Take Me Out To The Ballgame... on Radio !

There is something very nice about listening to a baseball game over a portable AM radio. It evokes thoughts of sitting on a porch swing in the shade on a summer evening. Even if you are inside and it's cold and wind in April.

It's nice because you can have it going in the background, and it doesn't take over your thoughts unless you WANT it to. Then the announcer gets that edge of excitement and you know it's time to listen. If you don't quite catch the action, you can listen to the crowd because that inner "clock" in your mind tells you that your team is batting or in the field.

Also interesting to me is the companies that advertise, and how that changes based on region. Imagine hearing a commercial for John Deere or a farmers coop during a radio broadcast in New York or Los Angeles. I guess it would be like hearing a commercial on Kansas City for surf boards.


It is different than watching on TV obviously, but I think radio is the best way to experience a ball game, other than being there anyway. With radio, you are there in your mind and heart. It kind of goes back to the old time simplicity of the game. Simple game for a simple time. Well we can always hope right?


"7th inning stretch time at Kauffman Stadium" says Bob Davis on the Royals Radio Network.

Take me out to the ballgame...

Bob Davis, Denny Matthews and Steve Stewart
will broadcast games this season from the
radio booth. (Chris Vleisides/Kansas City Royals)