Yesterday I helped with the Nationals day game. It was originally supposed to start at 1:05 in the afternoon but with a rain delay, first pitch was at 2:45 pm. It felt like I was at the field all day long- the game took forever. Afterwards, I want downstairs to record the manager's post-game conference and then I rushed over to the locker room to get audio from the players.
I learned I need to be pushy to get good clear audio and get the mic close to the players. It was also really cool when I was the only one to ask Doug Fisher if I could get a few words from him. I was nervous and slightly stumbled over some of my questions but I felt so accomplished afterwards that I could go up and ask him on my own and come up with some questions about his return to pitching after being placed on the DL. It all went so smoothly which is what I was very happy about- and no other news source thought to get audio from him. It was a very excited personal experience.
When that was finished, I edited the audio back in the press box and sent it to the sports reporter there from WTOP. He seemed very surprised with my quick work and getting so many clips edited and sent over to him.
Even though it started kind of rough, it turned out to be a good day.
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