On The Radio Ep. 2

SERIES THREE: PADRES VS. BRAVES

Here we go with a four game set with the Atlanta Braves. If my memory is working correctly I think we played the home opener at their new stadium last year.

Just like in Episode 1 we will meet the Atlanta RADIO broadcasters and I will be listening to them at least once during our visit there this extended Padres weekend.

Meet the current voice of the Atlanta Braves radio network- Jim Powell.

The 2018 Major League Baseball season marks Powell's 25th as a Major League broadcaster and his tenth year in the Atlanta Braves radio booth working alongside Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton.

He spent the previous 13 seasons as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers broadcast team, teaming with another Hall of Famer, Bob Uecker, longer than any other broadcaster.

Powell joined the Brewers in 1996 and was named the 1998 Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year... In addition to his radio duties, he spent time as a member of the Brewers television team during the 1999 and 2000 seasons.

He began his Major League broadcasting career with the Minnesota Twins in a reserve role in 1993 and 1994....Prior to this, he accumulated extensive experience at the minor-league level, serving as play-by-play announcer for the Charlotte Knights (1990-91, 1995) and the Columbia Mets (1987-89, 1993-94).

Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton returned to the Braves broadcast team in 2009 after a two-year stint with the Washington Nationals television broadcast team.

Sutton previously spent 18 years, beginning in 1989, broad­casting Braves games. He joined Turner Sports as an analyst for Braves telecasts on TBS after a stellar playing career that spanned 23 seasons.

He has also served as a course reporter on TBS's professional golf coverage, working the Hawaiian Open, PGA Championship and PGA Grand Slam of Golf, as well as TNT's coverage of the Sarazen World Open Championship.

Sutton's network broadcasting experience included pre- and post-game analysis for NBC's 1987 League Championship series coverage.

Sutton ranks seventh on baseball's all-time strikeout list with 3,574. He was 4-1 with a 2.02 ERA in seven League Championship Series games, and 2-3 with a 5.26 ERA in eight World Series games. In the 1974 postseason, he was 3-0 with a 1.50 ERA and 25 strikeouts in four games. He also posted a 1-0 record in four All-Star appearances without allowing a run.

Sutton was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1998. He was named National League Rookie-of-the-Year by Sporting News in 1966, and was named the Texas League Player-of­the-Year in 1965 at Albuquerque.

Additionally former pitching great and National Baseball Hall of Famer Tom Glavine joins broadcasters Chip Caray and Joe Simpson as an analyst for select game telecasts on Fox Sports South and FOX Sports Southeast. He also serves as an occasional guest for the Braves Radio Network Pre-Game Show, and as a guest analyst for select games on the Braves Radio Network.

NEXT PADRES ROAD GAME: PADRES VS.GIANTS

Next episode on June 21, 2018