Louis Victor Piniella is a former professional baseball player and manager. An outfielder,he played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Baltimore Orioles,Cleveland Indians,Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees. During his playing career,he was named AL Rookie of the Year in 1969 and captured two World Series championships with the Yankees.
Bally Sports Sun is an American regional sports network owned by Diamond Sports Group,a joint venture between Sinclair Broadcast Group and Entertainment Studios,and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts local coverage of professional,collegiate and sporting events in the state of Florida,with a focus on professional sports teams based in Miami,Tampa and Orlando. Bally Sports Sun and sister regional sports network Bally Sports Florida are headquartered in Fort Lauderdale,Florida with studios located in Tampa.
Johnny Lane Oates was an American professional baseball player,coach,and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher for the Baltimore Orioles,Atlanta Braves,Philadelphia Phillies,Los Angeles Dodgers,and New York Yankees from 1970 to 1981. During his playing career,Oates was a light-hitting player who was valued for his defensive skills and played most of his career as a reserve player. It was as a big league manager that Oates experienced his greatest success,when,under his leadership,the Texas Rangers won three American League Western Division titles.
Cornelius Clifford Floyd Jr. is a former Major League Baseball left fielder who played for 17 seasons,most notably for the Montreal Expos,Florida Marlins and New York Mets. He is currently a baseball analyst who co-hosts on Sirius XM Radio and appears on MLB Network.
Brian James Anderson is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher,who played 13 seasons for five teams,as well as a sports broadcaster and coach. Currently,Anderson is the color commentator on the Rays TV crew on Bally Sports Sun.
Kevin Forrest Cash is an American professional baseball manager and former player who is the manager of the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Previously,Cash played catcher in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays,Tampa Bay Devil Rays,Boston Red Sox,New York Yankees,and Houston Astros. As a player,Cash was listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 200 pounds (91 kg);he batted and threw right-handed. He was the bullpen coach for the Cleveland Indians before being hired as the Rays' manager in December 2014. Cash was the American League Manager of the Year in 2020 and 2021,the first AL manager to win the award consecutively.
Stephen Francis Phillips is an American baseball analyst and former baseball executive. He served as the general manager of the New York Mets from 1997 through 2003. He worked as a baseball analyst for ESPN from 2005 until his dismissal in October 2009. He currently serves as an MLB analyst on TSN and TSN 1050 radio as well as the host of The Leadoff Spot on SiriusXM's MLB Network Radio.
MLB Network Radio is an American sports talk radio station on Sirius XM Radio that features Major League Baseball related talk shows,as well as archives and live reports about MLB and such.
Jim Duquette is an American baseball executive. He was the general manager of the New York Mets from 2003–2004,before the team replaced him with Omar Minaya. Duquette subsequently stayed with the Mets in a front office job for a full season before moving on to the Baltimore Orioles. With the Orioles former vice president of baseball operations,where he worked under Mike Flanagan,the team's general manager. Duquette is currently a host on SiriusXM's MLB Network Radio.
Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio is the brand name for exclusive play-by-play broadcast presentation of Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio. The coverage has most recently been presented by Indeed,along with AutoZone for the postseason;previous presenting sponsors included Wendy's,Barbasol,Nesquik,DraftKings,Xerox,AutoZone,Excedrin,United States Postal Service and Mercedes-Benz.
James Goodwin Bowden IV is an American baseball analyst. He is a co-host of SiriusXM's "Inside Pitch" on MLB Network Radio and a columnist for The Athletic. He previously worked for ESPN,writing a blog for ESPN.com titled "The GM's Office". He used to be a host and co-host on Fox Sports Radio,a baseball analyst for FoxSports.com and a Baseball Insider for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Angels for Fox Sports West. He has held positions of Senior Vice President and General Manager for both the Cincinnati Reds and Washington Nationals. On October 16,1992 he became the youngest general manager in baseball history. He was named MLB Executive of the Year by Baseball America in 1999. Bowden's teams finished in first place in 1994 and 1995. Bowden has also worked in television for ESPN and Fox Sports West as well as local television and radio stations in both Cincinnati and Washington,D.C.
Bally Sports Florida is an American regional sports network owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group,and operates as an affiliate of Bally Sports. The channel broadcasts local sports coverage in the state of Florida,with a focus on professional sports teams based in Miami,Tampa and Orlando.
Christopher John "C. J." Nitkowski is a left-handed former professional baseball pitcher and current baseball broadcaster. A first-round draft choice of the Cincinnati Reds in 1994,he played in the major leagues for the Reds,Detroit Tigers,Houston Astros,New York Mets,Texas Rangers,Atlanta Braves,New York Yankees,and Washington Nationals. He has also played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks,and in the KBO League for the SK Wyverns,Doosan Bears,and Nexen Heroes. Nitkowski currently works as a broadcaster for the Rangers and SiriusXM's MLB Network Radio.
The Tampa Bay Rays are an American professional baseball team based in the Tampa Bay area. The Rays compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Since its inception,the team's home ballpark has been Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg,Florida.
The Atlanta Braves Radio Network is a 171-station network with terrestrial coverage in eleven states Southeastern United States that airs Major League Baseball games of the Atlanta Braves. The flagship station is WCNN in Atlanta,Georgia. The primary booth announcers are Ben Ingram and Joe Simpson,who alternate between play-by-play and color commentary on most game broadcasts,with Jim Powell also calling select games. Chris Dimino and Kevin McAlpin host the pregame and postgame shows. The engineer and game producer for Braves Network broadcasts is Jonathan Chadwick. Network producers include Chris Culwell,Cullen Madden,David Holloway,Brody King,and Brett Barney.
T.J. Rives is a radio sportscaster in the Tampa Bay area. He is employed by Compass Media Networks,Fox Sports Radio,and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Radio Network and has been with the Sirius XM Radio. He also owns and operates the company TAG Sports Group. He even hosts the SportsMediaWatch.com Podcast with Jon Lewis (Paulsen).
The 2020 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 2020 season. The 116th World Series was a best-of-seven-playoff between the American League (AL) champion Tampa Bay Rays and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers defeated the Rays to win the series in six games for their first championship since 1988.
