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Having worked as the TV statistician for all Blue Jays since the start of the 1993 season has allowed me to work alongside some of the broadcasting greats in our country: Dan Shulman, Jim Hughson, Rod Black, the late Don Chevrier, Rob Faulds, Chris Cuthbert, Bob Cole, Paul Romanuk, Gord Miller, Brian Williams, Buck Martinez, Tommy Hutton, the late John Cerutti, Pat Tabler, Rance Mulliniks, Darrin Fletcher, Gary Green, Harry Neale, if I've left anyone out, I apologize, but it's been a who's-who of some of the legends.
I first started my journey into the broadcast booth back in May of 1982 when as a Grade 13 student at Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI in Scarborough, my high school football coach, Doug Kelcher, the original Blue Jays TV statsman, brought me down to a game to observe from the booth and I knew right then what I wanted to do with my life. They say "good things come to those that wait" and I waited 11 years to get that job but I finally did and the rest is history.
As for my writing, when Sportsnet approached me to write a column on the Blue Jays specifically and baseball in general I jumped at the chance. I like to think that I write as an everyman because first and foremost I'm a fan, so I ride the roller coaster just like the rest of you.
I've always been amazed that a guy whose two worst subjects in high school were math and English, yet here I am a long-time statistician and columnist. Funny how life turns out, doesn't it?
West Hill, Ontario
Birthdate:March 4, 1963
First media job:Editorial Assistant, TSN, June 1985
Career highlight:1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics, 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics, Blue Jays TV stats from 1993-present.
Special interests/hobbies:Music (Ministry, RevCo, Prong, Rob Zombie, NIN, White Trash Cannibals), Art (my own), Chicago Bears.
Bio: I've been in the sports TV business since June 29, 1985 when I walked into an infant TSN, watched the Pittsburgh Pirates and Chicago Cubs and turned the game into a highlight pack. At that point I knew I had arrived, my childhood obsession with sports was going to lead to a career. And what a career it's been having worked on three Olympics games for three different networks (TSN, CTV and CBC), several World Jr. Hockey Championships, two Canada Winter Games and the 2009 World Baseball Classic.Having worked as the TV statistician for all Blue Jays since the start of the 1993 season has allowed me to work alongside some of the broadcasting greats in our country: Dan Shulman, Jim Hughson, Rod Black, the late Don Chevrier, Rob Faulds, Chris Cuthbert, Bob Cole, Paul Romanuk, Gord Miller, Brian Williams, Buck Martinez, Tommy Hutton, the late John Cerutti, Pat Tabler, Rance Mulliniks, Darrin Fletcher, Gary Green, Harry Neale, if I've left anyone out, I apologize, but it's been a who's-who of some of the legends.
I first started my journey into the broadcast booth back in May of 1982 when as a Grade 13 student at Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI in Scarborough, my high school football coach, Doug Kelcher, the original Blue Jays TV statsman, brought me down to a game to observe from the booth and I knew right then what I wanted to do with my life. They say "good things come to those that wait" and I waited 11 years to get that job but I finally did and the rest is history.
As for my writing, when Sportsnet approached me to write a column on the Blue Jays specifically and baseball in general I jumped at the chance. I like to think that I write as an everyman because first and foremost I'm a fan, so I ride the roller coaster just like the rest of you.
I've always been amazed that a guy whose two worst subjects in high school were math and English, yet here I am a long-time statistician and columnist. Funny how life turns out, doesn't it?
