Life in the booth with Brian Anderson

11/9/2020

Brian Anderson: Play-by-play announcer for Turner Sports

Takeaways:

Played baseball in college with the intention of playing at the professional level
Broke into the broadcasting industry in a job with the San Antonio Missions, a minor league affiliate of the Los Angles Dodgers that shared a stadium with his college team
Favorite part of the job is being at the venues, but the hardest part is being away from family
When someone offers you help, you have a responsibility to be the best person you can be
Develop habits to help other people and it will make life easier in the long run
Has never developed a particular call or catch phrase and believes the days of those are over. Truly has no idea what he will say in a particular moment and tries to be as natural as possible
Understand your partners strengths to set one another up for talking points
The industry is constantly trying to figure out how to bring the players closer to the fans. Ex. players being interviewed or wearing a microphone
It is more important to be interested than interesting. If you are interested, you can find something interesting to point to
His favorite sport to call is whatever he is calling

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