Civil Rights Game

On Saturday, XM Satellite Radio and MLB Home Plate broadcast the Civil Rights Game between the Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Cardinals with broadcasters Ronnie Lane, Uri Berenguer, and Orestes Destrade live from Memphis, Tennessee. Berenguer and Lane provided play-by-play and Orestes provided insight with a host of guests from the field.

During the pre-game, Orestes spoke with Cleveland Indians General Manager Mark Shapiro, music legend Patti LaBelle, and Hall of Famer Lou Brock. Interviews with Hall of Famer Dave Winfield and Branch Rickey, III were also played.

One of the exciting parts of XM is the freedom we have to skip breaks and give listeners more analysis from the field. During the game (in between innings), Orestes and I were in the St. Louis Cardinals and Cleveland Indians dugout. We had spoke with Cardinals third base coach Jose Oqendo, Scott Spezio, Braden Looper as well as Indians Travis Hafner, C.C. Sabathia, and Grady Sizemore.

In the post game show, we had an on-field interview with Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa and Memphis Redbirds President Dave Chase.

Thanks go out to broadcasters Uri Berenguer, Ronnie Lane, and Orestes Destrade as well as our on-site staff on-site producers Brent S. Gambill and Anthony Mendoza, technical director Mike Simpson and his assistant Kevin Simpson., and in-studio associate producer Carlos Nalda.

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