Kevin and his wife Amanda live in Haddon Heights, N.J., with their daughter Tenley and son Daylen Jon (DJ). Santangelo denied wrongdoing, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. she saw a carousel of people in and out of jobs there as she and play-by-play announcer, Bob Carpenter, remained the constant from 2007-2011 during the game . I dont think there is anything weird about bobs absences. Thats been the case for most major league teams since the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, when teams stopped sending broadcasters to cover road games. Santangelo returns to the MASN booth," washingtonpost.com, July 16, 2021 Accessed 17 July 2021, Allen, Scott, "F.P. That championship moment sits atop Slowes Nationals highlights, a list that includes Jayson Werths memorable walk-off home run in Game 4 of the 2012 National League Division series, Max Scherzers 20-strikeout game in 2018, his two no-hitters in 2015, Bryce Harpers three-homer game in 2015, Washingtons four consecutive home runs in San Diego in June 2019 and Kurt Suzukis walk-off, three-run homer that capped a seven-run bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Mets in September of 2019. Carpenter has written and sold several copies of Scorebook, his book, since 1984. Bob also voiced the Oral Roberts University basketball games during the off-season of baseball. He began his broadcasting career at WKHI in Ocean City, Maryland, covering local college and high school sports including play-by-play and color for Salisbury football. So once again we have intransigent, financially hamstrung ownership devaluing a product over which it has a monopoly. Media. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in March 2017. In his MLB career, Santangelo played in a total of 665 games with 415 hits, 21 home runs, and 162 RBIs. [5], Santangelo co-hosted a sports radio talk show called "The Rise Guys" on KHTK-1140 AM in Sacramento from 2006 to 2008. Over the past 30 years, he has covered Major League Baseball, the NFL, NBA, NHL and college basketball for several national networks including ESPN Radio, Sirius NFL Network, SBNation, CBS Sports Radio, AP and Metro Networks. FP has his schtick, but he also provides plenty of insightful commentary. Santangelo has broadcasted Nationals games on MASN since 2011, alongside play-by-play man Bob Carpenter. It is his fifth decade working as a broadcaster. Slowes began 2023 having called 4,008 Major League regular season and Postseason games. Bob Carpenter is taking a little time off from work, and nothing has happened to him. He was hired by Philadelphia in 2018 and worked select road games on the Phillies Radio Network before his role expanded in 2019 to include the majority of the road schedule along with several home broadcasts. 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Before joining ESPN, Carpenter handled a variety of sports for USA Network, including professional soccer, college basketball and football, PGA Golf (including The Masters) and professional tennis (including the U.S. Open). In his three years in St. Louis, Slowes was involved in broadcasts of Cardinals baseball, Cardinals football, Blues hockey and play-by-play for St. Louis University basketball. But as The Athletics Dan Connolly first reported, MASN will again not be sending their broadcast teams on the road with the ballclubs, at least to start the 2022 season. Additionally, he has called the 2005 Final Four in St. Louis for NCAA International as well as 6 NCAA Basketball Tournaments for CBS and ESPN. Slowes had previously called games for the New York Mets (1988 & 1991) on WFAN-AM, the Baltimore Orioles (1989-90) on WBAL-AM, and nationally for NBC-TV and CBS Radio. Bob was born in 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States. What Happened To The Nationals Announcer Bob Carpenter? When the Nationals arrived in Washington, D. C., the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) acquired the television rights for almost all Nationals games. He holds an American nationality and is of white ethnicity. . Slowes became the original voice of the Nationals on February 24, 2005, in time for the teams inaugural Spring Training. Washington Nationals fans will suffer again from MASN struggles. He also worked as a reporter and fill-in game announcer for Giants broadcasts on CSN Bay Area and the Giants Radio Network. Grant Paulsen is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster and one half of the Grant and Danny Show from 2011. But even with a noticeable drop in quality, a subscription to a cable or satellite system carrying MASN is still a necessity for Nationals fans who want to see every game. Hiring out for production on the road is not uncommon in the sports broadcast industry, but until the pandemic, the on-air talent was always live on location. I cherished every single one of the more than 1,700 broadcasts we did together. Im taking pre-planned time off and will be back at Nats Park Friday. Slowes will call a milestone 3,000th game behind a Nationals radio microphone in late September, having called 2,845 entering 2023. In 2002, he played in 44 games for the River Cats, hitting .174, and also played in seven games for the Columbus Clippers in the New York Yankees farm system, where he had one hit in 15 at-bats. Im guessing thats a signal hes getting into the final leg of his career. While in Charlotte, he built his baseball resume with the Triple-A Charlotte Knights in the 1995, 1996 and 2001 seasons doing play-by-play. He currently serves as a play-by-play announcer for MLB Washington Nationals at MASN. The more likely motivation is financial, rooted in a more than decade-old legal struggle over $100 million in broadcast rights fees. He also earned experience working in television commercials when he served as the "host" in Toyota's 2013 regional commercial spots involving Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg. He was hit by 11 pitches, starting a four-year streak of being in the top 10 in the National League in that category. However, details regarding the date and month he was born remain away from the public eye. Before MASN, he worked as a team broadcaster for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, and Texas Rangers at ESPN for 16 seasons. So when youre watching a Nats or Orioles road game on the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network this season, the broadcasters wont have any better or closer a view of the action than you. [3] He hit his first home run on August 24 off Sergio Valdez of the San Francisco Giants.[4]. Gambling Problem? Maybe its nothing but you never know. He also added that he would be back at Nats Park on Friday. (Joshua Yospyn for The Washington Post) 2 min Article F.P. Nationals on MASN's Tweets. The Windsor, Conn. native is a graduate of Syracuse Universitys S.I. Santangelo was absent from the MASN broadcasts of three Nationals games between April 30 and May 2, 2021, returned for the broadcasts of May 4 and 5. List of Washington Nationals broadcasters, Last edited on 18 November 2022, at 00:44, List of current Major League Baseball broadcasters, "Navy announcer Medurst gets shot at the major leagues with Washington Nationals", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Washington_Nationals_broadcasters&oldid=1122517493, Drew Goldfarb, sports betting analyst and pregame sports betting segment host, 2021, Alex Parker, substitute studio host, 20182020, Craig Heist, substitute radio post-game show host, This page was last edited on 18 November 2022, at 00:44. Bob also appeared at the CBS station and called the NCAA Basketball and college football and basketball games for MLB for NBC and USA Sports. Vintage 2011-2012 FP taught me quite a few things about baseball that I did not know before. He joined the AAA Ottawa Lynx the following year when the Expos changed AAA affiliation, and wound up playing three seasons for Ottawa before making his major league debut in August 1995. He is 69 years old. Even though he is absent, he is responding to many of the curious fans on Twitter. Some of Bobs colleagues at MASN include: He receives satisfying pay from working as a play-by-play announcer. Although he is from St. Louis, he calls Tulsa his hometown now. Carpenter is a two-time St. Louis-area Emmy Award winner for his coverage of the Cardinals, and has been nominated for 6 Emmys overall; 1 in New York (Mets '92, Outstanding Sports Coverage [4]), 4 in St. Louis and 1 in the Washington/Baltimore region (Nationals '08, Sports Play-by-Play [5]). He then signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers on January 11, 2000, and hit .197 for them in 81 games. Although Santangelo is not an MLB employee, MASN asked MLB for investigative help. Slowes called Bullets games for 11 seasons, through 1996-97, including two years of radio/TV simulcasts. Santangelo returned to the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network broadcast booth to call the Washington Nationals matchup with the San Diego Padres on Friday night. Bob will be back for the Orioles series per Zuck. MASN was created to jointly carry Orioles and Nationals games because Orioles principal owner Peter Angelos objected to the Montreal Expos move to Washington in 2005. Many of his fans tweeted asking the Washington Nationals where he was tonight. They'll have to watch an inferior broadcast and like it. A native of Silver Spring, MD., Kolko earned his Bachelor of Arts in Communication from the University of Delaware. Santangelo in 2017. He is a three-time winner of the Maryland Sportscaster of the Year, voted on by his peers. Mel Proctor called games in 2005 with analyst Ron Darling; the duo was replaced the following year by . The Nationals fans are loving Dan but also missing Bob.