Goldberg-Strassler got a taste of the big leagues this spring when he got a chance to call a Toronto Blue Jays spring training game against the Detroit Tigers. He viewed that experience as a treat and said his focus remains on continuing to grow in his profession and providing the game justice for the players and fans while providing a positive experience for listeners. We're always going to fully support that." "Every year we're excited to have Jesse back, but we also understand the fact that he has goals and aspirations to move on up and hopefully one day be a big league broadcaster. "Obviously, we're very fortunate to have him around as long as he has (been)," Parsons said. Goldberg-Strassler is one of the elder statesmen among broadcasters in the 16-team Midwest League, with Dayton's Tom Nichols, Peoria's Nathan Baliva and Wisconsin's Chris Mehring being the only ones at their current positions longer. Parsons, who previously was a general manager for the Johnson City Cardinals, knows it's rare in the minors to have a broadcaster around as long as Goldberg-Strassler has been with the Lugnuts. "It's amazing how many people I run into through minor league baseball that know of the Lugnuts through Jesse and their connection to him. He really is kind of that connective tissue between us and the sporting community." "At the end of the day, whether he's promoting with his voice or with his word or whether he's just out in the community doing outreach effort or maybe he's just talking to people elsewhere, he's a constant ambassador of the Lugnuts and the things we're doing here. "When people ask me to describe what Jesse does for us, it's Jesse is an ambassador of the Lugnuts," Parsons said. Then he got his break when he was hired to replace Brad Tillery as the voice of the Lugnuts in December 2008.Īnd over the last decade, Goldberg-Strassler has relished improving at his craft as a broadcaster while filling many behind-the-scenes roles like media relations and providing promotional content. He got a taste of doing that while attending Ithaca College in New York before moving on to do a few other internships in minor league baseball. Goldberg-Strassler often fell asleep listening to the broadcasts and those experiences sparked his aspirations. he listened to radio broadcasts of baseball games. Growing up in Greenbelt, Maryland - a suburb of Washington D.C. Goldberg-Strassler, who is in his 15th season in minor league baseball, is living a childhood dream as a baseball broadcaster. It's something I can't take for granted." Living a childhood dream
It is such an amazing honor to continue to call these games. "It is a privilege to be here and to have seen all of these games here and to have this position in the broadcast booth. I can't really say hey, 'I'm the voice of summer.' But when I do think back upon it, it is a point of personal pride that I have this position. It's what's going on with the players and who is working on what and who is trying to get better. It's about what's going on with the Lansing Lugnuts. If I'm doing my job to the best of my ability, it's not about me. "I think it's something that A, I don't want to think about because the more I think about it, the more I think it becomes about self. "I think I take a lot of pride (in being that voice of summer)," Goldberg-Strassler said. While the players and coaches have come and gone over the years, Goldberg-Strassler has become as synonymous with the Lugnuts and minor league baseball in Lansing as Big Lug, the team mascot who has entertained fans since the franchise was born in 1996. This season marks his 11th as the team's main broadcaster and media relations guru - and he's missed very few games in that span. That connection is in place because of the longevity the 37-year old Goldberg-Strassler has had with the Lugnuts. "To have someone else calling the game and not have his voice - that connection is just so symbiotic for us." "I think we all kind of thought it was weird because we're so used to hearing Jesse and the Lugnuts," Parsons said. That feeling was shared by many of his peers.
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Upon seeing Lansing Lugnuts general manager Tyler Parsons in the office, Goldberg-Strassler was asked what it was like not having his voice associated with the recent series against the Dayton Dragons.Īnd Goldberg-Strassler, the veteran voice of the Lugnuts, acknowledged it was a little weird. LANSING - When Jesse Goldberg-Strassler returned to the offices at Cooley Law School Stadium last week after a rare summer weekend away from the grind of the minor league baseball season, he faced an inevitable question. Watch Video: Veteran Lugnuts broadcaster discusses tenure in Lansing
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