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Jerry Coleman has received many awards as a baseball player and baseball announcer. Playing second base for the Yankees, he was the MVP of the 1950 World Series in a sweep of the Phillies after making the American League All-Star team that summer. Jerry began announcing sports in 1960, has been a Padres broadcaster since 1972, and earned his way into the Baseball Hall of Fame broadcasters wing in 2005. He even left the booth for one year to manage San Diego in 1980.

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Ross Porter has been ranked as one of baseball's 60 all-time best announcers and is a member of the Southern California Sports Broadcasters Hall of Fame after 38 uninterrupted years on the air in Los Angeles.  Biography..


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