{"id":8536,"date":"2019-03-04T09:07:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T09:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/?p=8536"},"modified":"2019-03-01T22:08:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T22:08:09","slug":"thomas-breach-returns-as-bucks-broadcaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/2019\/03\/04\/thomas-breach-returns-as-bucks-broadcaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Breach Returns as Bucks Broadcaster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Waterloo, Iowa \u2013 The Waterloo Bucks have announced that Thomas Breach will return as the team\u2019s play-by-play broadcaster. \u00a0Breach will join the ballclub for his second season as \u201cThe Voice of the Bucks.\u201d All broadcasts will be streamed online at <a href=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/waterloo-bucks\/video\/listen-to-games-live\/\">www.waterloobucks.com<\/a> and his calls during home games will be simulcast on the <a href=\"https:\/\/portal.stretchinternet.com\/nwl\/\">NWLTV webcasting platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Originally from western Minnesota with deep family ties to Iowa, Breach will graduate from St. Cloud State University this spring as a Mass Communications major with a minor in Athletic Coaching. At SCSU, Breach is in his third season the Voice of St. Cloud State Baseball and Volleyball and is the Sports Director at KVSC 88.1 FM. He also serves at the Director of Baseball Operations for St. Cloud State, assisting in advance scouting, player development and data analysis. He was one of three student play-by-play commentators across America to earn an Award of Excellence at the 2019 Broadcast Education Association Festival this spring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so glad to be back in Waterloo for the 2019 campaign!\u201d said Breach.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s both a blessing and a treasure to serve as the Voice of the Bucks, and I can\u2019t think of anywhere else I\u2019d rather be than at the ballpark every day. Let\u2019s go Bucks!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A proud Iowa Hawkeye fan, most of Breach\u2019s family resides around Creston and Lenox in southwestern Iowa. In his free time, Breach enjoys attending bible study, golfing, listening to country music, spending time with family and friends, and of course, watching baseball.<\/p>\n<p>All Bucks home games are played at Cost Cutters Field at Riverfront Stadium which will host the 2019 Northwoods League All-Star Game.\u00a0 The ballpark welcomed a new state of the art video board in 2016 thanks to a matching grant from the Black Hawk County Gaming Association.\u00a0 Team ownership has invested more than $300,000 in improvements since the end of the 2014 season including painted bleachers, public Wi-Fi, sound system, group outing areas, kids zone inflatables, and concessions equipment.\u00a0 Fans are encouraged to stay in touch with the Bucks by utilizing their website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterloobucks.com\/\">www.waterloobucks.com<\/a> or utilizing the Northwoods League Mobile App.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"># # #<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Waterloo Bucks are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 25-year old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, over 200 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (MIA). \u00a0All league games are viewable live via the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=http%3a%2f%2fportal.stretchinternet.com%2fnwl%2f&amp;c=E,1,TUwVe0tGja6T25V6ytkWmVGT1A6peJTblsLa8iMVi8fJAXn34oLLAMywSG8rzfWQAgCO7i5oCd3Qvk7EmGFzTli-gZKYAm2wg66b2Vskol02hGiCjDjh&amp;typo=1\"><em>Northwoods League portal<\/em><\/a><em>. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.waterloobucks.com\">www.waterloobucks.com<\/a> or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Bucks as your favorite team.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waterloo, Iowa \u2013 The Waterloo Bucks have announced that Thomas Breach will return as the team\u2019s play-by-play broadcaster. \u00a0Breach will  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8537,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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