About
About Adyson
Aspiring broadcaster and lifelong baseball lover. Currently rebuilding my play-by-play reel between day-job hours.
The short version
I’ve wanted to call baseball games for as long as I can remember. I remember as a child being equally, if not more, enamorned with the likes of Chip Caray, Joe Simpson, and many other ATL talents than I was with Andruw Jones, Frenchie (though that ended up working out both ways), and others. More than most, I got to have a taste of the dream when, as a result of a make-a-wish I was bestowed following a pretty dramatic medical episode, I found myself sitting in the Braves broadcast booth, stunned beyond belief at the circumstances, and yet decently composed, as well.
I walked away from that experience determined to carve out a path into real life broadcasting. Not long after, I muscled my way into the KSU radio network, and insisted upon becoming the play-by-play voice for baseball. They liked me, at first, but didn't throw the role at me right away. But when I showed up to the first game with a binder full of prep work and a confidence that this was my gig, I was handed the mic to take over on opening day.
I can't tell you how exciting this was for me at the time. I was incredibly determined to get better, and just as I was - COVID. As you all know, the world stopped turning there for a bit, and by the time it kicked back up again, I was too deep in my capstone journalism classes to really entertain the idea of going back. The dream sort of faded.
The thing is though, faded though it may be, it never fully left. And every now and again, I go through intense bouts of what ifs and what could have beens. For years I have tried to push these thoughts away, but I realize now I'll never be succesful in that battle. Today I live in Decatur, GA. I’m writing this site as a way to reconnect with an old passion - cutting old tape, exploring new opportunities, and pitching myself to broadcast operations anywhere that have a need.
What I’m looking for
- Play-by-play work in summer collegiate baseball
- College fill-in PXP (baseball, softball, basketball)
- NFHS / high school streaming broadcasts
- Affiliated minor-league booth associate roles
- Freelance sports features or long-form interviews
Outside the booth
I work in tech full time as a software engineer.