Good luck to a colleague

I've known about this move within the Midwest League Broadcasting community for a while now. But, was sworn to secrecy. So, since the website of the Scranton/Wilkes Barre Yankees has posted the story, I guess the cat is out of the bag.

Vander Wood named broadcaster

The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees announced today that Mike Vander Wood has been hired as the Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations.

Vander Wood will handle all play-by-play duties on the Yankees radio network as well as coordinating media relations activities and the speaker's bureau.

He becomes just the second regular play-by-play broadcaster in franchise history, replacing Kent Westling who held the post for 19 seasons before resigning at the end of the 2007 season.

Mike has been with Dayton since 2000, the same amount of time that I have been with the Timber Rattlers. He is a hard working, talented broadcaster. Most importantly he is a good friend. Heading to Fifth Third Field will be different in 2008 without him there, but this is a big step up for him.

Good luck to Mike and his family.