Meet some of the Comcast crew:
Arlen Showstack is the talented Producer and Director of the Yawkey League Baseball games. His roles often include all pre and post production work which involves crewing, delegating positions, directing the games and editing them for each telecast. Being a long time youth baseball coach in the town of Brookline for the past 33 years, Arlen can relate to giving the talented players of the Yawkey League a platform to showcase their talents.
Stu Sklaver, commonly known as Cousin Stu on the telecasts; works diligently on the stats. He assists the graphics operator in importing and updating all statistical information prior to and during games. Each year he looks to bring on a new feature and it’s always interesting to see what he has in store this year. Since childhood, Stu's passion was Baseball. Whether it was announcing Red Sox telecasts at his home, or keeping track of an array of stats in a scorebook, one thing will always remain - his love of the game.
Frank Morello runs the 1st base camera, normally atop a scaffold situated parallel to the 1st base bag. He provides outstanding coverage for both live and replay footage. Whether he's high above the field on a scaffold, or capturing videotaped games in a control room server for airing, Frank is a very valuable part of the Comcast team.
Andy Anderson, a long time Comcast employee, often runs the 3rd base camera for games, providing exceptional coverage. Andy is truly a jack of all trades, and at times fills in as video engineer as well. Although Andy resides the furthest away from most Yawkey Leagues baseball venues, he makes each and every trip without fail and is a tremendous asset to each production.
Allan Segal has been the voice of Yawkey League Baseball for several years now. Announcing has always been his forte, whether it's high school sports or on the collegiate level, Allan is a true professional. His vast knowledge of the game, coupled with a witty sense of humor, always makes for exciting telecasts.
Dave McKay has become a strong part of the Comcast coverage over the years as both a Play-by-Play and Color Analyst. As a color analyst, Dave provides incite into the league very few individuals have knowledge of. He is also the host of the Boston Baseball Heads Show that can also be viewed on Comcast Channel 12 of Boston and Brookline.
Al Ditullio, the exceptional sideline reporter and occasional Color Analyst, brings a real home town feeling to the games. Each game Al is called upon several times for special game updates and interviews. His insightful comments are always a great addition to the telecasts. When not assisting on games, Al is the Watertown High School Sports announcer for Watertown Community Cable Access.
Michelle Derochers works an array of crew positions during the coverage, ranging from camera operator to graphics to audio. Michelle always brings a positive attitude to the games and it very instrumental to the Comcast team.
Evelyn Burke runs various positions for games as well including graphics, tape operator, audio operator and camera. Evelyn was extremely valuable this year with her assistance in the creation of the new YBL graphics for the telecasts. She's truly a delight to have on the crew.
Pat Clifford is one of the talented tape operators, running replays and roll-ins. Pat is normally the first individual to offer his assistance when crew is needed.
Chris Murphy has been a member of the Comcast coverage crew for several years, and is considered an audio/video technician. He often runs the audio board and at times shades the cameras.
John Leahy, the former voice of the Yawkey League, still makes himself available whenever possible in between his heavy duties as the play-by-play voice of the Kalamazoo Kings professional baseball club based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. His professionalism is always paramount and his extensive knowledge of the game is second to none. One might catch John some day announcing Major League baseball.
Eric Shulman has assisted as both a Color Commentator and our audio board operator. Eric is well versed at stats as well, and is always eager to get involved in all aspects of the production. When Eric is not assisting on the YBL game coverage, it’s normally because he’s either running live statistics for the Red Sox, Celtics or Patriots. He also runs stats for Boston College for all sports - male and female.
Justin Shannahan He normally shares camera duties across the field, and more recently as the hand held camera operator getting eye-catching shots. He is capable of running just about any crew position if needed.
Radcliffe Angus is the supervising field engineer. He's been involved with the coverage for well over a decade and has been extremely vital for all productions, including the YBL coverage. As the video engineer, his skills range from camera phasing and balancing to troubleshooting various technical issues. During game coverage, Rad can be found adjusting the camera control units within the production truck to assure the picture quality of the cameras is optimized.
Mike Robinson is one of our senior engineers and great additions to the Yawkey Baseball coverage. Being a baseball player himself in a men's league, he can fully appreciate the talent of the Yawkey League. Mike is one of the main engineers for this year’s coverage and has many years of experience in the field.
Kevin Howlett is another key engineer for the Yawkey Baseball coverage this year. Kevin makes himself as available as possible for as many games as he can. He works on both in-studio and on-location productions.
Kristin Reaney skills range from the Tape Operator to running one of the key camera positions. She’s very instrumental in setup and breakdown and is often one of the first to arrive at the game venues.
Jim Burke is an audio technician, but assists in several positions. He came on board in the middle of this year’s coverage, but has become a key individual in the coverage.
Tom McIntyre, a Northeastern student and Comcast intern normally runs either the Outfield camera or the handheld camera. He does a terrific job in any position he works.
Bill Goode, is also Northeastern student and excels as one of the top graphic operators. He runs the handheld camera on occasion as well providing great shots.