"Channel 4 San Diego will carry 150 Padres games this season, all of which will be in high definition. Matt Vasgersian, who is in his seventh season, and Mark Grant, entering his 12th season, are the main play-by-play team, with Tony Gwynn and Steve Quis coming off the bench. The pregame show for 7:05 p.m. home games starts at 6 p.m. The postgame show with John Weisbarth and Bob Scanlan follows all home games and most away games."
--this column (emphases added)
Along those lines, Denny Hocking can be heard on Fox Sports Radio on the weekends now. Your mission is to find still more obscure/mediocre players (but just distinguished enough that we'd actually remember them) who now have obscure/mediocre media gigs.
Posted by Matt Bruce at April 1, 2008 11:50 AMMike Bacsik (who gave up 756) was doing analysis for ESPN during the playoffs. He's done call-in radio in Washington and he's quite good. On the field, he's like a left-handed Bert Blyleven without the wins, the strikeouts, the curve or the career, just the gopher balls.
Posted by: Brick at April 2, 2008 06:27 AMEvery now and again the Twins bring in Gene Larkin to do some TV or Radio work. Only slightly less obscure than Denny Hocking on their list of switch-hitting infielder/outfielders.
Posted by: Brian at April 2, 2008 08:34 AM