Even before he could read, Preston Shoemaker could recognize all the Altoona Curve players on the video board at Blair County Ballpark. He grew up watching Curve games with his dad Brad keeping score and asking third base coaches for foul balls. Fast-forward 19 years, he's still hanging out at Curve games, only now he's living out his dream as a professional broadcaster -- the first person from Blair County, Pa., ever to do so. When I turn on the radio and hear him talk, it's definitely a surreal feeling to hear him calling the games that he loved as a kid," his dad said. "It's a thrill.

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