Matt Vasgersian, the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Angels and studio host for MLB Network, will call the MLB Sunday Leadoff season opener from Philadelphia’s Citizen Bank Park (Sunday, April 23, 12:05 p.m. “We’re excited to have Brendan rejoin NBC Sports this summer and look forward to pairing him with local analysts each week in the booth as we continue to provide coverage with local flavor and in-depth knowledge of the competing teams,” said Sam Flood, NBC Sports Executive Producer. Burke will call his first MLB Sunday Leadoff game on May 21, following his NHL Playoff assignments. Beginning with NBC Sports in 2017, he served as a play-by-play voice of NHL and Premier Lacrosse League coverage and called events at two Olympics (hockey at the 2022 Beijing Olympics and rowing and canoeing during the Tokyo Olympics). Burke called select New York Yankees games on WFAN radio last season, and also served as play-by-play announcer for multiple Minor League Baseball teams earlier in his career. ET exclusively on Peacock.īurke currently serves as the television voice of the New York Islanders on MSG Networks and as a play-by-play commentator on NHL on TNT games. MLB Sunday Leadoff, Peacock’s exclusive package of Sunday morning Major League Baseball games, debuts its slate of 19 live games on Sunday, April 23, with the National League champion Philadelphia Phillies hosting the Colorado Rockies at 12:05 p.m. – Ap– Play-by-play announcer Brendan Burke will serve as the voice of MLB Sunday Leadoff on Peacock this season, it was announced today. ET as the Defending National League Champion Phillies Host Rockies Exclusively on Peacock MLB Sunday Leadoff Begins Sunday, April 23, at 12:05 p.m. Matt Vasgersian to Call Peacock MLB Sunday Leadoff Opener on April 23 and Peacock/NBC Simulcast on May 7Ĭhris Vosters to Call Two Games with Burke on AssignmentĪhmed Fareed Returns to MLB Sunday Leadoff as Host and In-Game Reporter So do I.’ I’m really excited to do this.Burke will be Joined in Booth by Analysts from Participating Teams of Each Week’s Game I’ve always thought it was your best sport.’ I laughed and said, ‘You know something, Dan. “Here’s the guy who gave me my start in baseball, who took that chance on me that launched my career,” said McDonough, “and he tells me the other day, ‘I really hope you get this hockey thing. as the Red Sox’ play-by-play voice three years later. Berkery hired McDonough in 1985 as the Bruins’ between-periods host and made the decision to name him, at age 25. McDonough chuckled when recalling a recent conversation with Dan Berkery, a legend in Boston media circles from his time as general manager at Ch. “I’d like to be able to continue to do all of the stuff I’m currently doing and basically add this, but if any of them goes away, it might be the basketball,” he said. He wants to continue doing Red Sox games on the radio next season, though the schedule may have to lean toward later in the season since the Stanley Cup playoffs run into the summer. McDonough said he’ll continue to call high-profile college football games for ESPN and ABC, but his college basketball workload could be affected. I think it was NBC that had the ad campaign, ‘There’s nothing better than the Stanley Cup playoffs.’ I saw that and I was like, ‘Damn right.’ “ The puck and the players are moving way too fast. Even on the radio, the best radio guy can’t do that. At least on TV you don’t have to describe every pass and every movement of the players. “I’ll tell you, though, I don’t know how anybody does hockey on radio. “Now, the broadcast booth is on the ninth floor. It was really easy to identify the players, the numbers, and really have a sense for what was going on. “That balcony hung right over the ice, You felt like you could reach out and pull the helmet right off the top of the players’ heads. “In the old Boston Garden’s hockey broadcast position, you were in the front row of the balcony,” he said. McDonough said it is in some ways, but a lot of times the quality is dependent on the broadcasters’ vantage point. Hockey, because of its pace, is generally perceived as the toughest sport to call. “It was the first year that the NHL players could play in the Olympics and it was the first year that women’s hockey was on the Olympic menu. “Probably the highlight was the ’98 Olympics at Nagano when I was at CBS,” he said. But what’s his favorite moment broadcasting the sport so far in his career? McDonough said it’s a lifelong dream to call a Stanley Cup Final.
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