"Yankees baseball in 1995 will be broadcast for the 57th consecutive season. WPIX-TV (Channel 11) will broadcast games locally for the 45th straight season, and Madison Square Garden Network is beginning its seventh season in a row as the team's cable TV outlet. WABC Radio (770 AM) for the 15th consecutive year is leading the Yankees' radio network as the flagship station.
Director/producer John Moore begins his 16th season at WPIX, Leon Schweir will produce MSG broadcasts for the seventh season and WABC producer/engineer Brian Fergenson is in his 15th season."
-1995 New York Yankees Information Guide
PHIL RIZZUTO (WPIX)
"The one and only Scooter, the greatest shortstop in Yankees history, is in his 39th year of giving viewers the inside word on the Bronx Bombers. The 1994 Hall of Famer moved into the broadcast booth immediately following his playing career (1941-56). His dedication to the Yankees overflows during broadcasts, which always translates into fun for fans."
-The New York Yankees Official 1995 Yearbook
"Rizzuto begins his 55th season with the Yankees, including his 39th as a broadcaster. The 1950 American League MVP moved into the broadcast booth immediately following his playing career (1941-56). He hit .273 with 149 stolen bases in 1,661 major league games, and at shortstop anchored the Yankees infield during their record five consecutive World Championships from 1949-53. The Scooter was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown in February 1994."
-1995 New York Yankees Information Guide
BOBBY MURCER (WPIX)
"Murcer, one of the most popular Yankees of his era, returns for his seventh season and sixth consecutive as a Yankees broadcaster on WPIX. Murcer has found much success working in the broadcast booth since completing his playing career, and fans are always excited to see this familiar face talking Yankees baseball."
-The New York Yankees Official 1995 Yearbook
"Murcer, the most popular Yankee of his era (1969-83), is in his seventh season overall in the WPIX booth. He also has broadcast experience with WABC Radio, Sportschannel and Madison Square Garden Network. In 17 major league seasons, hit .277 with 252 home runs and 1,043 RBI in 1,908 games for the Yankees, Giants and Cubs. Murcer ranks 13th on the team's all-time home run list. He retired in 1983, clearing a roster spot for Don Mattingly."
-1995 New York Yankees Information Guide
PAUL OLDEN (WPIX)
"Olden is in his second season in the WPIX broadcast booth with partners Rizzuto and Murcer. He has also been heard for the past two seasons as the play-by-play voice of the New York Jets. Olden's smooth delivery and deep baseball knowledge were welcomed by fans in 1994 as they will be this year."
-The New York Yankees Official 1995 Yearbook
"Olden has also been the play-by-play voice of the New York Jets the past two seasons and has anchored SportsDesk on MSG. He has worked at ESPN and CBS Sports in addition to calling games for the Indians, Angels, Los Angeles Rams and UCLA basketball and football."
-1995 New York Yankees Information Guide
DAVE COHEN (MSG)
"Cohen, most recently the radio man for the Syracuse Chiefs, Toronto's Triple-A club, embarks on his first season as an announcer for MSG Network. A graduate of Brooklyn's Stuyvesant High School [and of Syracuse University], he has also served as the play-by-play announcer for the Syracuse University football and basketball teams."
-The New York Yankees Official 1995 Yearbook
"Cohen graduated from Manhattan's Stuyvesant High School [and from Syracuse University] and has served as the play-by-play announcer for the Syracuse University football and basketball teams and as the radio man for the Syracuse Chiefs, Toronto's Class-AAA club. He worked briefly at Channel 7 in 1980, and in 1982 was a Washington Bullets television announcer."
-1995 New York Yankees Information Guide
JIM KAAT (MSG)
"Kaat, like Cohen entering his rookie season at MSG, has served nationally as a broadcaster for ESPN and CBS, and as a team announcer for the Yankees on WPIX (1986), Atlanta on WTBS (1987) and Minnesota on WCCO (1988-93).
Kaat went 283-237 with a 3.45 ERA in 898 games (ninth all-time) covering 25 seasons with the Senators, Twins, White Sox, Phillies, Yankees and Cardinals (1959-83)."
-The New York Yankees Official 1995 Yearbook
"Kaat went 283-237 with a 3.45 ERA in 898 appearances (ninth all-time) covering 25 seasons with the Senators, Twins, White Sox, Phillies, Yankees and Cardinals (1959-83). From 1962-77 the left-hander won 16 consecutive Gold Gloves as the league's best fielding pitcher.
He has served nationally as a broadcaster for ESPN and CBS and as a team broadcaster for the Yankees on WPIX (1986), Atlanta on WTBS (1987) and Minnesota on WCCO (1988-93). Kaat spent the 1994 season as analyst for ESPN, and from 1984-93 worked the College World Series for ESPN and CBS. He was Cincinnati's pitching coach in 1985."
-1995 New York Yankees Information Guide
STEVE PALERMO (MSG)
"A former American League umpire and a native of Worcester, Massachusetts, Steve brings his articulate insight to MSG's 'Yankees Scorecard,' providing periodic feature reports. He will also serve as a backup color analyst.
Steve began his broadcasting career in 1992 calling Seattle Mariners games, and in 1994 he was named one of the analysts for The Baseball Network."
-The New York Yankees Official 1995 Yearbook
"Former American League umpire Steve Palermo will join the MSG Network broadcast team. He was an umpire from 1977-91.
On July 7, 1991 Steve was helping two waitresses who were being mugged outside a Dallas restaurant when he was shot in the back and partially paralyzed. He has broadcast Mariners and Baseball Network games."
-1995 New York Yankees Information Guide
JOHN STERLING (WABC)
"Although Sterling broadcast Yankees games in the 1970s, 1995 marks his seventh consecutive year with the Yankees in the WABC radio booth. Formerly a play-by-play announcer for the New Jersey Nets, New York Islanders and Baltimore Bullets, John was also an Atlanta Braves broadcaster for five years and handled play-by-play duties for the NBA's Atlanta Hawks."
-The New York Yankees Official 1995 Yearbook
"Sterling, in his seventh season with the club, has served as a broadcaster for Atlanta Braves and Atlanta Hawks games nationally on WTBS, and locally has served as an announcer for the New Jersey Nets and New York Islanders."
-1995 New York Yankees Information Guide
BEAT REPORTERS COVERING THE YANKEES (from 1995 New York Yankees Information Guide)
Jeff Bradley (New York Daily News)
Don Burke (Newark Star-Ledger)
Jack Curry (New York Times)
Bob Hertzel (Bergen Record)
Dave Lennon (New York Newsday)
Jack O'Connell (Hartford Courant)
Tom Pedulla (Gannett Suburban Newspapers)
