KEN SINGLETON (YES Network)
"YES Network's game analyst and announcer Ken Singleton had a 15-year major league baseball career as an outfielder and designated hitter. 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.
Previously, 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 1997, he was named by FOX Sports as a lead analyst for Saturday afternoon baseball broadcasts. In 1997 and 1998, he worked as an analyst for Major League Baseball International.
Singleton, a native New Yorker, played both baseball and basketball in high school, and also played baseball in the Bronx Federation League at Macombs Dam Park, right across from Yankee Stadium. After getting a scholarship to play basketball at Hofstra University, and playing both basketball and baseball for a year, Singleton was drafted by the Mets.
Singleton 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. He retired after the 1984 season as a three-time All-Star with a 1983 World Championship ring.
Singleton, who enjoys golf and reading historical novels, lives with his wife Suzanne in Sparks, Maryland. He has three sons and a daughter."
-New York Yankees 2007 Media Guide
JOHN FLAHERTY (YES Network)
"Former Yankees catcher John Flaherty enters his second season as a field reporter, studio analyst and game analyst for YES Network telecasts in 2007.
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox 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 (Red Sox 1992-93, Detroit Tigers 1994-96, San Diego Padres 1996-97, Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1998-2002, and the Yankees 2003-05) and compiled a .252 career batting average.
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. Though he played in 134 games with the Yankees across three seasons, he may be long remembered for his dramatic pinch-hit, walk-off single that defeated the Red Sox in the 13th inning of an exhausting 5-4 victory on July 1, 2004.
Flaherty is a New York City native and a graduate of George Washington University. For his career, he owns a .252 batting average in 1,047 games, with 80 career home runs."
-New York Yankees 2007 Media Guide
JOE GIRARDI (YES Network)
"2006 National League Manager of the Year Joe Girardi returns to the YES Network staff as an analyst for the 2007 season. In addition to providing game and studio analysis during the season, the 42-year-old Girardi will co-host a new YES original series with fellow analyst John Flaherty called 'Behind the Plate.'
Despite having the league's lowest payroll in 2006, the veteran led a young Florida Marlins team to a 78-84 record in his first season as a major league manager, guiding his club into playoff contention through mid-September.
A major league catcher for 15 years, Girardi helped lead the New York Yankees to three World Championships in 1996, 1998 and 1999. He was named to the National League All-Star team in 2000 while playing with the Chicago Cubs. Originally drafted by the Cubs in the fifth round of the 1986 draft, he made his major league debut in 1989 and played parts of 15 seasons with the Cubs, Colorado Rockies, Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals.
After his retirement as a player in 2004 spring training, Girardi joined the YES Network as an analyst for the 2004 season and won an Emmy Award for his hosting efforts on the YES Kids on Deck series. He had previously served as an analyst for the 2003 National League Division Series on ESPN Radio.
In 2005, Girardi put his broadcasting talents on hold and made his major league coaching debut as the Yankees' bench coach on Joe Torre's staff. He was named manager of the Marlins on October 19, 2005.
A 1986 graduate of Northwestern University with a degree in industrial engineering, Girardi was a three-time Academic All-American and two-time All-Big Ten selection at catcher. He and his wife, Kim, have three children."
-New York Yankees 2007 Media Guide
KIMBERLY JONES (YES Network)
"Kimberly Jones returns for her third season as Yankees pregame and postgame clubhouse reporter.
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 continued to contribute as the Star-Ledger's Sunday NFL notes columnist 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 Centre 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 lives in Bergen County, NJ."
-New York Yankees 2007 Media Guide
AL LEITER (YES Network)
"In his second 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, Toronto Blue Jays, Florida Marlins and New York Mets. A two-time All-Star, he was part of three World Championship teams ( with Toronto in 1992 and 1993 and Florida in 1997) and became the first pitcher in history to record a victory against all 30 major league teams. 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 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."
-New York Yankees 2007 Media Guide
BOBBY MURCER (YES Network)
"Bobby Murcer is a pre- and postgame analyst for Yankees games on the YES Network as well as a game analyst for select telecasts. Murcer symbolizes the traditions and history of the New York Yankees. For five decades, Murcer has continued to exude class, charisma and professionalism both on and off the field.
Over his 17-year baseball career, Murcer played in 1,908 games, hitting .277 with 252 home runs and 1,043 RBI. He joined Lou Gehrig, Johnny Blanchard and Mickey Mantle as the only Yankees to hit home runs in four consecutive at-bats. He appeared in the 1980 and 1981 American League Championship Series and the 1981 World Series. A five-time All-Star from 1971-75, Murcer is the only player to have played alongside both Mickey Mantle and Don Mattingly.
In 1983, Bobby traded his glove and bat for a microphone and began broadcasting Yankees baseball, serving as color analyst for WABC radio until 1985. After serving a season as assistant general manager for the Yankees, he returned to the booth as a color analyst for Yankees games on SportsChannel New York. In 1989, the first year Yankees games appeared on MSG, Murcer served as color commentator alongside Tommy Hutton. In 1990, he joined the WPIX broadcast team and served in that capacity through the end of the 1998 season.
Murcer resides in Oklahoma City with his wife, Kay. They have a daughter, Tori, and a son, Todd."
-New York Yankees 2007 Media Guide
PAUL O'NEILL (YES Network)
"Paul O'Neill returns for his sixth consecutive season in broadcast television in 2007, serving as a pre- and post-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. O'Neill was a pillar in the Yankees' run to four World Championships, his passionate play embodying a team-first formula that led to unequalled success.
Affectionately known as a warrior to most Yankees followers, O'Neill began his major league career in 1985 with the Cincinnati Reds, earning 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. In 2001, at 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."
-New York Yankees 2007 Media Guide
BETO VILLA (WADO)
"The Venezuelan-born Beto Villa has been broadcasting the Yankees since the beginning of the network and is one of the most recognized voices in the world of baseball. Beto begins his eleventh season in the radio booth 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 wall-to-wall coverage of the Yankees. He treasures his pages and pages of statistics of Latin American ballplayers, which he uses during his radiocasts. The editor of Latinobaseball.com and the voice of the Caribbean Series in Spanish for FOX Sports Espanol since 1998, Beto has a daughter, Margarita."
-New York Yankees 2007 Media Guide
FELIX DEJESUS (WADO)
"Felix DeJesus, a native New Yorker, enters his second season as one of the color commentators for the New York Yankees. Felix has been involved with the Hispanic market since 1993 when he became the color commentator for the NHL's Florida Panthers. He graduated from Fordham University in 1988 with a B.A. in economics and has worked in all areas of broadcasting- television, radio and the internet. He currently writes for Latinobaseball.com and is one of the hosts of El Mundo de Las Grandes Ligas, an internet show on MLB Radio.
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 in 1999 became the first announcer to broadcast in SAP for NBC News. He has worked for FOX Sports, ESPN International and CNN.
DeJesus served as one of the play-by-play voices for the international broadcast of the 2007 Caribbean Series. He currently resides in the tri-state area with his wife Melissa and has two sons, Christopher and Brendan."
-New York Yankees 2007 Media Guide
FRANCISCO RIVERA (WADO)
"A native of Morovis, Puerto Rico, Rivera received his Bachelor's degree in Spanish literature from Rutgers University. He graduated in 1978 from the Miguel A. Torres School of Communications in New York.
In addition to his baseball duties, Rivera is a social worker in the state of New Jersey in the areas of housing, employment, education, training and child care. He began his career as a sportscaster in 1992 and from 1994-2003 was a co-host of the sports talk show WADO Deportivo. He was a play-by-play and color commentator for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1995-1998. He is currently in his third year as a color commentator for the New York Yankees.
Francisco resides in Jersey City, NJ and is married to Yvette Rodriguez. He has two daughters, Melissa and Lorraine."
-New York Yankees 2007 Media Guide
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