KEN SINGLETON (YES Network)
"Former major leaguer Ken Singleton enters his eighth season as a game analyst and announcer for YES Network broadcasts of the New York Yankees. Known on the diamond as a consistent power hitter, Singleton has proven to be equally as reliable since joining the radio and television broadcast booths.
Prior to joining YES, Singleton divided his time calling play-by-play and providing commentary at the MSG Network. In 1998, he was part of MSG's production team that won four New York Emmys for its Yankees coverage.
Singleton joined the MSG Network in 1997 from The Sports Network (TSN), where he served as an analyst for the Montreal Expos from 1985-96. From 1991-96, he also called play-by-play and served as an analyst for CIQ Radio, the Expos' flagship radio network. In 1996 and '97, he was named by FOX Sports as a lead analyst for Saturday afternoon baseball broadcasts. In 1997 and '98, he worked as an analyst for Major League Baseball International.
Singleton enjoyed a 15-year major league career with the New York Mets, Montreal Expos and Baltimore Orioles, batting .282 with 317 doubles and 246 home runs. He is one of only six players in baseball history to hit 35 or more home runs in a season as a switch-hitter. He also ranks among the all-time leaders in most Baltimore offensive categories, including homers, RBI and total bases. During his career, Singleton was named to the American League All-Star team in 1977, '79 and '81. He was named Most Valuable Oriole in 1975, '77 and '79 and was a member of the Orioles' 1983 World Championship team. In 1982, he was the recipient of Major League Baseball's Roberto Clemente Award, honoring him for his contributions both on and off the field.
A native New Yorker, Singleton played both baseball and basketball in high school and also played baseball in the Bronx Federation League at Macombs Dam Park on the current site of the new Yankee Stadium. After getting a basketball scholarship to Hofstra University and also playing baseball for one year, Singleton was drafted by the Mets in 1967.
He enjoys golf and reading historical novels and lives with his wife Suzanne in Sparks, Maryland. He also has three sons and a daughter."
-2009 New York Yankees Media Guide
JOHN FLAHERTY (YES Network)
"Former Yankees catcher John Flaherty enters his fourth season as a field reporter, studio analyst and game analyst for YES Network telecasts in 2009.
Drafted by Boston in 1988, Flaherty progressed through the Red Sox farm system before joining their major league squad in 1992. He played 14 seasons in the majors with Boston (1992-93), Detroit (1994-96), San Diego (1996-97), Tampa Bay (1998-2002) and the Yankees (2003-05), compiling a .252 average with 80 home runs in 1,047 games.
Flaherty brought his knowledge of the game and his veteran style of leadership to the Yankees clubhouse when he signed as a free agent in 2003. He played in 134 games with the Yankees across three seasons and will be long-remembered for his dramatic pinch-hit, walk-off single that defeated the Red Sox in the 13th inning of a 5-4 victory on July 1, 2004.
Flaherty is a New York City native and a graduate of George Washington University."
-2009 New York Yankees Media Guide
KIMBERLY JONES (YES Network)
"Kimberly Jones returns for her fifth season as a Yankees pregame and postgame clubhouse reporter. She is also a contributor to YES Network's This Week in Football and Yankees Hot Stove shows, as well as occasionally hosting talk shows on WFAN-AM 660 in New York.
Jones previously spent four and a half years at the Star-Ledger (Newark, NJ), where she covered the New York Giants for three seasons and was the NFL columnist for one. For the 2005 NFL season, she contributed to the Star-Ledger's Sunday NFL notes column and also appeared as an NFL contributor on Out of Bounds on CN8, the Comcast Network.
Prior to moving to New Jersey, Jones worked at the Central Daily Times (State College, Pennsylvania), where she was the beat writer for Penn State football and men's basketball.
Jones graduated from Penn State with a B.A. in journalism and an M.S. in exercise and sports science. Following graduation, she completed an internship in the communications department of the Big Ten Conference in suburban Chicago. A native of Dallastown, PA, she currently resides in Bergen County, NJ."
-2009 New York Yankees Media Guide
AL LEITER (YES Network)
"Entering his fourth year with the YES Network, former Yankees pitcher Al Leiter has established himself as an outstanding color commentator, providing viewers with insight gained from his 19 years as a player in the major leagues. Prior to signing with YES, Leiter had worked as a postseason game analyst for FOX Sports and ESPN.
Originally drafted by the Yankees in 1984, Leiter played parts of 19 professional seasons with the New York Yankees (1987-89, 2005), Toronto Blue Jays (1989-95), Florida Marlins (1996-97, 2005) and New York Mets (1998-2004). He was a two-time All-Star (1996, 2000) and was a part of three World Championship teams (Toronto in 1992 and 1993 and Florida in 1997). On May 11, 1996, Leiter tossed the first no-hitter in Marlins history in an 11-0 win against Colorado.
Leiter returned to the Yankees in a trade in July 2005. His start against the Boston Red Sox on July 17 at Fenway Park marked a span of 16 years and 82 days between Yankees starts (first since April 26, 1989, against Kansas City), the longest gap between starts by a Yankee in franchise history.
A native of Bayville, New Jersey, Leiter has been nearly as busy off the field as he was on it. Since 1996 he has donated more than $1.5 million to various charities in the New York area and South Florida. In 2000 he was honored by Major League Baseball with the Roberto Clemente Award for his contributions to the community and in 2002, he was appointed to the board of directors of the Twin Towers Fund in New York City.
He was named the March of Dimes Sportsman of the Year in 2003 and the John V. Mara Sportsman of the Year in 2004 by the Catholic Youth Organization. With his wife, Lori, he created Leiter's Landing, a charitable organization committed to the betterment of youth through education, health care and social and community service. Leiter has also been the recipient of numerous other awards and honors as a result of his charity work, including the 2008 'Breakthrough Spirit Award' at the Children's Cancer and Blood Foundation gala in New York City."
-2009 New York Yankees Media Guide
PAUL O'NEILL (YES Network)
"Paul O'Neill returns for his eighth consecutive season in broadcast television in 2009, serving as a game analyst for the YES Network.
The gritty and revered five-time All-Star outfielder played 17 years in the majors, spending his final nine seasons in pinstripes. He appeared in six World Series, winning five titles including four with the Yankees (1996, 1998-2000).
Affectionately known as a warrior to most Yankees followers, O'Neill began his major league career in 1985 with the Cincinnati Reds and earned the first of his five World Championships in 1990. He joined the Yankees in 1993 after eight seasons with the Reds, and in 1994 claimed the American League batting title with a .359 average. From July 1995 to May 1997, he played in 235 consecutive games in right field without making an error. In 2001, at the age of 38, O'Neill became the oldest player in major league history to steal 20 bases and hit 20 home runs in the same season.
He lives in his native Cincinnati with his wife, Nevalee, and their three children: Andrew, Aaron and Alexandria. He was named 'Father of the Year' in June 2008 by the National Father's Day Council at its 67th Annual Father of the Year dinner in New York."
-2009 New York Yankees Media Guide
CARLOS SILVA (Producer/Engineer, WCBS)
Carlos Silva, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, enters his fourth season producing and engineering Yankees games on WCBS Radio 880 AM. The 2009 season will [also] mark his ninth year working on Spanish language Yankees broadcasts and his 20th overall season in baseball. Silva has also worked for ESPN radio, Phillies Spanish radio, and the NBA's Orlando Magic.
In the off-season, he resides in Tampa, Florida with his wife, Teresa, and his children Leslie, Kimberly and Matthew."
-2009 New York Yankees Media Guide
BETO VILLA (WADO)
"The Venezuelan-born Beto Villa has broadcast Yankees games since the beginning of the club's Spanish radio network in 1997, becoming one of the most recognized voices in baseball. The 2009 season will mark Villa's 13th as the 'Spanish Voice of the Yankees.' His famous home run call, 'La Bola va atras, se va, se va, se va, se vaaaaaaaaa ... se fue de cuadrangular ... jonron de!' has made him very popular in the tri-state area and around the world.
Beto provides Spanish listeners with thorough and thoughtful Yankees coverage. He treasures his pages and pages of statistics of Latin American ballplayers, which he uses during his radiocasts.
Since beginning his career in 1981, he has had the opportunity to broadcast both the Major League World Series and the Caribbean World Series. He is currently a senior editor of Latinobaseball.com, a website covering Latin American ballplayers in the major leagues and the winter leagues. Beto has a daughter, Margarita."
-2009 New York Yankees Media Guide
FRANCISCO RIVERA (WADO)
"Francisco Rivera, a native of Morovis, Puerto Rico, received his Bachelor's degree in Spanish literature from Rutgers University. In 1978, he graduated from the Cambridge University-affiliated Miguel Angel Torres School of Communications in Manhattan. He began his communications career covering NBA basketball for WADO Radio. In 1992, Rivera was one of the pioneers of the talk show WADO Deportivo where he worked until 2003.
Since 1995, Rivera has been involved in baseball as a color commentator and play-by-play announcer, covering the Philadelphia Phillies for Radio Tropical from 1995 to 1998 and worked the American League Championship Series in 2003 and 2004 for ESPN. He has been in the Yankees' broadcast booth since 2005.
-2009 New York Yankees Media Guide
FELIX DEJESUS (WADO)
"Felix DeJesus, a native New Yorker, enters his fourth season as a color commentator for the New York Yankees. He currently writes for Latinobaseball.com and is one of the co-hosts of El Mundo de Las Grandes Ligas, an internet show on MLB Radio.
DeJesus has been involved with the Hispanic market since 1993 when he became the color commentator for the NHL's Florida Panthers. He has worked in all areas of broadcasting- television, radio and the internet. From 1998 to 2004 he covered major league baseball on television for XTRA Innings in New York. He covered the Caribbean World Series in 2002 for New York's Radio Unica 1660 AM and served as one of the play-by-play voices for the international broadcast of the 2007 Caribbean Series. He has also worked for FOX Sports, ESPN International and CNN. In 1999, he became the first announcer to broadcast in SAP for NBC News. DeJesus has also served the last three years as the Spanish language translator for Showtime Championship Boxing.
DeJesus graduated for Fordham University in 1988 with a degree in economics and currently resides in the tri-state area. He and his wife, Melissa, have two sons, Christopher and Brendan."
-2009 New York Yankees Media Guide
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