JIM KAAT (MSG)
"A highly respected and knowledgeable analyst, Jim Kaat begins his fourth year calling games for MSG. As a player, Kaat won 16 consecutive Gold Gloves, but as broadcaster he's just plain golden.
Last year, he was both a color analyst and a play-by-play announcer, as he split the two duties with Ken Singleton. He has established himself as MSG's resident expert on baseball and has garnered critical acclaim for his work.
His jobs in the broadcast booth have ranged from the chief analyst on ESPN's Baseball Tonight to calling games for CBS-TV, ABC Sports, The Baseball Network, WPIX-TV (1986), WTBS in Atlanta (1987) and WCCO in Minnesota (1988-93)."
-The Official 1998 New York Yankees Team Yearbook
"In his playing days, Kaat won 283 games in his 25-year playing career, posting a 3.45 ERA, and earned a record 16 Gold Gloves from 1962-77, a feat matched only by Brooks Robinson. His 898 appearances, covering four decades, places him 11th all-time.
He has worked nationally as a broadcaster for ESPN, CBS-TV, The Baseball Network and NBC Sports. Prior to joining MSG in 1995, Kaat spent a year as chief analyst on ESPN's Baseball Tonight as well as covering Yankee baseball for WPIX-TV in 1986, the Atlanta Braves on TBS in 1987 and the Minnesota Twins on WCCO from 1988-93."
-1998 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
KEN SINGLETON (MSG)
"After a successful debut season as both a play-by-play announcer and a color analyst, Ken Singleton is back for his second year on MSG. He came to the Yankees from 'North of the Border' where he called games for the Montreal Expos on both the Sports Network and CIQC. In 1996, Singleton worked as the lead analyst for FOX Sports Saturday afternoon broadcasts.
With a deep baritone and expert insight, Singleton has quickly proven to be an important part of MSG's broadcast team."
-The Official 1998 New York Yankees Team Yearbook
"Singleton begins his second season behind the microphone for MSG calling Yankee games. He joined MSG from The Sports Network, where he served as color analyst for the Montreal Expos from 1985-96. Prior to that, he called play-by-play for six years on the Expos' flagship radio network, CIQC. He worked as the lead analyst for FOX Sports Saturday afternoon broadcasts in 1996.
In a 15-year career, primarily with the Baltimore Orioles, Singleton played in 2,082 games and batted .282 with 246 home runs and 1,065 RBI. In 1977 he set Oriole records by hitting .328 and accumulating a .438 on-base percentage."
-1998 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
JOHN STERLING (WABC)
"'It is high, it is fair, it is ... gone!'
John Sterling's distinctive call will be heard over WABC Radio for the 10th straight year. He called Braves and Hawks games in Atlanta on WTBS and has broadcast Islanders and Nets games as well.
Sterling, who began his broadcasting career as a teenager in upstate New York, is an iron man of the broadcast booth and is currently in the middle of his own 'Ripken-esque' on-air streak; he has not missed a game since the fall of 1981 when he worked for the Atlanta Hawks."
-The Official 1998 New York Yankees Team Yearbook
"Joining WABC in 1989, Sterling begins his 10th season with the club and has previously called games for the Atlanta Braves and the Atlanta Hawks on WTBS. Locally, he has served as an announcer for Islanders and Nets games."
-1998 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
TOMMY JOHN (WPIX)
"The man who enjoyed two stints with the Yankees as a pitcher (1979-82 and 1986-89) is back in the Bronx as part of WPIX's broadcast team. John announced Minnesota Twins games from 1991-96 and coached high school baseball in Florida. The former pitcher will be reunited with his Yankee teammate Bobby Murcer on WPIX in 1998."
-The Official 1998 New York Yankees Team Yearbook
BOBBY MURCER (MSG and WPIX)
"Former Yankees outfielder Bobby Murcer will bring his insight to both MSG and WPIX broadcasts in his 10th season as a color analyst.
He joined the broadcast booth after his retirement in 1983, and except for a one-year stint as Assistant General Manager for the Yankees, his slight southern drawl has been a popular fixture ever since. Murcer has called games on SportsChannel New York, MSG and WPIX, and was a broadcast partner of the late Phil Rizzuto. In 1989, the first year MSG carried Yankee games, Murcer was the first color commentator to call games on the network."
-The Official 1998 New York Yankees Team Yearbook
"Murcer once again will share the booth with Kaat and Singleton, contributing insight and commentary on both MSG and WPIX broadcasts. Murcer joined the Yankees broadcast booth after his retirement from the game in 1983, serving as color analyst for WABC-Radio from 1983-85. After serving a season as Assistant General Manager for the Yankees, he returned to the booth as color analyst for Yankees games on SportsChannel New York. In 1989, the first year of Yankees games on MSG, Murcer served as color commentator alongside Tommy Hutton. In 1990, he joined the WPIX broadcast team and continues to serve in that capacity.
Over a 17-year career, he played in 1,908 games, hitting .277 with 252 home runs and 1,043 RBI. He joined Lou Gehrig as the only Yankees to hit home runs in four consecutive at-bats [in one day]."
-1998 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
LEON SCHWEIR and BILL WEBB (MSG Television)
"Leon Schweir is in his 10th season producing Yankees games on MSG Network and Bill Webb is in his seventh year as director of Yankees telecasts for MSG."
-1998 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
MSG Spanish
"In August of 1996, MSG Network, in conjunction with the New York Yankees and Cablevision Systems of New York City, made all Yankees games on MSG available with Spanish audio. This service, called Secondary Audio Programming (SAP), made the Yankees the first franchise in New York sports history to offer such a service. This season, Beto Villa, Roberto Clemente, Jr. and Armando Talavera will once again call the action for Los Yankees En Espanol."
-1998 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
ARMANDO TALAVERA (MSG Spanish)
"Talavera is the color commentator for the Spanish broadcasts and has been calling games since the 1975 World Series. He has also covered such events as the NBA finals and the Super Bowl."
-The Official 1998 New York Yankees Team Yearbook
ROBERTO CLEMENTE, JR. (MSG Spanish)
"In his second year as a broadcaster, the son of Hall of Famer Roberto Clemente brings his first-hand knowledge and experience from his baseball background to the broadcasts."
-The Official 1998 New York Yankees Team Yearbook
BETO VILLA (MSG Spanish)
"A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Villa brings his vast knowledge of statistics to his role as the play-by-play announcer of the broadcasting trio. He has also worked as a co-producer and announcer for CBS Radio."
-The Official 1998 New York Yankees Team Yearbook
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1999 New York Yankees Broadcasters
JOHN STERLING (WABC)
"Joining WABC in 1989, Sterling begins his 11th season with the club and has previously called games for the Atlanta Braves (1982-87) and the Atlanta Hawks (1981-89) on WTBS. Locally, he has served as an announcer for Islanders and Nets games.
John has been a spokesman for the Leukemia Society of America for the past seven years. He resides in Bergen County, New Jersey with his wife Jennifer and his daughter Abigail."
-1999 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
BOBBY MURCER
"Murcer began as a Yankees announcer after his retirement from the game in 1983, serving as color analyst for WABC-Radio from 1983-85. After serving a season as Assistant General Manager for the Yankees, he returned to the booth as color analyst for Yankees games on Sportschannel New York. In 1989, the first year of Yankees games 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.
Over a 17-year career, he played in 1,908 games, hitting .277 with 252 home runs and 1,043 RBI. He joined Lou Gehrig as the only Yankees to hit home runs in four consecutive at-bats [in one day].
Murcer resides in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the town he grew up in, with his wife Kay. They have a daughter, Tori, and a son, Todd."
-1999 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
TIM MCCARVER
"McCarver begins his groundbreaking season in the Yankees broadcast booth after spending the last 16 seasons announcing Mets games. He will continue in his role as lead analyst for the FOX Saturday Baseball Game of the Week, a position he has held since joining FOX Sports in April 1996.
He is the only network television baseball analyst to broadcast the last eight regular seasons and postseasons, including 10 out of the last 12 World Series. He has also received 10 Emmy Award nominations during his 14 seasons as a network analyst for ABC, CBS and FOX, and was an anchor for both the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics.
He starred behind the plate for 21 major league seasons. Tim began his career with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1959 and is one of seven modern day players to play in four decades. He participated in two All-Star Games (1966-67), three League Championship Series (1976-78), was a member of two World Championship teams in St. Louis (1964, 1967) and was the hottest hitter in the 1964 World Series against the Yankees when he led all regulars with a .478 batting average.
Tim and his wife Anne have two daughters, Kathy and Kelly."
-1999 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
JIM KAAT (MSG Television)
"In his playing days, Kaat won 283 games in his 25-year playing career, posting a 3.45 ERA, and earned a record 16 Gold Gloves from 1962-77, a feat matched only by Brooks Robinson. His 898 appearances, covering four decades, places him 11th all-time.
He has worked nationally as a broadcaster for ESPN, CBS-TV, The Baseball Network and NBC Sports. Prior to joining MSG in 1995, Kaat spent one year as chief analyst on ESPN's Baseball Tonight and was the primary analyst for CBS Sports baseball coverage from 1990-93. He also covered Yankee baseball for WPIX-TV in 1986, the Atlanta Braves on TBS in 1987 and the Minnesota Twins on WCCO from 1988-93.
Kaat lives with his wife MaryAnn in Stuart, Florida and has four children, Jim Jr., Jill, Stacey and Drew."
-1999 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
KEN SINGLETON (MSG Television)
"Singleton begins his third season behind the microphone for MSG calling Yankee games. He joined MSG in 1997 from The Sports Network, where he served as analyst for the Montreal Expos from 1985-96. Prior to that, he also called play-by-play for six years on the Expos' flagship radio network, CIQC. He worked as the lead analyst for FOX Sports Saturday afternoon broadcasts in 1996.
In a 15-year career, primarily with the Baltimore Orioles, Singleton played in 2,082 games and batted .282 with 246 home runs and 1,065 RBI. In 1977 he set Oriole records by hitting .328 and accumulating a .438 on-base percentage.
Born in Manhattan and raised in Mount Vernon, New York, he played baseball in the Bronx Federation League at Macombs Dam Park, only feet from Yankee Stadium. Singleton lives in Sparks, Maryland with his wife Suzanne. They have four children."
-1999 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
LEON SCHWEIR and BILL WEBB (MSG Television)
"Leon Schweir is in his 11th season producing Yankees games on MSG Network and Bill Webb is in his eighth year as director of Yankees telecasts for MSG."
-1999 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
ARMANDO TALAVERA, BETO VILLA and ROBERTO CLEMENTE, JR. (MSG Spanish)
"In August of 1996, MSG Network, in conjunction with the New York Yankees and Cablevision Systems of New York City, made all Yankees games on MSG available with Spanish audio. This service, called Secondary Audio Programming (SAP), made the Yankees the first franchise in New York sports history to offer such a service. This season, Beto Villa, Roberto Clemente, Jr. and Armando Talavera will once again call the action for Los Yankees En Espanol."
-1999 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
"Joining WABC in 1989, Sterling begins his 11th season with the club and has previously called games for the Atlanta Braves (1982-87) and the Atlanta Hawks (1981-89) on WTBS. Locally, he has served as an announcer for Islanders and Nets games.
John has been a spokesman for the Leukemia Society of America for the past seven years. He resides in Bergen County, New Jersey with his wife Jennifer and his daughter Abigail."
-1999 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
BOBBY MURCER
"Murcer began as a Yankees announcer after his retirement from the game in 1983, serving as color analyst for WABC-Radio from 1983-85. After serving a season as Assistant General Manager for the Yankees, he returned to the booth as color analyst for Yankees games on Sportschannel New York. In 1989, the first year of Yankees games 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.
Over a 17-year career, he played in 1,908 games, hitting .277 with 252 home runs and 1,043 RBI. He joined Lou Gehrig as the only Yankees to hit home runs in four consecutive at-bats [in one day].
Murcer resides in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the town he grew up in, with his wife Kay. They have a daughter, Tori, and a son, Todd."
-1999 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
TIM MCCARVER
"McCarver begins his groundbreaking season in the Yankees broadcast booth after spending the last 16 seasons announcing Mets games. He will continue in his role as lead analyst for the FOX Saturday Baseball Game of the Week, a position he has held since joining FOX Sports in April 1996.
He is the only network television baseball analyst to broadcast the last eight regular seasons and postseasons, including 10 out of the last 12 World Series. He has also received 10 Emmy Award nominations during his 14 seasons as a network analyst for ABC, CBS and FOX, and was an anchor for both the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics.
He starred behind the plate for 21 major league seasons. Tim began his career with the St. Louis Cardinals in 1959 and is one of seven modern day players to play in four decades. He participated in two All-Star Games (1966-67), three League Championship Series (1976-78), was a member of two World Championship teams in St. Louis (1964, 1967) and was the hottest hitter in the 1964 World Series against the Yankees when he led all regulars with a .478 batting average.
Tim and his wife Anne have two daughters, Kathy and Kelly."
-1999 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
JIM KAAT (MSG Television)
"In his playing days, Kaat won 283 games in his 25-year playing career, posting a 3.45 ERA, and earned a record 16 Gold Gloves from 1962-77, a feat matched only by Brooks Robinson. His 898 appearances, covering four decades, places him 11th all-time.
He has worked nationally as a broadcaster for ESPN, CBS-TV, The Baseball Network and NBC Sports. Prior to joining MSG in 1995, Kaat spent one year as chief analyst on ESPN's Baseball Tonight and was the primary analyst for CBS Sports baseball coverage from 1990-93. He also covered Yankee baseball for WPIX-TV in 1986, the Atlanta Braves on TBS in 1987 and the Minnesota Twins on WCCO from 1988-93.
Kaat lives with his wife MaryAnn in Stuart, Florida and has four children, Jim Jr., Jill, Stacey and Drew."
-1999 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
KEN SINGLETON (MSG Television)
"Singleton begins his third season behind the microphone for MSG calling Yankee games. He joined MSG in 1997 from The Sports Network, where he served as analyst for the Montreal Expos from 1985-96. Prior to that, he also called play-by-play for six years on the Expos' flagship radio network, CIQC. He worked as the lead analyst for FOX Sports Saturday afternoon broadcasts in 1996.
In a 15-year career, primarily with the Baltimore Orioles, Singleton played in 2,082 games and batted .282 with 246 home runs and 1,065 RBI. In 1977 he set Oriole records by hitting .328 and accumulating a .438 on-base percentage.
Born in Manhattan and raised in Mount Vernon, New York, he played baseball in the Bronx Federation League at Macombs Dam Park, only feet from Yankee Stadium. Singleton lives in Sparks, Maryland with his wife Suzanne. They have four children."
-1999 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
LEON SCHWEIR and BILL WEBB (MSG Television)
"Leon Schweir is in his 11th season producing Yankees games on MSG Network and Bill Webb is in his eighth year as director of Yankees telecasts for MSG."
-1999 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
ARMANDO TALAVERA, BETO VILLA and ROBERTO CLEMENTE, JR. (MSG Spanish)
"In August of 1996, MSG Network, in conjunction with the New York Yankees and Cablevision Systems of New York City, made all Yankees games on MSG available with Spanish audio. This service, called Secondary Audio Programming (SAP), made the Yankees the first franchise in New York sports history to offer such a service. This season, Beto Villa, Roberto Clemente, Jr. and Armando Talavera will once again call the action for Los Yankees En Espanol."
-1999 New York Yankees Information & Record Guide
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