My good friend Bob Behler will be going to the Cardinals-Rockies game with me tonight. Bob is the play-by-play voice of Boise State football and basketball and does a bunch of sports reporting in Boise.
He was recently named Idaho Sportscaster of the Year. Congrats to Bobby B!
I first met Behler (pronounced Bee-ler) when he was announcing Bucknell University basketball and I was announcing Army basketball. Gotta love the Patriot League.
He's also announced minor league baseball for the Chattanooga Lookouts and the Williamsport Cubs.
After Bucknell, Bob moved on to Massachusetts and became the football and basketball voice of the Minutemen before heading to Boise a few years ago.
Anyway, I'll be sitting in the stands tonight with Behler since Bob, this highly accomplished broadcaster was denied a press credential by the Rockies.
Is he acutally covering the game? No. Is the press box so crowded that there is no room to accomodate him? No. Actually, the press box is never full, except for playoffs or the World Series. Even Opening Day the Coors Field press box isn't full.
So why was he denied a press credential? I don't know and I don't care to get into a scrap with the Rockies p.r. people. But I was hoping they would extend a professional courtesy and allow him to take in the game in the press box. To me that would have been the right thing to do. But, hey, I don't make the rules over there.
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