Listen: Extra Innings with Josh Olerud of the New York Yankees AAA Affiliate

 

Extra Innings gives you exclusive behind-the-scenes looks and commentary on MarketScale’s Welcome to the Show, a reality television series that follows the Savannah Bananas, the collegiate summer league baseball team that is changing the sport with their brand of Fan-First Entertainment. On this episode, we chat with Josh Olerud, President of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, the AAA Affiliate of the New York Yankees.

He gives us his thoughts on the show, from both a management and video production angle, sharing experiences where he pushed the limit of fan-first entertainment himself, and what he’d like to implement from the Savannah Bananas.

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