"Former major leaguer Ken Singleton enters his 12th season as a game analyst and announcer for YES Network broadcasts of the New York Yankees.
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 11 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.
Born in Manhattan and raised in nearby Mount Vernon, New York, 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 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.
Singleton serves on the Board of Directors for the Cool Kids Campaign, a non-profit organization that helps children and their families who are dealing with cancer. He was honored with the Denzel Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports at the Boys & Girls Club of Mount Vernon's 100th Anniversary Gala in March 2012."
-2013 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book
JACK CURRY (YES Network)
"Jack Curry joined the YES Network in 2010 as a studio analyst, reporter and program contributor, following a 20-year career covering the Yankees for the the New York Times. In addition, he contributes as a columnist on YESnetwork.com.
During his career with the Times, Curry authored over 4,500 articles and covered 18 World Series and 11 All-Star Games. The New Jersey native also was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1999 and won multiple Times Publisher Awards.
Curry's television experience extends back to 1991 when he began contributing to Madison Square Garden Network's Yankees pre-game show and weekly baseball magazine show. Since November 2005, Curry has regularly contributed to YES' Yankees Hot Stove and Yankees Baseball Daily shows. In addition, he was a featured panelist on MSG's Angles roundtable show, was a frequent guest on WCBS-TV's Baseball Insider weekly studio show, and has also provided expert baseball analysis and commentary on television and radio programs such as ESPN's Outside the Lines, MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann and various WFAN radio programs.
He also co-wrote a book with Derek Jeter entitled 'The Life You Imagine: Life Lessons for Achieving Your Dreams', a New York Times Best Seller. A 1986 graduate of Fordham University, Curry resides with his wife, Pamela, in New Jersey."
-2013 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book
JOHN FLAHERTY (YES Network)
"Former Yankees catcher John Flaherty enters his eighth season as a field reporter, studio analyst and game analyst for YES Network telecasts in 2013. He received New York Emmy Award nominations in 2010 and 2011 for his analyst work at YES.
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, in the contest that featured Derek Jeter's famous dive into the third base stands.
Flaherty is a New York City native and a graduate of George Washington University. On May 15, 2009, he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill, New York."
-2013 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book
AL LEITER (YES Network)
"Entering his eighth year with the YES Network, former Yankees pitcher Al Leiter serves as a color commentator, providing viewers with insight gained from his 19 years as a player in the major leagues. He is also a contributor to YES's Yankees On Deck series and is an analyst for the MLB Network, where he was nominated for a 2010 National Emmy Award for his work there. 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.
For his community work, he was honored by MLB with the Roberto Clemente Award in 2000 and the Bart Giamatti Award in 2002. Also in 2002, he was appointed to the board of directors of the Twin Towers Fund in NYC. 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. He also created Leiter's Landing, a charitable organization committed to the betterment of youth through education, health care and social and community service.
A native of Bayville, New Jersey, Leiter was inducted into the New Jersey Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame in January 2012."
-2013 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book
MEREDITH MARAKOVITS (YES Network)
PAUL O'NEILL (YES Network)
"Paul O'Neill returns for his 12th season in broadcast television in 2013, serving as a game analyst for the YES Network. He received a New York Emmy Award nomination in 2011 for his analyst work on YES.
The 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."
-2013 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book
CARLOS SILVA (Producer/Engineer, WCBS)
Carlos Silva, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, enters his eighth season producing and engineering Yankees games on WCBS Radio 880 AM (Spanish and English). The 2013 season will mark his 13th year working on Yankees radio broadcasts and his 24th overall season in baseball. It also marks his third year producing and conducting interviews in Spanish for YESnetwork.com
Silva previously worked for ESPN Radio, Phillies Spanish Radio, and the NBA's Orlando Magic and New Jersey Nets. He is also responsible for the translation and recording of Spanish broadcast spots throughout the season.
In the off-season, Silva resides in Lutz, Florida with his wife, Teresa, and his children Leslie, Kimberly and Matthew."
-2013 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book
BETO VILLA (WADO)
"Beto Villa, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, has been broadcasting the Yankees since the beginning of the club's Spanish radio network in 1997, becoming one of the most recognized voices in baseball. The 2013 season will mark Villa's 17th 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. He has a daughter, Margarita."
-2013 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book
FRANCISCO RIVERA (WADO)
"Since 1995 Francisco Rivera has been involved in baseball as a color commentator and play-by-play announcer, including seven years in the Yankees broadcasting booth. A native of Morovis, Puerto Rico, he covered the Philadelphia Phillies for Radio Tropical from 1995 to 1998 and worked the American League Championship Series in 2003 and 2004 for ESPN.
Rivera received his Bachelor's degree in Spanish literature from Rutgers University and graduated from the Cambridge University-affiliated Miguel Angel Torres School of Communications in Manhattan in 1978. He began his communications career covering NBA basketball for WADO and was later one of the pioneers of the talk show WADO Deportivo, where he worked until 2003. Francisco is married to Ivettte Rodriguez and has two daughters, Melissa and Lorraine."
-2013 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book
"Meredith Marakovits was named YES Network's clubhouse reporter just prior to the start of the 2012 season, reporting on the team within the network's Yankees game telecasts, pre-and postgame shows and Yankees Batting Practice Today show. Marakovits also appears on YES's special Yankee programming and contributes to YESNETWORK.com.
Previously, Marakovits served as the Philadelphia 76ers sideline reporter with Comcast Sportsnet Philadelphia, also participating in several Comcast Sportsnet regional sports network programs. She also covered the Yankees and Mets for 1050 ESPN Radio and contributed elsewhere to WFAN Radio.
Prior to her work in New York, she served as the Phillies reporter for 950 ESPN Radio/97.5 the Fanatic. This came after her stint as the pre-and postgame host and field reporter for the Triple-A Lehigh Valley Ironpigs Television Network.
A Northampton, Pa., native, Marakovits is a 2005 graduate of LaSalle University in Philadelphia, where she played volleyball and graduated in 2005 with a degree in communications. She began her career with Service Electric 2's sports division as a sideline reporter for college football, basketball and indoor football broadcasts."
-2013 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book
PAUL O'NEILL (YES Network)
"Paul O'Neill returns for his 12th season in broadcast television in 2013, serving as a game analyst for the YES Network. He received a New York Emmy Award nomination in 2011 for his analyst work on YES.
The 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."
-2013 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book
2013 YES NETWORK
Senior Producer: Bill Boland
Director: John Moore
Studio Anchor: Bob Lorenz
Studio Host: Nancy Newman
Studio Host: Chris Shearn
CARLOS SILVA (Producer/Engineer, WCBS)
Carlos Silva, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, enters his eighth season producing and engineering Yankees games on WCBS Radio 880 AM (Spanish and English). The 2013 season will mark his 13th year working on Yankees radio broadcasts and his 24th overall season in baseball. It also marks his third year producing and conducting interviews in Spanish for YESnetwork.com
Silva previously worked for ESPN Radio, Phillies Spanish Radio, and the NBA's Orlando Magic and New Jersey Nets. He is also responsible for the translation and recording of Spanish broadcast spots throughout the season.
In the off-season, Silva resides in Lutz, Florida with his wife, Teresa, and his children Leslie, Kimberly and Matthew."
-2013 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book
BETO VILLA (WADO)
"Beto Villa, a native of Caracas, Venezuela, has been broadcasting the Yankees since the beginning of the club's Spanish radio network in 1997, becoming one of the most recognized voices in baseball. The 2013 season will mark Villa's 17th 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. He has a daughter, Margarita."
-2013 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book
FRANCISCO RIVERA (WADO)
"Since 1995 Francisco Rivera has been involved in baseball as a color commentator and play-by-play announcer, including seven years in the Yankees broadcasting booth. A native of Morovis, Puerto Rico, he covered the Philadelphia Phillies for Radio Tropical from 1995 to 1998 and worked the American League Championship Series in 2003 and 2004 for ESPN.
Rivera received his Bachelor's degree in Spanish literature from Rutgers University and graduated from the Cambridge University-affiliated Miguel Angel Torres School of Communications in Manhattan in 1978. He began his communications career covering NBA basketball for WADO and was later one of the pioneers of the talk show WADO Deportivo, where he worked until 2003. Francisco is married to Ivettte Rodriguez and has two daughters, Melissa and Lorraine."
-2013 New York Yankees Official Media Guide & Record Book
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