In this week’s Spot Starter episode, Matt Spiegel sits down with Jesse Goldberg-Stassler, the voice of the Lansing Lugnuts and author of The Baseball Thesaurus — a must-have for any play-by-play announcer. Then, Spiegs rolls out his weekly PBP Top 5, highlighting his five favorite calls from the past week in baseball.

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In this episode of The PBP, Miami Marlins PxP voice (and Spiegs' nephew) Jack McMullen joins to describe being hired as the voice of the Miami Marlins at 27 years old, how he's acclimated to the big league and having a hand in how to harness social media to promote the game of baseball.

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Welcome to the Inaugural PBP Top 5 Calls of the week episode of The PBP: Voices of Baseball. Every Thursday for the rest of the MLB season, Matt Spiegel ranks his top five play-by-play calls from the past week and dissects why each one works. This week, Spiegs breaks down his five favorite calls from the first week of MLB play. To open the show, Spiegs chats with Benji Goldsmith of MLB Network who is the director of Spiegs' favorite show "Quick Pitch"

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Legendary broadcaster Dave Sims joins Matt Spiegel to talk about his new role as the radio play-by-play voice of the New York Yankees. Sims, a seasoned play-by-play veteran with decades of experience, shares his journey from calling Mariners games to stepping into the Bronx spotlight at 71 years old.

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We're back! Welcome to Season 3 of the PBP with Matt Spiegel. Joe Davis, TV voice of the Dodgers & MLB on Fox kicks off our start of the baseball season by detailing his trip to Japan to broadcast the Dodgers/Cubs Opening Day in Tokyo, following the greatness of Shohei Ohtani, and going behind the scenes of his call of the 2024 World Series for Fox.

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The PBP returns with Jon "Boog" Sciambi, TV voice of the Cubs and radio voice of MLB on ESPN Radio. Boog discusses some moments from the Cubs' season, as well as being on the call for Pete Alonso's epic Wild Card home run in Milwaukee.

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This week's episode features Jason Benetti -- a podcast favorite and, most importantly, the TV voice of the Tigers. Benetti discusses some new things he's doing in Detroit, getting familiar with a new clubhouse, eating insects in Seattle and more. Plus, Benetti gives feedback to Matt Spiegel on a couple of recent home run calls he had on Cubs Radio.

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In this week's episode of "The PBP: Voices of Baseball", Matt Spiegel is joined by Astros TV voice Todd Kalas, who discusses his father's legacy in Philadelphia and Houston.

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This week's episode features Todd Kalas, the son of legendary baseball voice Harry Kalas and current TV voice of the Astros. Todd Kalas discusses his dad's legacy (both in Houston and Philadelphia), his own no-hitter track record and many tools of the broadcasting trade.

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This week's episode features longtime Pittsburgh Pirates voice Greg Brown, who splits play-by-play duties between radio and TV. Brown discusses his road to calling games for his hometown Pirates, Andrew McCutchen's impact on Pittsburgh, funny moments in the booth and sound advice he's received over the years.

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This week's episode features Beth Mowins, who has had many different experiences across her broadcasting career. Mowins is most-known for her work in softball, but is also a part-time voice on Marquee's broadcasts for the Chicago Cubs. She was a part of the Cubs' first female-only broadcast on July 7th, alongside Elise Menaker and Taylor McGregor. Mowins talks about her longevity in sports broadcasting, some of her favorite moments in the booth and advice she would give aspiring female broadcasters.

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