, and there were many long nights of studying all year. As a
journalism student, things do not come easily, but the challenge is what drives
the student, right?
After a fun high school basketball
season for the station, the time that I have been waiting for all year is
almost here: diamond sports time.
Our station does not have the rights
to call the Oregon baseball games on our airwaves, but we call Oregon softball.
The softball team has had a lot of success over the past few seasons. They have
made it to the Women’s College World Series three out of the last four seasons
and have won three straight PAC-12 titles. This is where the fun begins for me
as I will be calling my first game for them (since last season) down in
Stockton, CA on March 11th. I will be calling 30 games for them this
season.
I
cannot express how excited I am for the season to start and to get up to Walla
Walla for the summer. It is going to be a great year and baseball season is the
only season for me.
If
you want to follow along with me in the Oregon softball season, you can find me
@zachbigs on twitter, my station @KWVASports and the broadcasts on
kwvaradio.org/listen-live.
I’ll
be talking to you before you know it, but if you have any questions or just want
to talk, feel free to email me at zach@wallawallasweets.com.
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