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New Oakland A's #2 Guy

BossRadioDJ

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[EDITED BY DJ -- SEE UPDATED POST LOWER IN THIS THREAD]

The biggest surprise for me: it's not Steve Bitker, which lends credence to the A's not being on an Infinity station (or pair of stations) this season. If it will be KNTS/1220, they had better do something FAST to get the boost to 50,000 watts, because the station can't be heard over here in the Tri-Valley at all.

DJ
 
Well, I do remember the Astros cutting loose two guys after this last season. It should've been Bitker, though...I'm sad for him. He deserved it

> Steve Bitker announced this morning who the new #2 guy will
> be on the Oakland A's broadcasts this season -- but I missed
> the name.
>
> He said it was someone formerly with the Astros ... and
> that's all I caught.
>
> In subsequent sports reports on KCBS, Bitker didn't repeat
> the story, and Athletics Nation
> (http://www.athleticsnation.com/story/2006/1/13/13593/1598)
> apparently missed it, too.
>
> Anybody hear it?
>
> The biggest surprise for me: it's not Steve Bitker, which
> lends credence to the A's not being on an Infinity station
> (or pair of stations) this season. If it will be KNTS/1220,
> they had better do something FAST to get the boost to 50,000
> watts, because the station can't be heard over here in the
> Tri-Valley at all.
>
> DJ
>
 
DyingMedium wrote:

> Well, I do remember the Astros cutting loose two guys after
> this last season. It should've been Bitker, though...I'm
> sad for him. He deserved it

Milo Hamilton, the Astros' #1 voice (forever), asked to cut back on the number of games he would call in 2006 -- it won't be him. Alan Ashby was let go by the Astros, but he was more of a color/analyst guy on their broadcasts, a position already covered by Ray Fosse on the A's radiocasts.

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UPDATE! A's add Vince Cotroneo to radio team

A's add Vince Cotroneo to radio team

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OAKLAND, Calif. - The Oakland Athletics have agreed to terms with Vince Cotroneo on a two-year contract to broadcast games over the A's Radio Network through the 2007 season.

Prior to joining the A's, Cotroneo spent six seasons (1998-2003) as an announcer on the Texas Rangers broadcasts, where he partnered with Eric Nadel on the Rangers Radio Network. He also worked a handful of games on the television side during the 2002 season.

Cotroneo joined the Rangers broadcast team in 1998 after spending seven seasons (1991-97) with the Houston Astros, where he handled color analysis on road radio games and Fox Sports Southwest television.

<a href=http://tinyurl.com/7blby>Full article on OaklandAthletics.com...</a>

...Does that mean he ain't worked since leaving the Rangers in 2003?

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ADD: A's add Vince Cotroneo to radio team

A great quote about Cotroneo from TheFatGuy.com from September 2003, when the A's new #2 guy was still with the Rangers:
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Like all petty fans, I took a while to warm up to Vince Cotroneo, but I did, and I’ve grown to really enjoy listening to him and Eric Nadel. Both Eric and Vince have passion — a passion for baseball. Good baseball. Too bad they haven’t witnessed a whole hell of a lot.

It’s VERY hard to get passionate about a team that is out of the running for the wild card spot in June. I really thought that both of the broadcast teams had put the best possible lipstick available on this particular pig of a baseball team...
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> DyingMedium wrote:
>
> > Well, I do remember the Astros cutting loose two guys
> after
> > this last season. It should've been Bitker, though...I'm
> > sad for him. He deserved it
>
> Milo Hamilton, the Astros' #1 voice (forever), asked to cut
> back on the number of games he would call in 2006 -- it
> won't be him. Alan Ashby was let go by the Astros, but he
> was more of a color/analyst guy on their broadcasts, a
> position already covered by Ray Fosse on the A's radiocasts.
>
>
> DJ
>

Hey BRDJ -- what's up with your blog?
 
> Well, I do remember the Astros cutting loose two guys after
> this last season. It should've been Bitker, though...I'm
> sad for him. He deserved it

Frankly, Bitker is just not a very good play by play man.
 
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