Emma Tiedemann and Rylee Pay will have a dream come true Monday night at Fenway Park, as they step into the broadcast booth to call a Major League Baseball game.Both Portland Sea Dogs broadcasters are experiencing a mix of excitement and nerves as they prepare for the big moment.“I’m very nervous, very excited, and honestly overwhelmed with all the preparation and emotions that have come with it so far,” Tiedemann said.Like the players on the field, reaching the big leagues has been a longtime goal for both Tiedemann and Pay.“Just like the players, this is your dream — to be in the big leagues one day as a broadcaster and work in baseball,” Pay said.The historic moment will mark the first time a female duo will broadcast a Red Sox game at Fenway Park.“It’s a huge honor, and we don’t take it lightly,” Tiedemann said. “Being the first at something only happens once, and to have our names attached to that is really special. But for us, it will be just another baseball game to call.”Tiedemann and Pay have worked together for the past two seasons in Portland, Maine, and now they’ll be joined by Dave O'Brien, the Red Sox play-by-play announcer and a former Sea Dogs legend.“I’m really excited to learn from a veteran like Dave O’Brien, and, of course, Kevin Youkilis — a great name in his own right,” Pay said.For Pay, this opportunity comes early in a career that began just a few years ago, but she’s worked hard to earn it.Tiedemann, on the other hand, has spent nearly a decade working her way up through the minor league ranks, starting her career in Alaska. For her, Monday night will be a full-circle moment.“It’s going to be emotional, thinking back to when I first started in Alaska. I never imagined that in 10 years, I’d be at Fenway Park,” Tiedemann said.While Tiedemann and Pay see Monday night as “just another baseball game,” they recognize the broader significance of the event.“When you can see it, you can be it,” Pay said. “Having that visualization and knowing that it’s not abnormal — that women are already doing these jobs — is so important.”Tiedemann and Pay will be on the call starting at 7:10 p.m. Monday, and it will be the second historic moment to happen at Fenway Park that day.Earlier on Monday, the Red Sox resumed a game against the Toronto Blue Jays that initially got suspended by rain on June 26.Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen became the first major leaguer ever to appear on both sides of a baseball box score when he took the field for Boston in the resumption of the game he had started for Toronto.“Pinch-hitting for Danny Jansen: Dalton Varsho,” Red Sox media relations coordinator Daveson Perez announced in the press box before the first pitch on Monday afternoon, which came 65 days, 18 hours and 35 minutes after the game was suspended by rain. “Defensive changes: Danny Jansen now at catcher.”Playing for Toronto on June 26, Jansen fouled off the only pitch he saw from Kutter Crawford in the second inning before the tarps were called out. On July 27, Jansen was traded from Toronto to Boston for three minor leaguers.With Jansen behind the plate on Monday, Nick Pivetta struck Varsho out to complete the at-bat Jansen started. Then Jansen came up for Boston with two outs in the bottom half, getting a nice cheer from a sparse makeup game crowd, and hit a lazy liner to first base to end the inning.Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
BOSTON —
Emma Tiedemann and Rylee Pay will have a dream come true Monday night at Fenway Park, as they step into the broadcast booth to call a Major League Baseball game.
Both Portland Sea Dogs broadcasters are experiencing a mix of excitement and nerves as they prepare for the big moment.
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“I’m very nervous, very excited, and honestly overwhelmed with all the preparation and emotions that have come with it so far,” Tiedemann said.
Like the players on the field, reaching the big leagues has been a longtime goal for both Tiedemann and Pay.
“Just like the players, this is your dream — to be in the big leagues one day as a broadcaster and work in baseball,” Pay said.
The historic moment will mark the first time a female duo will broadcast a Red Sox game at Fenway Park.
“It’s a huge honor, and we don’t take it lightly,” Tiedemann said. “Being the first at something only happens once, and to have our names attached to that is really special. But for us, it will be just another baseball game to call.”
Tiedemann and Pay have worked together for the past two seasons in Portland, Maine, and now they’ll be joined by Dave O'Brien, the Red Sox play-by-play announcer and a former Sea Dogs legend.
“I’m really excited to learn from a veteran like Dave O’Brien, and, of course, Kevin Youkilis — a great name in his own right,” Pay said.
For Pay, this opportunity comes early in a career that began just a few years ago, but she’s worked hard to earn it.
Tiedemann, on the other hand, has spent nearly a decade working her way up through the minor league ranks, starting her career in Alaska. For her, Monday night will be a full-circle moment.
“It’s going to be emotional, thinking back to when I first started in Alaska. I never imagined that in 10 years, I’d be at Fenway Park,” Tiedemann said.
While Tiedemann and Pay see Monday night as “just another baseball game,” they recognize the broader significance of the event.
“When you can see it, you can be it,” Pay said. “Having that visualization and knowing that it’s not abnormal — that women are already doing these jobs — is so important.”
Tiedemann and Pay will be on the call starting at 7:10 p.m. Monday, and it will be the second historic moment to happen at Fenway Park that day.
Earlier on Monday, the Red Sox resumed a game against the Toronto Blue Jays that initially got suspended by rain on June 26.
Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen became the first major leaguer ever to appear on both sides of a baseball box score when he took the field for Boston in the resumption of the game he had started for Toronto.
“Pinch-hitting for Danny Jansen: Dalton Varsho,” Red Sox media relations coordinator Daveson Perez announced in the press box before the first pitch on Monday afternoon, which came 65 days, 18 hours and 35 minutes after the game was suspended by rain. “Defensive changes: Danny Jansen now at catcher.”
Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen makes history by playing in the same game for 2 teams
Playing for Toronto on June 26, Jansen fouled off the only pitch he saw from Kutter Crawford in the second inning before the tarps were called out. On July 27, Jansen was traded from Toronto to Boston for three minor leaguers.
With Jansen behind the plate on Monday, Nick Pivetta struck Varsho out to complete the at-bat Jansen started. Then Jansen came up for Boston with two outs in the bottom half, getting a nice cheer from a sparse makeup game crowd, and hit a lazy liner to first base to end the inning.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
