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  • I Love Grapefruits

    I Love Grapefruits By Matthew C Wallace …with neatly arranged red sprinkles all over them… Over the years, I have found more fun announcing Girl’s/Women’s Fast-Pitch Softball than, I think, any other sport.  The athletes are absolutely as competitive as Boy’s/Men’s Baseball but, for me, they are more enjoyable to watch, primarily, because they are visibly…

  • Tournament Madness

    Tournament Madness By Matthew C Wallace I was thinking about March Madness.  The 60+ games in the dance in addition to all those conference tournaments with 7-10 games each leading up to it represent a mountain of announcing effort.  Let’s not be cavalier by leaving out the NIT, the fact there are men and women’s editions,…

  • CAN you Read iT?

    CAN you Read iT? By Matthew C Wallace Most all of us have stood the twenty feet away, covered an eye and been asked to read the letters off theĀ Snellen Eye Chart.Ā  It’s as commonplace as saying, ā€œAhhhhā€, to the doctor while their tongue depressor agitates your tonsils to a gag.Ā  Rather than just being…

  • Start

    Wanna Announce? Start Here! Anyone Can Learn Public Address Announcing that means you too!!! Don’t let anybody tell you otherwise.  If you have the desire and enthusiasm, go for it!  The world needs good public address announcers of any age.  Good announcers make a difference for companies, organizations and institutions they work for as well…

  • The Starters

    The Starters is a video series which gives people a chance to “virtually” hear the starters of critical championship football games early on in the 20th century. This video gives the listener the unique opportunity to step back in time to hear what names such as Red Grange or George Halas might have sounded in…

  • The Lineups

    “The Lineups” is a video/audio series which gives people a chance to “virtually” hear the starting lineups of every World Series Game 1 from 1884 up into the fifties. This video gives the listener the unique opportunity to step back in time to hear what names such as Walter Johnson or Ty Cobb might have…