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Yankees play by play announcer9/23/2023 ![]() ![]() Vasgersian, who served as the play-by-play voice of ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball for four seasons (2018-21), will also call the Atlanta Braves hosting the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday, May 7, at 11:35 a.m. Matt Vasgersian, the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Angels and studio host for MLB Network, will call the MLB Sunday Leadoff season opener from Philadelphia’s Citizen Bank Park (Sunday, April 23, 12:05 p.m. “We’re excited to have Brendan rejoin NBC Sports this summer and look forward to pairing him with local analysts each week in the booth as we continue to provide coverage with local flavor and in-depth knowledge of the competing teams,” said Sam Flood, NBC Sports Executive Producer. ![]() Burke will call his first MLB Sunday Leadoff game on May 21, following his NHL Playoff assignments. Beginning with NBC Sports in 2017, he served as a play-by-play voice of NHL and Premier Lacrosse League coverage and called events at two Olympics (hockey at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and rowing and canoeing during the Tokyo Olympics). Burke called select New York Yankees games on WFAN radio last season, and also served as play-by-play announcer for multiple Minor League Baseball teams earlier in his career. ET exclusively on Peacock.īurke currently serves as the television voice of the New York Islanders on MSG Networks and as a play-by-play commentator on NHL on TNT games. MLB Sunday Leadoff, Peacock’s exclusive package of Sunday morning Major League Baseball games, debuts its slate of 19 live games on Sunday, April 23, with the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies hosting the Colorado Rockies at 12:05 p.m. – Ap– Play-by-play announcer Brendan Burke will serve as the voice of MLB Sunday Leadoff on Peacock this season, it was announced today. ET as the Defending National League Champion Phillies Host Rockies Exclusively on Peacock MLB Sunday Leadoff Begins Sunday, April 23, at 12:05 p.m. Matt Vasgersian to Call Peacock MLB Sunday Leadoff Opener on April 23 and Peacock/NBC Simulcast on May 7Ĭhris Vosters to Call Two Games with Burke on AssignmentĪhmed Fareed Returns to MLB Sunday Leadoff as Host and In-Game Reporter Go O’s!”īrown, 33, said his relationship with the team is “wonderful” and that “the front office has fully supported me since 2019 when I first came aboard.Burke will be Joined in Booth by Analysts from Participating Teams of Each Week’s Game “I am proud to be an Oriole and call Baltimore home, and there is no place in baseball I’d rather be now and for the long haul. I have worked closely with O’s SVP Greg Bader for the past four years, and (owner) John Angelos and I have a solid dialogue based on mutual respect. “I ask that everyone disregard the distracting noise of the past few days. “The most compelling story in baseball right now is the story of the league-leading Baltimore Orioles – the best, most exciting young team in the American League. And never want to be a part of the story,” Brown tweeted. Many MLB announcers, as well as Hall of Fame broadcaster Al Michaels and Kay, came to Brown’s defense as he remained silent.īrown, in his return, sucked up to his employers by calling the Orioles “the most compelling story in baseball right now.” What’s he supposed to say?”īrown, 33, served a 16-game suspension for noting the Orioles’ dismal record the past three seasons at Tropicana Field, before a July 23 game there against the Tampa Bay Rays. He got yanked off the air because he read a stat that they thought was negative and it was quite positive … That was a classic case of putting lipstick on the pig of a situation. There’s not a second that anybody who reported that or talked about it believes it wasn’t true. I don’t blame Kevin for putting that out there because he didn’t deny what happened. “That was a statement that was obviously vetted by the Orioles and their senior vice president. What they did to me was unfair?’ He’d lose his job. “But I don’t blame Kevin for releasing that statement, what’s he supposed to do? Say, ‘They’re a bunch of complete dolts here. “I know for a fact what happened,” Kay added. Yankees’ play-by-play announcer Michael Kay immediately saw the statement for what it was: Propaganda issued by Brown with an unemployment gun to his head: “It’s like a hostage tape,” Kay said. ![]()
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