Just like the ballplayers on the Syracuse Mets’ roster, team broadcaster Evan Stockton wants to make the major leagues, too.
Everyday Stockton comes to the ballpark working on his game. In the press box at NBT Bank Stadium, when the Mets are home, and the eight different International League ballparks who Syracuse will play in this season, not to mention the game-day prep done at home and in hotel rooms on the road, Stockton does his research. Everything on players coming and going throughout the Mets’ minor league system, it’s Stockton’s job to keep up with transactions.
Stockton, a 2018 Syracuse University graduate, wants one of the limited MLB radio and TV broadcaster positions. So do many, many others.
The deep rooted baseball fan in Stockton is the driving force towards his goal.
” I first fell in love with baseball as a kid,” says Stockton who is from the Greater Detroit area. …
