RED SOX! RED SOX! RED SOX!

Hey Everyone,
It just keep getting better and better. Last night was by far the best assignment yet. Jay sent me out with Walt (the camera guy) to Fenway to get some interviews, watch the game, and get the post-game press conference. It was amazing. We get there and the first thing we do is find Jason Bay out on the field. He was extremely nice, and agreed to do a quick interview right there by the Sox dugout. I asked him a few questions, and got the interview done for Fox. After he stuck around for a second and just talked to Walt and I. JayBay is an awesome guy.
After that we went into the locker room! The whole team was in there, just hanging out and getting ready for the game. David Ortiz's son was there (he is one of the cutest kids ever) and Manny Delcarmen was tossing him some wiffle balls to hit. Let me just say, I think I see another slugger in the future. It was an awesome environment, the kind I would expect from the Red Sox. Dustin Pedroia did an interview with all the media for a few minutes.
While we were hanging out in the locker room, Walt tells me to follow him, and we walk up to David Ortiz. I know he looks big on TV, but in person he is just HUGE. Ortiz is the man. Walt knows some of the guys because he's there so much, and apparently him and David are friends. So Walt introduces me to Ortiz and we talked for a few minutes.
We left the locker room and went out onto the field. I've always watched games and wondered what its like on the field. Well, now I know. We walked around on the field, then took a seat in the dugout to escape the rain for a while. I've walked on the field, sat in the dugout, and been in the locker room. It's like a dream come true, haha.
We watched the game, the Sox won, and then went into the press room for the post-game press conference with Terry Francona and Josh Beckett. All in all, it was the best assignment I've been sent out on and I can't wait to do it again. Just and amazing night.

The Tradition

Hi everybody,
I've had some pretty amazing opportunities since the last post. I was sent to The Tradition which is an event hosted by the museum in the Boston Garden where, "Each year, The Sports Museum honors a new set of legends from Boston sports -- the men and women whose accomplishments, contributions, and qualities of character and spirit have helped make Boston The Greatest Sports City In America." Its called the Tradition, and this year the honorees were:

• Curt Schilling - The big game ace for the champion Red Sox
• Troy Brown - The quintessential Patriot
• Nancy Kerrigan - The graceful Olympic champion
• Sam Jones - The clutch shooting guard for the 1960s Celtics
• Ken Hodge - The high-scoring winger on two Stanley Cup teams
• Jack Parker and Jerry York - College hockey legends and winners of back-to-back national championships

I got to meet Troy Brown, Sam Jones and Bill Russell! How incredible is that? They were all extremely nice, and really spent time talking to the fans and signing autographs for kids. I met everyone except Curt Schilling, who unfortunately arrived well after the meet and greet. BUT the best part of the night (by far) was getting to do a one on one interview with Nancy Kerrigan. I interviewed an Olympic medalist (not to mention childhood hero) by myself. It was such a rush. I also took some pictures for the Fox website, though that wasn't my focus (so the pictures aren't anything amazing). It was really just a great event, the fans buy tickets and get to meet their heroes which is always nice. The athletes are honored for not only their athleticism but also their character and representation of Boston. It was just really a great experience being there, definitely a once in a lifetime sort of thing. Well, until the day when this is my career.

Here is a link to the pictures: http://media2.myfoxboston.com/html/galleries/09/The-Tradition/indexGallery.htm

The other exciting tid-bit from my internship these past few weeks is that I got to edit some footage that went on-air! My boss asked me to edit a sequence for a Voice Over about John Smotlz and my sequence was deemed good enough for the news broadcast! It doesn't seem that exciting to you guys I'm sure, but it was really exciting for me. Since then I've gotten to edit several other clips that have aired. Who knows what I'll get to do next.

--Brittini