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03-06-2002, 05:02 PM
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Radio and Television Broadcasters
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2002 Tribe Broadcasters
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Tom Hamilton Â*
TOM HAMILTON, the “Voice of the Indians,” will enter his 13th season of calling Cleveland Indians baseball games on radio in 2002. In his 12 seasons since 1990, Hamilton has called 57 postseason games for the Tribe from 1994-99 and 2001 including all six (6) games from the 1995 World Series and all seven (7) games from the 1997 World Series.
Hamilton will be joined in the booth with Mike Hegan and Matt Underwood to provide commentary for all 162 regular season games and 20 spring training
contests on WTAM News Radio, 1100 on the AM dial and the Indians Radio Network. Tom came to the Indians after spending three seasons as a broadcaster for the AAA Columbus Clippers, the top farm club of the New York Yankees.
Previously, Tom worked in Milwaukee, Appleton, Watertown and Shell Lake, Wisconsin. Some of his broadcasting credits include the University of Wisconsin football games, University of Colorado basketball games, the Appleton Foxes minor league baseball games and work for ABC radio. He is a three-time recipient of the Ohio Sportscaster of the Year Award (1997, 2000, and 2001).
During the off-season, Tom does television basketball broadcasts for the Big Ten Conference on ESPN.
Hamilton is a native of Waterloo, Wisconsin. He resides in Avon Lake, Ohio with his wife, Wendy. The Hamilton’s have four children: Two boys, Nicholas and Bradley, and two girls, Kelsey and Katie.
Matt Underwood Â*
MATT UNDERWOOD enters his third season as a member of the Tribe radio broadcast team. Matt has spent seven seasons, from 1994-2001, as host of
Indians Warm-up, the pre-game show heard on the Cleveland Indians Radio Network. He has also hosted the pre-game show for Indians baseball on Fox
Sports Net the past five seasons.
Matt has spent the past 12 years in various capacities with local ABC affiliate WEWS-TV5. He has continued that relationship in a part-time role since joining the
Tribe radio broadcast team for the 2000 season. He served as the station’s sports director from 1997-2000. In addition to anchoring the 6pm and 11pm sports, he
also hosted the weekly half-hour show, Sports Sunday. Underwood co-hosted a daily talk show on SportsRadio WKNR (1993-94) and served as play-by-play voice for WVIZ’s High School Football and Basketball Game of the Week from 1992-1998. The Ashland, OH native graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1990.
Matt currently resides in Avon Lake with his wife, Shelley. They have two children, Max and Devan.
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Rick Manning Â*
Former Tribe center fielder RICK MANNING returns for his 12th full season as color commentator for FOX SPORTS NET and will rotate with John Sanders and Mike Hegan in a two-person booth to broadcast 150 regular season and four spring training games in 2002.
Manning began his professional baseball career with the Cleveland Indians as the #1 selection in the 1972 June draft. The first 81/2 years of his 13-year major league career were spent in Cleveland (1975-1983) where he won a Gold Glove in 1976 for his fielding prowess. Manning was also selected as the BBWAA “Good Guy” award winner for the 1980 season. His numbers as a Cleveland Indian included a .263 average (1053-3997), 36 HRs and 336 RBI. Rick concluded his career with the Milwaukee Brewers (1983-1987) and posted a .257 career average, hitting 56 home runs and driving in 458 runs.
Rick and his wife, Sue, reside in Chesterland.
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John Sanders Â*
JOHN SANDERS, a 34-year broadcast veteran, is in his 12th season as the play-by-play voice of the Indians on the Tribe’s cable home, FOX SPORTS NET.
Sanders will rotate with Rick Manning and Mike Hegan in a two-person booth to broadcast 150 Indians games and four spring training games in 2002 on FOX SPORTS NET. John came to Cleveland in 1991 after spending nine seasons as the play-by-play announcer for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Sanders, a Kansas native, worked at WIBW-TV in Topeka, and KMBC-TV in Kansas City before moving to KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. He broadcasts Big East Football and Basketball in the off season.
Sanders is married to Cherie and has two daughters, Gabrielle and Hilary.
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Mike Hegan Â*
MIKE HEGAN is in his 14th season as a Tribe broadcaster in 2002, teaming up with Tom Hamilton and Matt Underwood for a fifth straight year in the Indians radio booth and he will also make his debut in the FOX SPORTS NET TV booth on a rotational basis with John Sanders and Rick Manning. He will handle both play-by-play and color analysis with WTAM and Fox Sports Net.
Mike has spent the past 13 seasons providing color analysis for Tribe games on WUAB-TV43. Prior to joining the Indians in 1989, he spent 12 seasons as a television announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers. Hegan played 12 years in the Major Leagues (1964-77) with the New York Yankees, Seattle Pilots, Milwaukee Brewers, and the Oakland Athletics. The former first basemen-outfielder represented Seattle in the 1969 All-Star Game and played on the 1972 World Championship Oakland Athletics team. Mike is the son of former Indians catcher, Jim Hegan, who played with the Tribe for 14 seasons.
Mike and his wife, Nancy, reside in Hilton Head, S.C. They have two sons, Shawn and J.J. and two grandchildren.
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Did You Know?
The first local telecast of an Indians’ game took place on May 15, 1948 as Cleveland met the White Sox in an afternoon game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The game was telecast on WEWS-TV, Cleveland’s only TV station at the time. The announcer was Van Patrick.
Radio and Television Broadcasters
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2002 Tribe Broadcasters
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Tom Hamilton Â*
TOM HAMILTON, the “Voice of the Indians,” will enter his 13th season of calling Cleveland Indians baseball games on radio in 2002. In his 12 seasons since 1990, Hamilton has called 57 postseason games for the Tribe from 1994-99 and 2001 including all six (6) games from the 1995 World Series and all seven (7) games from the 1997 World Series.
Hamilton will be joined in the booth with Mike Hegan and Matt Underwood to provide commentary for all 162 regular season games and 20 spring training
contests on WTAM News Radio, 1100 on the AM dial and the Indians Radio Network. Tom came to the Indians after spending three seasons as a broadcaster for the AAA Columbus Clippers, the top farm club of the New York Yankees.
Previously, Tom worked in Milwaukee, Appleton, Watertown and Shell Lake, Wisconsin. Some of his broadcasting credits include the University of Wisconsin football games, University of Colorado basketball games, the Appleton Foxes minor league baseball games and work for ABC radio. He is a three-time recipient of the Ohio Sportscaster of the Year Award (1997, 2000, and 2001).
During the off-season, Tom does television basketball broadcasts for the Big Ten Conference on ESPN.
Hamilton is a native of Waterloo, Wisconsin. He resides in Avon Lake, Ohio with his wife, Wendy. The Hamilton’s have four children: Two boys, Nicholas and Bradley, and two girls, Kelsey and Katie.
Matt Underwood Â*
MATT UNDERWOOD enters his third season as a member of the Tribe radio broadcast team. Matt has spent seven seasons, from 1994-2001, as host of
Indians Warm-up, the pre-game show heard on the Cleveland Indians Radio Network. He has also hosted the pre-game show for Indians baseball on Fox
Sports Net the past five seasons.
Matt has spent the past 12 years in various capacities with local ABC affiliate WEWS-TV5. He has continued that relationship in a part-time role since joining the
Tribe radio broadcast team for the 2000 season. He served as the station’s sports director from 1997-2000. In addition to anchoring the 6pm and 11pm sports, he
also hosted the weekly half-hour show, Sports Sunday. Underwood co-hosted a daily talk show on SportsRadio WKNR (1993-94) and served as play-by-play voice for WVIZ’s High School Football and Basketball Game of the Week from 1992-1998. The Ashland, OH native graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1990.
Matt currently resides in Avon Lake with his wife, Shelley. They have two children, Max and Devan.
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Rick Manning Â*
Former Tribe center fielder RICK MANNING returns for his 12th full season as color commentator for FOX SPORTS NET and will rotate with John Sanders and Mike Hegan in a two-person booth to broadcast 150 regular season and four spring training games in 2002.
Manning began his professional baseball career with the Cleveland Indians as the #1 selection in the 1972 June draft. The first 81/2 years of his 13-year major league career were spent in Cleveland (1975-1983) where he won a Gold Glove in 1976 for his fielding prowess. Manning was also selected as the BBWAA “Good Guy” award winner for the 1980 season. His numbers as a Cleveland Indian included a .263 average (1053-3997), 36 HRs and 336 RBI. Rick concluded his career with the Milwaukee Brewers (1983-1987) and posted a .257 career average, hitting 56 home runs and driving in 458 runs.
Rick and his wife, Sue, reside in Chesterland.
http://indians.mlb.com/cle/photo/schedule/ph_announcer_manningr.jpg
John Sanders Â*
JOHN SANDERS, a 34-year broadcast veteran, is in his 12th season as the play-by-play voice of the Indians on the Tribe’s cable home, FOX SPORTS NET.
Sanders will rotate with Rick Manning and Mike Hegan in a two-person booth to broadcast 150 Indians games and four spring training games in 2002 on FOX SPORTS NET. John came to Cleveland in 1991 after spending nine seasons as the play-by-play announcer for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Sanders, a Kansas native, worked at WIBW-TV in Topeka, and KMBC-TV in Kansas City before moving to KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. He broadcasts Big East Football and Basketball in the off season.
Sanders is married to Cherie and has two daughters, Gabrielle and Hilary.
http://indians.mlb.com/cle/photo/schedule/ph_announcer_sandersj.jpg
Mike Hegan Â*
MIKE HEGAN is in his 14th season as a Tribe broadcaster in 2002, teaming up with Tom Hamilton and Matt Underwood for a fifth straight year in the Indians radio booth and he will also make his debut in the FOX SPORTS NET TV booth on a rotational basis with John Sanders and Rick Manning. He will handle both play-by-play and color analysis with WTAM and Fox Sports Net.
Mike has spent the past 13 seasons providing color analysis for Tribe games on WUAB-TV43. Prior to joining the Indians in 1989, he spent 12 seasons as a television announcer for the Milwaukee Brewers. Hegan played 12 years in the Major Leagues (1964-77) with the New York Yankees, Seattle Pilots, Milwaukee Brewers, and the Oakland Athletics. The former first basemen-outfielder represented Seattle in the 1969 All-Star Game and played on the 1972 World Championship Oakland Athletics team. Mike is the son of former Indians catcher, Jim Hegan, who played with the Tribe for 14 seasons.
Mike and his wife, Nancy, reside in Hilton Head, S.C. They have two sons, Shawn and J.J. and two grandchildren.
http://indians.mlb.com/cle/photo/schedule/ph_announcer_heganm.jpg
Did You Know?
The first local telecast of an Indians’ game took place on May 15, 1948 as Cleveland met the White Sox in an afternoon game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The game was telecast on WEWS-TV, Cleveland’s only TV station at the time. The announcer was Van Patrick.