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Dave O'Brien misses Red Sox games due to his work on ESPN. Dave Martin joined the Red Sox radio broadcast crew in June 1972 when John MacLean left due to illness In 1970, announcers Ken Coleman , Ned Martin , and Johnny Pesky refused to cross the picket line of WHDH-TV 's electrical workers.
The following people have served as a broadcaster for the Boston Red Sox: Pages in category "Boston Red Sox announcers" The following 75 pages are in this category, out of 75 total.
On June 18, 1977, in the New York Yankees' 10–4 loss to the Boston Red Sox in a nationally televised game at Fenway Park in Boston, Jim Rice, a powerful hitter but a slow runner, hit a ball into right field that Reggie Jackson seemed to get to without much speed, and Rice reached second base.
As of 2023, Major League Baseball is currently the only "Big Four" league with regional broadcast rights whose entire postseason is exclusive to national television; the National Basketball Association playoffs and National Hockey League playoffs continue to air their first round games on both national and local television.
Boston Red Sox radio announcer Joe Castiglione was named the winner of the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence and will be honored by the Hall of Fame.
Public address announcer for the Boston Red Sox Beane during a 2007 speaking engagement showing some of his baseball memorabilia Carleton E. "Carl" Beane (September 18, 1952 – May 9, 2012) [ 1 ] was a sports radio broadcaster from 1972 until 2012, and was best known as the public address announcer for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball .
After the Red Sox' legendary radio combination of Ned Martin and Jim Woods were fired for failing to follow the dictates of sponsors following the 1978 season, Coleman went back to Boston in 1979 and spent 11 years as the Red Sox' top radio voice. He broadcast the Red Sox' 1986 World Series loss to the New York Mets and two Red Sox ALCS (1986 ...
Martin called Chicago White Sox games on WFLD in 1968. He spent the next three seasons on WJW-TV calling Cleveland Indians games before being replaced by Rocky Colavito in 1972. Martin began the 1972 season without a broadcasting job; however, in June he replaced the ailing John MacLean on WHDH radio in Boston, calling Boston Red Sox games with ...