- Gibson, Morris join Tigers broadcasting team
The MLB Detroit Tigers have chosen a veteran lineup for its broadcast team.
FOX Sports Detroit will turn to Hall of Famer Jack Morris to team with Kirk Gibson as analysts on Tigers telecasts alongside play-by-play man Matt Shepard, whose late-season audition led to the full-time job.
Jason Beck at mlb.com reports the trio was officially introduced on Tuesday morning along with former Tigers Craig Monroe and Dan Petry, who will serve as pre- and post-game analysts. The network begins its 2019 slate with a Spring Training broadcast on Thursday, March 14, against the Red Sox at Joker Marchant Stadium.
Said Shepard: "Our broadcast team, you're going to have a lot of laughs, and you're going to learn a lot. Hopefully fans will enjoy the broadcasts. There's going to be a lot of storytelling."
The trio replaces Mario Impemba and Rod Allen, whose 16-year stretch together made them the second-longest-running TV duo in baseball before a press-box altercation following a September game in Chicago ended their run.
"I've wanted to do this since I was 10 years old," said @ShepMatt, who was named play-by-play announcer for @tigers telecasts on FOX Sports Detroit. #Tigers pic.twitter.com/ta6KTP4CGs— FOX Sports Detroit (@FOXSportsDet) January 15, 2019
Shepard, 53, became a fixture on the Detroit sports scene long before his Tigers play-by-play turn, doing everything from college football and basketball to Pistons games and Lions preseason broadcasts. He also filled in for Impemba on Tigers telecasts earlier in the season. Add in studio work all over FSD's broadcasts and a morning radio show on WDFN and other stations across Michigan, and Shepard has a well-earned reputation for his tireless work ethic. He has been the radio play-by-play voice of University of Michigan basketball for more than a decade, along with Eastern Michigan University football.
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