Randy Rothstein
2022 Glenn Carlson Honoree
Roscoe, MN
Roscoe, MN
Randy ‘Runts’ Rothstein was born in 1962 and was raised on a farm between Richmond and Roscoe. Randy played little league and some legion baseball in Richmond and played baseball through his freshman year at Rocori High School. During high school, he chose to milk cows with his father.
Shortly after high school, Randy was asked to sing the national anthem for a Richmond Royals game. From there, Randy would do public address announcing for the Royals from 1982-1987 while also singing the anthem and seventh inning stretch. In 1988, after watching his peers play baseball, Randy got the urge to play again and joined the Roscoe Rangers. He actually hit a home run in his very first at bat against Lake Henry and hit three home runs in a game against Richmond. In his 18 years at Roscoe, Randy was secretary-treasurer and concession stand coordinator for 16 of those years and served as player-manager from 1997-1999. After he retired from playing in 2005, he umpired for four years with the Central Minnesota Umpires Association and has been asked to sing the national anthem at multiple region and state tournament games. He even had a bobblehead made in his honor by the St. Cloud Rox of the Northwoods League.
In 1992, Randy was approached to be the new voice for the Dick Putz Show on KASM radio, reporting area scores and highlights on Sunday nights from April through August. He is now in his 31st year on the air. In 1993, Randy started doing play-by-play baseball for KASM and has done over 1,000 high school and amateur games.
Randy left farming in 1998, taking a full-time job as a sales representative and sports broadcaster at KASM where he is currently station manager, sales executive and play-by-play announcer. In addition to amateur baseball, Randy has covered over 900 Albany high school football, volleyball, basketball and softball games. In 2017, Randy began a game of the week series, doing play-by-play at amateur baseball parks across central Minnesota for ten weeks each summer.
Away from baseball, Randy is a director of Stearns Electric Association, secretary of the St. Joseph’s Society, past president of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, and is president of the Mother of Mercy Foundation in Albany.
Randy married Mary Weber in 1991, is the father of Trent (Malia) Rothstein and Jill (Nick) Konz, and grandfather of two.
As Randy always leaves his listeners, “This is Randy Rothstein, have a good night everyone.”
Shortly after high school, Randy was asked to sing the national anthem for a Richmond Royals game. From there, Randy would do public address announcing for the Royals from 1982-1987 while also singing the anthem and seventh inning stretch. In 1988, after watching his peers play baseball, Randy got the urge to play again and joined the Roscoe Rangers. He actually hit a home run in his very first at bat against Lake Henry and hit three home runs in a game against Richmond. In his 18 years at Roscoe, Randy was secretary-treasurer and concession stand coordinator for 16 of those years and served as player-manager from 1997-1999. After he retired from playing in 2005, he umpired for four years with the Central Minnesota Umpires Association and has been asked to sing the national anthem at multiple region and state tournament games. He even had a bobblehead made in his honor by the St. Cloud Rox of the Northwoods League.
In 1992, Randy was approached to be the new voice for the Dick Putz Show on KASM radio, reporting area scores and highlights on Sunday nights from April through August. He is now in his 31st year on the air. In 1993, Randy started doing play-by-play baseball for KASM and has done over 1,000 high school and amateur games.
Randy left farming in 1998, taking a full-time job as a sales representative and sports broadcaster at KASM where he is currently station manager, sales executive and play-by-play announcer. In addition to amateur baseball, Randy has covered over 900 Albany high school football, volleyball, basketball and softball games. In 2017, Randy began a game of the week series, doing play-by-play at amateur baseball parks across central Minnesota for ten weeks each summer.
Away from baseball, Randy is a director of Stearns Electric Association, secretary of the St. Joseph’s Society, past president of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce, and is president of the Mother of Mercy Foundation in Albany.
Randy married Mary Weber in 1991, is the father of Trent (Malia) Rothstein and Jill (Nick) Konz, and grandfather of two.
As Randy always leaves his listeners, “This is Randy Rothstein, have a good night everyone.”