Auburn baseball to honor Rod Bramblett with radio booth dedication

Auburn baseball will honor the late Rod Bramblett in the most fitting way possible this weekend.

Auburn Athletics is set to dedicate the home radio booth at Plainsman Park to the former "Voice of the Tigers" during a pregame ceremony before the Tigers take the field for the final regular season contest of the season against rival Georgia. The location where Andy Burcham and Brad Law call games from behind home plate at Plainsman Park for the Auburn Sports Network is now known as the "Rod Bramblett Home Radio Booth."

The current Voice of the Tigers, Andy Burcham, who was not only Bramblett's broadcast partner for Auburn baseball games for many seasons but one of his best friends during their time as colleagues, says there is no better way to honor his late friend.

“I can’t think of a better way to honor the legacy of Rod Bramblett,” Burcham said in a press release from Auburn Athletics. “The first sport he called for his alma mater was baseball, and the new Plainsman Park was built during his tenure as the baseball voice. He loved Auburn baseball and calling games from the booth that bears his name, and this is a tremendous way for us to honor his legacy.”

Bramblett passed away from injuries sustained from a car accident in May 2019. Before his untimely passing, Bramblett served as the play-by-play voice for Auburn baseball from 1993-2019, and assumed the role of the everyday play-by-play broadcaster in 2003, taking over for the legendary Jim Fyffe, who passed away before the start of the 2003 football season. Bramblett was the artist behind the radio calls for Auburn's "A miracle in Jordan-Hare", otherwise known as the "Prayer in Jordan-Hare" and "Kick Six" during the 2013 season, which led to him winning Sports Illustrated's National Broadcaster of the Year award. He was also the recipient of the Alabama Sportscaster of the Year award three times during his storied career.