Insight into the way minor league baseball works, the Dayton Dragons' partnership with the Reds, their focus on family entertainment, a description of a day in the life of a player, and how a player moves up the ladder to the major leagues.
Tom Nichols,
Dayton Dragons Broadcaster & Director of Media Relations
Tom is the voice of the Dragons on radio and television in addition to serving as the club’s Director of Media Relations. He handles the play-by-play on 117 Dragons home and road radio broadcasts and each of the club’s 15 television broadcasts.
The 2025 season will be Nichols’ 18th year with the Dragons and his 38th year in professional baseball. He has broadcast over 4,500 minor league games since beginning his career in 1988. In November of 2024, Tom was inducted into the Greater Dayton Baseball Hall-of-Fame in honor of his career as a baseball broadcaster.
He has worked at every level of baseball (Major Leagues, Triple-A, Double-A, High-A, Low-A, and professional independent), broadcasting for the Indianapolis Indians, Mobile BayBears, Fort Wayne Wizards, Peoria Chiefs, Kinston Indians, Gary SouthShore RailCats, and Cincinnati Reds in addition to the Dragons.