There are still a couple of former Midwest League announcers, um, announcing in the playoffs.
Mike Vander Wood, who announced in Dayton from 2000 to 2007, is with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
Neil Solondz, who was with the Quad City River Bandits in 2000, is with the Durham Bulls.
Those teams are facing each other in the International League finals.
Scranton won Game One 8-7 on a game-winning hit in the bottom of the ninth by Eric Duncan.
Both members of the Midwest League Announcers Alumni Association have highlights at that second link.
To bring this series to more of a Rattler than Radio perspective. Rafael Chaves, who was the pitching coach for the Rattlers in 2000, is the pitching coach for the Yankees. Mike Birling, who was the general manager of the Ratters from 1996-1998, is the general manager of the Bulls.
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Eric Duncan, former first round pick of the Yankees out of Seton Hall (prep, not college) who made a couple of appearances at then simply Fox Cities Stadium for the then Battle Creek Yankees...
He however is not Tui...
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