Announcer Don Orsillo on Baseball With a Pitch Clock, the Padres’ Golden Age, and His Years with the Red Sox

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🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Bryan is joined by Padres announcer Don Orsillo to discuss the adjustment both broadcasters and players are experiencing due to the recent rule change introducing a pitch clock (1:41). Then, they reflect on Orsillo’s start as a broadcaster and his blueprint to the Major Leagues, starting with the Red Sox and eventually transitioning to the Padres after 20 years (10:11). Plus, a conversation about Orsillo’s favorite hobbies: cooking and fishing. Host: Bryan Curtis Guest: Don Orsillo Producer: Erika Cervantes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:41.6	Welcome to Pressbox, final edition.
0:44.4	Brian Curtis of the Ringer here along with producer Erica Cervantes.
0:49.2	The World Baseball Classic wrapped up this week and it was like a manager tugging on his
0:54.6	ear to give us the sign that baseball season has officially begun.
0:59.0	As you might have heard, Major League Baseball has a new pitch clock this season and I want
1:04.0	to know how that's going to affect announcers.
1:06.3	So I called up one of the best, Don or Sillo, who is in his eight season calling Padres
1:11.4	Games down at San Diego.
1:12.7	They also called Red Sox Games for 15 seasons before that.
1:17.4	Or Sillo and I talked about how faster baseball will change the jobs he and his analysts have.
1:22.7	We talked about how Or Sillo broke into the Bigs in Boston, about how he left that job,
1:29.0	and about how an announcer wins over a fan base in a new city that might hardly know him.
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