Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from the Baseball Traveler newsletter, presented by Circle K, is a mere taste of the smorgasbord of delights he offers every week. Read the full newsletter here , and subscribe to his newsletter here .

On a beautiful August evening at Peoples Natural Gas Field, Altoona Curve marketing director Mike Kessling took a seat within a makeshift concourse studio and leaned into the mic to begin his nightly pregame show. The Curve, Double-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, were slated to take on the Hartford Yard Goats and information needed to be conveyed to the early-arriving fans in attendance.

As soon as Kessling began to speak, his voice was overpowered by a caco

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