2015 First Pitch Dinner
1/6/2015 12:00:00 AM | Pirate Blue
The Seton Hall University baseball team in conjunction with the Pirate Blue Athletic Fund will host its annual First Pitch Dinner on Thursday, January 29th, at Maplewood Country Club with cocktails beginning at 6pm and dinner at 7pm.
Join members of the Seton Hall University baseball team and coaching staff as head coach Rob Sheppard and his squad prepares for the start of its 2015 season.
The buffet dinner will also feature a guest speaker, Seton Hall University alumni, and Baltimore Orioles TV Broadcaster, Jim Hunter.
Registration for the dinner will cost $65 per person or $520 to reserve a table for eight.
To register, complete the First Pitch Dinner registration form attached, or contact Josh Karp in the Pirate Blue Athletic Fund at 973-275-6446 or Joshua.Karp@shu.edu.
Seton Hall opens its 2015 campaign with a three-game series at #24 University of North Carolina on Friday-Sunday, Feb. 13-15, in Chapel Hill, NC. Following UNC, the Pirates will then travel to Virginia to face Old Dominion University and #3 University of Virginia.
Jim Hunter (L) with Baseball Hall of Famer and Oriole Great, Jim Palmer
JIM HUNTER
Veteran broadcaster Jim Hunter completed his 18th year as a member of the Orioles broadcast team in 2014, including his 11th season in the TV booth on MASN. He hosted "O's Xtra," MASN's Orioles pre-game and post-game shows and also called play-by-play of O's games on MASN and on the Orioles Radio Network. He has also called play-by-play of MASN's coverage of college football and college basketball. Hunter was originally named as the Orioles' lead radio announcer on February 5, 1997 and brings to the booth 37 years of diversified broadcasting experience that ranges from Major League Baseball to the NFL to the Olympic Games.
Hunter, 56, came to Baltimore from CBS Radio Sports, where he had been since 1982. He had been a member of the network's MLB "Game of the Week" announcing team since 1986. He broadcasted the American League Championship Series, teaming with Hall of Famer Johnny Bench from 1990-92, and with the Orioles' first radio voice, Hall of Famer Ernie Harwell, in 1993. In 1995-96, he called the National League Division Series and the NLCS, teaming with Hall of Famer Jerry Coleman. In addition, Hunter hosted "Inside Pitch," the CBS Radio Sunday Night Baseball pre-game show.
When Jim began his career at the CBS Radio Network in '82, he served as the Saturday evening anchor of Sports Central USA. He was later assigned to host Sports Break, a daily feature heard on CBS Radio from 1984-87. It was in 1987 that Jim was named full weekend anchor of Sports Central USA.
Jim's experience is varied and all-inclusive. In 1992 from Albertville, France and again in 1994 from Lillehammer, Norway, Hunter served as a studio anchor for CBS Radio's network coverage of the Winter Olympic Games. Also, he was the host for the NFL Preview and NFL pre-game and halftime reports. Jim has covered 12 Super Bowls. He began his broadcasting career in 1978 at WJLK Radio in Asbury Park, NJ.
An active parishioner at St. Mark's Roman Catholic Church and a 3rd degree member of the Knights Of Columbus, Hunter is involved in numerous charitable projects. During the off-season he also makes appearances in the community on behalf of the ball club and has been an active part of the Johns Hopkins Pediatric Oncology Friends Committee, which raised money annually for children's cancer research.
A native of New Jersey, Hunter is a 1973 graduate of St. Benedict School and a 1977 graduate of St. John Vianney High School in Holmdel, NJ. He was inducted into his high school's athletic Hall of Fame for football and baseball in 1994. He attended Brookdale Community College and is a 1982 graduate of Seton Hall University in South Orange, NJ with a BA in Communication Arts.
His peers have recognized Hunter for his accomplishments on several occasions. In 2002, he was named Maryland Sportscaster of the Year by The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. He also received the prestigious Radio/TV Media Excellence Award from the New Jersey Sportswriters Association in 1998.
Hunter resides in Fallston, MD with his wife Bonnie. They have three children. Jimmy (30) and Jeff (27) are graduates of Fallston HS and York College, PA. Allie (24) is a graduate of Fallston High School where she was a member of back to back state championship field hockey teams and a graduate of George Mason University. They also have two faithful dogs, Bobby and Sadie.
