Speaking of tv shows

The latest Timber Rattlers Field Pass is out there on In*Demand Channel 1111 for Time Warner Cable Subscribers.

This is the latest show where I make a fool of myself. This time is is not only with words and dumb questions. This is the Merhing in the bullpen segment.

I haven't seen it yet, but it must be good if it was called the best show we've ever done and if Jerry Augustine made a point to stop in the radio booth before going on TV last night to give me pointers on my delivery.

If you are not a Time Warner Cable Subscriber, but -- for some reason -- would like to see any of the segments from past shows, we are working with TWC to post some of the content to YouTube in the near future.

The next airings of my trying to severely damage my right arm are at 9:00pm tonight, 4:00pm tomorrow after the rebroadcast of last night's telecast, and 11:30pm tomorrow.

That's all the help you are getting from me on this topic...until the video is available.

Made it...And a few more programming notes

I am set up on press row at Alliant Energy Field for the All-Star Game.

I also just found out that if you have some problems with the Clinton audio feed, there are two other broadcasts that MIGHT be available.

Bill Baker from the Cougars is here.

Mike Maahs from the TinCaps is here.

Finally, I am saving this for last, because I am hoping that you don't read this far down. If you are a Time Warner Subscriber, the Timber Rattlers Field Pass with me making a fool of myself debuts today on Time Warner Sports 32 @ 5:00pm.

There. I gave around 90 minutes of warning. That should be plenty.

Give me about 10 minutes

The regular afternoon posts will be alone momentarily. I just need a few minutes. You see....

It was a TV taping day today for Timber Rattlers Field Pass.

Interviews with Jim Henderson and Steve Braun. Plus, I did a little bullpen session with Timber Rattlers pitching coach Chris Hook. My arm still hurts and yes, this is everything you thought it would be from a guy who hasn't thrown a pitch since Little League.

This show should air right around June 23 on Sports 32.

"He lost two teeth"

Interesting game last night for Time Warner Cable Sports. Green Bay East against Green Bay Notre Dame Academy.

NDA had an 18-4 lead after the first quarter on the way to a nice win. Despite Teven Taylor scoring 19 for East.

During the second quarter, Kevin McKenzie dove for a loose ball and when he got off the floor there was something missing...Parts of his two front teeth.

The camera crew got some decent shots of him showing the damage off to his teammates after he came back to the bench. McKenzie would get back in the game and play pretty well.

Game should be on Channel 32 at some point next week and might be on the in-demand Channel 1111 before the weekend.

That was interesting

Last night, the Time Warner Cable Sports 32 high school basketball road show was in Freedom for the girls' game between the Lady Irish and Wrightstown.

Freedom won 70-24. But, that wasn't the main story. Cory Jennerjohn of the Post-Crescent picks up the story.

With basketball being the common denominator, I wouldn't be surprised if a wedding buzzer replaced the customary wedding bells next summer.

Freedom girls' basketball coach Mike Vander Loop and Wrightstown girls' basketball coach Jen Drobnick met a couple of years ago at the WIAA girls' state basketball tournament, to change their annual nonconference meeting from an early-season tilt to a game around Christmas.

"I thought Freedom would be hard-butts about it," Drobnick said.

After accepting Wrightstown's offer, Vander Loop took Drobnick to one of the most unlikely places for a first date. But watching the NCAA men's basketball tournament at Buffalo Wild Wings was just fine with her.

"That was totally my style," Drobnick said. "I was really nervous and I had been out of (dating) for so long. He wasn't the kind of person that wanted to go someplace fancy and you can't go wrong with wings and beer, right?"

"I guess we kind of clicked from the beginning," said Vander Loop, who explained that the big day will be next summer, but the date hasn't been set yet. "

Click on the link for the rest of the story and a photo gallery from Dan Powers.

Good game

Helped out on the Time Warner Sports broadcast of the Appleton East-Wauwatosa West game last night. Really, really good game.

Twice the Patriots (6-1) had the ball in their hands with the clock ticking away — once at the end of regulation and again in overtime — and each time they delivered. Thanks to clutch shots from sophomores Johnny Coenen and Caleb Zeegers, East came up with a 70-69 overtime nonconference victory over Wauwatosa West (3-2).

The biggest similarity between the shots didn't come in the pressure each player felt in taking them, but in the fact neither player thought the shot was good when the ball left their hands.

"I actually thought it was going to be long," said Coenen, who hit a jump shot from just beyond the free throw line with 0.9 seconds left in regulation to tie the game 65-65. "But it hit short and rolled in so I was pretty happy."

If you are going to watch the game when it is on, watch for the end for some classic Mehring. I was on the floor for the interview with East coach John Mielke and Ted Stefaniak was at the broadcast position up in the balcony. We were trying to figure out the wrap-up just before taping the interview by yelling to each other.

I thought he said, "Do the interview, then come up here to do the stats and we'll wrap it up."

So after the interview, I throw it to him and rush up the bleachers to help on the wrap. By the time I get up there, Ted is saying good night.

Turns out I was supposed to give the leading scorers of the game from the floor, then Ted would wrap up the game.

Whoops.

Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow. But soon and for the rest of my life, I'm going to get this broadcasting thing figured out.

106 dies insquequo Oris Dies.