The 30-year-old is in his first season as the lead radio announcer for the Louisville Batson WKRD-790. He took over for Jim Kelch, who now broadcasts for the Cincinnati Reds. Andrews teamed with Kelch from 2003 to '09.

Now he's usually the lone man in the booth.

“I enjoy the ability of trying to paint the picture for the person that's listening,” he said. “I'm really enjoying this day-to-day thing because I hadn't done every game last year and the years prior. Just being around the team daily and learning about them as we go. I've always had a knack for putting the headset on.”

Andrews has been involved in radio since he was a freshman at Miami Trace High School in Fayette County, Ohio. He grew up in Bloomingburg, which is 40 miles southwest of Columbus. He played baseball until high school, and then his passion and talents took him in a different direction. He assisted in the broadcast of football and basketball games.

He didn't start doing baseball on the radio until he was a student at Ohio State.

“I was a huge Reds fan for as long as I can remember,” Andrews said. “I was always listening to Marty (Brennaman) and Joe (Nuxhall). Then finally in the early '90s I figured out that I would like to do that. My dad was a basketball coach, so I was always around sports.”

Andrews started his baseball career by broadcasting the Chillicothe (Ohio) Paints, then of the independent Frontier League. He spent two years there before coming to Louisville in 2003.

His goal is the same as any minor leaguer: Andrews wants to work in the big leagues. It took Kelch a long time to reach the majors. He started with the Bats in 1989. (Kelch, however, does pop in from time to time to help do Bats games. He shared the booth with Andrews on Friday). Andrews is thankful for Kelch's influence.

Since 1989, former Louisville announcers Kelch, Joe Buck, Todd Kalas and Mark Neely have gone on to big league careers.

“I've learned more from Jim than you can ever imagine,” Andrews said.