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As New York, Cleveland Are Playing Finale Of Three Game Series Wednesday Afternoon In Cleveland Ohio Carlos Rodon, Parker Messick Are Starting

Following playing two night games New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Cleveland are playing an afternoon game for the finale Wednesday afternoon in Cleveland Ohio. Carlos Rodon, Parker Messick are starting.

Where?

On the mound!

Carlos Rodon, Patrick Messick are alike because they’re both left handed starting pitchers.

Carlos Rodon comes into finale with Cleveland with record of 1-2 with an earn run average of 2.88 because on Carlos Rodon who started who pitched 6.0 innings surrendering 2 hits, 1 earned run

To who?

Stuart Fairchild who is right fielder would single to left scoring Jose Ramirez who is third baseman in top of 4th inning while surrendering 3 walks while striking 7 Cleveland batters.

Parker Messick comes into finale with record of with an earn run average of 2.40 because the day following Carlos Rodon taking a no decision against Cleveland in Bronx New York Parker Messick took the loss at Texas pitching 5.2 innings surrendering 5 hits 3 earned runs 1 walk.

To who?

Kyle Higashioka who former New York the team that wears the pinstripes catcher current Texas catcher who hit home run to left 428 feet in bottom of 6th inning getting Texas on scoreboard at 2-1 before surrendering yet another home run this time, to Cory Seager who is shortstop who hit home run to left center 399 feet scoring Wyatt Lankford who is left fielder.

According to ESPN App

Though,

Could mother nature prevent New York the team that wears the pinstripes, Cleveland from playing their finale Wednesday afternoon from Carlos Rodon, Parker Messick from starting on schedule?

There is a possibility of that happening because at first pitch it’s intermittent clouds with 40 % chance of rain before it turns mostly cloudy with 51 % chance of thunderstorms an hour following first pitch before intermittent clouds arrive with chances increasing to 47% at 3:00pm before intermittent clouds come up again with 40 % chance.

According to Accuweather on ESPN App

New York the team that wears the pinstripes is a member of American League East comes into the finale of three game series with Cleveland with record of 40-26 is looking to sweep because they won the first two games of the series including Tuesday night’s game 3-2 because Jazz Chisholm Jr. who is second baseman for New York the team that wears the pinstripes has a habit of borrowing his teammates gear for games!

Jazz Chisholm Jr. has been known to wear designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton’s pants during games. He used captain, right fielder Aaron Judge’s bat for the first time in New York’s 6-1 win over Boston Sunday in Bronx New York because Aaron Judge is currently on injured list along with Giancarlo Stanton because he has stress fracture in ribs on right side though, is expected to return during 2026 season..

On Tuesday night at Cleveland Jazz Chisholm used Aaron Judge’s bat yet again!

The result?

Another home run for Jazz Chisholm Jr. this time to right 360 feet helping New York the team that wears the pinstripes to 3-2 win at Cleveland on Tuesday night

Though,

Jazz Chisholm Jr. home run wasn’t the only home run that helped New York the team that wears the pinstripes top Cleveland as rookie right fielder Spencer Jones who is taking over for Aaron Judge while he is on the injured list hit his first MLB home run in top of second inning what was a two run home run to center scoring Jazz Chisholm Jr.

The home runs from Jazz Chisholm Jr. , Spencer Jones offensively supported Gerrit Cole who is returning from rehabbing from Tommy John Surgery who started who pitched 4.0 innings surrendering 5 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 walks.

To who?

Chase DeLauter who is right fielder who singled to center scoring first baseman Jose Ramirez. Angel Martinez who is left fielder reached on infield single to Paul Goldschmidt who is first baseman getting Cleveland on scoreboard before evening up score 2-2 while walking 2 Cleveland batters striking out 2 Cleveland batters striking out in bottom of 3rd inning. Paul Blackburn who came on in relief of Gerrit Cole who pitched 1.2 innings surrendering 3 hits, 0 earned 0 walks while striking out 1 Cleveland batter. Tim Hill who came on in relief of Paul Blackburn who pitched 0.1 innings surrendering 1 0 earned runs, 0 walks while striking 0 Cleveland batters. Camilo Doval who came on in relief of Tim Hill who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs, 0 walks while striking out 0 Cleveland batters. Jake Bird who came on in relief of Camilo Doval who pitched 0.1 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs 1 walk while striking out 0 Cleveland batters. Fernando Cruz who came on in relief of Jake Bird who pitched 1.2 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs, 1 walk while striking out 4 Cleveland batters.

According to ESPN App

Following Jazz Chisholm Jr. hitting home run with Aaron Judge’s bat Spencer Jones hitting first MLB home scoring Jazz Chisholm Jr. manager Aaron Boone shared his thoughts by saying “It made it even better,”with a smile. Those I like,”

While Jazz Chisholm Jr. also shared his thoughts on his home run by saying “I love it,”“I feel like those were the loudest chants we heard. It was great.That fuels me,”That trot was really for the fans.”“I swung at the first slider and realized that it was going to be a tough pitch, so I was waiting for a pitch that was going to start right at me

Though,

Aaron Boone didn’t only talk about Jazz Chisholm Jr. home run as he also talked about Spencer Jones hitting his first home run at the MLB level by saying That’s a line drive to center for most people,”“The thing is, he hits it and you kind of know where it's going thanks to his power. Really impressive. Good to see him put it together.”

Though,

Aaron Boone wasn’t the only to share his on Spencer Jones hitting his first home run as his teammate Jazz Chisholm Jr. who hit home run of his own did as well by saying “I thought it was Aaron Judge who hit that,”“It just blasted off the bat as Spencer Jones himself did as well by saying I knew what I was looking for and got a pitch I saw well and put a good swing on it,It felt good to get a good barrel and get my swing off the way I know I can,”good to get the first one.”

While Aaron Boone, Jazz Chisholm Jr. talked about the home runs produced Aaron Boone, Gerrit Cole meanwhile talked about his start where he pitched 4.0 innings surrendering 5 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 walks.

To who?

Chase DeLauter who is right fielder who singled to center scoring first baseman Jose Ramirez. Angel Martinez who is left fielder reached on infield single to Paul Goldschmidt who is first baseman getting Cleveland on scoreboard before evening up score 2-2 while walking 2 Cleveland batters striking out 2 Cleveland batters striking out in bottom of 3rd inning by saying “I thought it was kind of a grind for him,”His stuff was up, but probably not the shapes he wanted. I thought overall his stuff was good. They made him work hard.”

“Tonight was an all-hands-on-deck and persevere kind of night,”“I executed a great slider against Ramírez and a nice fastball down to DeLauter,”. “A little bit easier to catch my breath that inning than the last one.”

It was just a little hit or miss,”“The velocity was up, but that could be from sweating right from the get-go.”“My heart rate had to be above 185,I haven’t touched that in quite some time.”

According to Henry Palattella’s MLB articles https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/jazz-chisholm-jr-hits-go-ahead-homer-against-guardians

https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/jazz-chisholm-jr-hits-go-ahead-homer-against-guardians

https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/gerrit-cole-against-guardians-on-june-9

https://www.mlb.com/yankees/news/spencer-jones-hits-first-career-home-run

While New York the team that wears the pinstripes is looking to sweep Cleveland meanwhile is looking to salvage game out of series because they lost the first two games including Tuesday night’s game 3-2 though, Chase DeLauter who is right fielder who singled to center scoring first baseman Jose Ramirez. Angel Martinez who is left fielder reached on infield single to Paul Goldschmidt who is first baseman getting Cleveland on scoreboard before evening up score 2-2.

When opposing who?

New York the team that wears the pinstripes pitcher Gerrit Cole who recently came back rehabbing, recovering from Tommy John Surgery.

Though,

It wasn’t enough to offensively support Slade Cecconi who started who pitched 5.0 innings surrendering 6 hits, 2 earned runs, 2 walks.

To who?

Spencer Jones who is right fielder who is taking over for captain, right fielder Aaron Judge who is currently on injured list because Aaron Judge is currently on the injured list along with Giancarlo Stanton because he has stress fracture in ribs on right side though, is expected to return during 2026 season..

While walking 2 batters while striking 7 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters. Colin Holdermann who came on in relief of Slade Cecconi who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 1 walk while striking out 0 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters . Tim Herrin who came on in relief of Colin Holdermann who pitched 1.1 innings surrendering 1 hit , 1 earned run 1 walk.

To who?

Jazz Chisholm Jr. who hit home run to right 360 feet.

Matt Festa who came on in relief of Tim Herrin who pitched 0.2 innings surrendering 1 hit, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 2 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters . Shawn Armstrong who came on in relief of Matt Festa who pitched 1.0 innings surrendering 0 hits, 0 earned runs , 0 walks while striking out 0 New York the team that wears the pinstripes batters.

Following Cleveland’s 3-2 loss to New York the team that wears the pinstripes Wednesday night in Cleveland Ohio Kyle Manzardo who is first baseman shared his thoughts by saying “I haven't seen any videos, so I don't know if I did or didn't go,”But more just disappointed in myself there. … I was seeing him good. Just went into the at-bat not wanting to follow him under the zone with that splitter, obviously. Just disappointed in myself.”

Though,

Kyle Manzardo wasn’t the only player to share his thoughts Steven Kwan who is center fielder did as well on the play New York the team that wears the pinstripes reliever Paul Blackburn got him out on by saying “In that instance, we're just supposed to get the bunt down, let the play develop,”With [Blackburn’s] sinkers, too, we're bunting toward third instead of first. He just made a great play on that.”

While manager Steven Vogt shared his thoughts on his teams 3-2 loss to New York the team that wears the pinstripes on Tuesday night by saying “It's the big leagues,”“The book only gets thicker on you as you stick around longer, and you have to continue to make adjustments and stay stubborn to what makes you great. I think sometimes as a young player, you can think yourself into a little change that turns into a big change over time, and that's what we're trying to avoid.

“It's OK to have a tough week. It's OK to have a rough month. You look at any good player, they're going to have a month where their numbers aren't up where they normally are. It's how we power through that.”

According Tim Stebbins MLB article https://www.mlb.com/guardians/news/guardians-struggle-in-clutch-in-loss-to-yankees

First pitch is set for 1:10pm Eastern Time from Progressive Field!

The game is going to be televised on Yes, Guardians . TV Presented by Progressive!

On Yes The game is going to be televisedwith Michael Kay or Ryan Ruocco alongside rotating analysts David Cone, Paul O Neill, Joe Girardi, Meredith Marakovits , Justin Shackil are going to be commentating! Michael Kay is the Emmy Award-winning Yankees play-by-play announcer for the YES Network who also hosts the network’s CenterStage series and its various programming specials. The 2025 season will be his 34th year broadcasting Yankees baseball: the first 10 years on radio, the latter 24 on YES.

Kay was a part of YES’ Yankees team that won a 2024 New York Emmy Award for its season-long coverage, a 2023 Emmy Award for its pre-game shows and a 2022 Emmy Award for Single Game Coverage.

Kay’s Centerstage show won a 2020 New York Emmy for best Interview/Discussion show. He also won a 2015 New York Emmy Award for his play-by-play work on YES’ Yankees telecasts, and a 2017 New York Emmy for his CenterStage hosting duties. In total, Kay has earned 19 Emmy wins while at YES. He also won CableFAX Program Awards in 2011 and 2013 for his CenterStage hosting duties.

From February 2014 to December 2024, Kay co-hosted The Michael Kay Show, a sports talk show heard weekdays from 3 to 6:30 pm ET on ESPN Radio in New York, which was simulcast live on YES. On January 6, 2025, Kay began solo hosting his new eponymous show on the same station from 1-3 pm ET weekdays.

During the 2022 and 2023 MLB seasons, Kay co-hosted, with former Yankee Alex Rodriguez, special “KayRod Casts,” alternate broadcasts on ESPN2 that aired alongside ESPN’s traditional Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts.

In November 2016, Kay was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in October 2018. The following month, he was awarded the Lou Gehrig Sports Award by the Greater New York Chapter of the A.L.S. Association.

Kay received the Vin Scully Award for Excellence in Sports Broadcasting from WFUV Radio in November 2018; WFUV is the radio station for Fordham University, Kay’s alma mater. Previous recipients of the Vin Scully Award include Dick Enberg, Ernie Harwell, Bob Costas, Al Michaels, Verne Lundquist, Pat Summerall and Mike “Doc” Emrick.

He was inducted into the inaugural Hall of Fame class of the prestigious Bronx High School of Science in February 2018. Kay was awarded the Italian American Baseball Federation Media Award in December 2022. In 2005, Kay was honored in his home borough of the Bronx with an honorary street sign erected on the Grand Concourse in his name. In December 2023, Kay was honored as a National Honoree by the Stamford (Ct.) Old Timers Athletic Association.

Kay handled play-by-play duties for ESPN’s coverage of the Astros-Tigers and the Blue Jays-Twins American League Wild Card Series in 2024 and 2023, respectively. He also did play-by-play on the ESPN Radio Network for the 2016 Blue Jays-Rangers American League Division Series, the 2013 Tigers-Athletics American League Division Series and the 2008 Phillies-Brewers National League Division Series. He also was a frequent contributor to ESPN’s Emmy Award-winning Sports Reporters television show.

Before joining the YES Network in 2002, Kay worked at the MSG Network since 1989 as a Yankees reporter. In 1992, he added Knicks locker room reporter to his responsibilities and continued in that role until the 1998-99 season.

Kay was awarded the Dick Young Award for Excellence in Sports Media by the New York Pro Baseball Scouts in 1995. In 1998, he was on the MSG Network team that won a New York Emmy for “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage – Series.” In 1996 and 1997, he was a member of the MSG Network team that won New York Emmys for “Outstanding Live Sports Coverage - Single Program” for Dwight Gooden’s no-hitter and “The Battle for New York: Yankees vs. Mets.” He was also part of the Yankees/MSG Network production team nominated for New York Emmy Awards for six consecutive years.

In addition to his television work, the Bronx, NY, native worked as a Yankees analyst on WABC Radio from 1992 through the 2001 season, which concluded with the classic Yankees-Diamondbacks World Series. Kay was a winner of “Best Sports Reporter” honors at the 2000 New York Metro Achievement in Radio Awards. In 1998, Kay also began co-hosting Sports Talk with John Sterling and Michael Kay, a nightly sports radio call-in show which aired on WABC Radio during the winter months.

Shortly after graduating from Fordham University in 1982 with a B.A. in Communications, Kay worked at SportsPhone and as the public address announcer for the New York Pro Summer Basketball League.

In 1982, Kay landed the job as general assignment writer for the New York Post. Two years later, he began covering college basketball (1984-85) and then spent two years as the writer covering the New Jersey Nets. In 1987, he moved to baseball at the Post, serving as the Yankees beat reporter. While he was in that position, he got his first television job with MSG Network as host of the Hot Stove League segment of MSG’s SportsNight.

In 1989, Kay moved to the New York Daily News, where he was the Yankees beat reporter before taking the job as a Yankees broadcaster on WABC Radio in 1992. With that jump, Kay became the first newspaper reporter in any sport to make the move into the broadcast booth full-time, performing both play-by-play and analysis.

Kay stayed on the radio for 10 years, broadcasting the Yankees’ four World Series championships during that time, before moving to the television side to become the lead play-by-play man for YES in 2002.

Kay has been involved in the Baseball Assistance Team (B.A.T.), a charitable organization whose mission is to assist baseball community members. He co-hosted the 2013 B.A.T. fundraising dinner in New York. Kay also was master of ceremonies at the 2013 Thurman Munson Awards fundraising dinner in New York.

Kay is active with the Alzheimer’s Association in memory of his mother, Rose, who passed away from the disease in 2006. He also teamed up with former Yankees manager Joe Girardi and Girardi’s Catch 25 Foundation to organize annual charity dinners to raise money for Alzheimer’s research.

Kay and his wife Jodi Applegate have a daughter, Caledonia Rose Kay, born in January 2013, and a son, Charles Applegate Kay, born in November 2014.

Ryan Ruocco, who joined YES in 2007 as a statistician for the network’s New York Yankees telecasts, holds down various roles within the network’s Yankees coverage. He backs up YES’ play-by-play man Michael Kay, fills in hosting YES’ Yankees Pre- and Post-Game Shows and periodically handles clubhouse reporting duties. Ruocco also shares play-by-play duties with veteran Ian Eagle on YES’ Brooklyn Nets telecasts.

Ruocco has won six Emmy Awards while at YES. He was a part of the YES team which won a 2024 Emmy in the Live Sporting Event/Season category and was a member of the YES team which won a 2022 Emmy in the Live Sporting Event/Game category. Ruocco also earned individual New York Emmy nominations in 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 for his work at the network.

In addition to his YES work, Ruocco is one of the primary NBA play-by-play voices on ESPN, is the lead play-by-play announcer for the network’s women’s college basketball package and is the lead play-by-play announcer for the WNBA on ESPN. Ruocco is also executive producer of the 2024 documentary Sue Bird: In the Clutch.

He also handled periodic NFL play-by-play on ESPN Radio, college football and college basketball play- by-play on ESPN’s television networks, and he co-hosted ESPN Radio New York’s mid-day show.

Ruocco also co-hosted the popular R2C2 podcast with former Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia from 2017 to 2023.

Prior to joining YES, Ruocco handled basketball and football play-by-play at WFUV, Fordham University’s radio station while he was a student there. He also hosted WFUV’s One on One, New York’s longest-running sports call-in show. In 2008, he received Fordham’s prestigious Marty Glickman Award, named for the legendary play-by-play announcer.

Ruocco, who grew up in Fishkill, N.Y., graduated on the Dean’s List from Fordham in 2008 with a B.S. in Communications.

David Cone, the strikeout artist who endeared himself to New York Yankees fans for his numerous clutch performances and for hurling a perfect game in 1999, initially joined YES as a Yankees analyst in 2002. After pitching for the Mets in 2003 and then retiring from baseball, he re-joined YES as an analyst for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. After a year away from the mic, he came back again to YES in 2011 and has been with the network ever since. Cone has won five New York Emmy Awards while at YES.

Since 2022, Cone has been a game analyst on ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball telecasts in addition to his YES duties. In 2019, he collaborated on a book with YES colleague Jack Curry called Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher, which was a New York Times best-seller.

Cone compiled a 194-126 record, 3.46 ERA and 2,688 strikeouts in his 17-year Major League career. He captured the American League Cy Young Award in 1994 and was a five-time All-Star (1988, 1992, 1994, 1997 and 1999). The Kansas City, Mo. native, known for coming up big in critical games, posted an 8-3 postseason record and played on five world championship teams: the 1992 Blue Jays and the 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000 Yankees.

The flame-throwing right-hander was drafted by his hometown Kansas City Royals in the third round of the 1981 amateur draft and made his Major League debut with the Royals in 1986. He played the next five and a half seasons with the Mets; in 1988, he ran up a 20-3 record, 2.22 ERA and 213 strikeouts, and on October 6, 1991, he struck out 19 Phillies in a game.

After short stints with the Blue Jays and the Royals (again), he joined the Yankees in 1995. His finest season in pinstripes was 1998, when he was 20-7 with a 3.55 ERA and 209 strikeouts. A year later, on July 18, 1999, he hurled a perfect game against the Montreal Expos, only the second inter-league perfect game in Major League history. Fellow Yankee Don Larsen’s World Series gem in 1956 was the first.

While with the Yankees from 1995-2000, Cone was 64-40 with a 3.91 ERA and 888 strikeouts. He pitched for Boston in 2001, sat out the 2002 season, and pitched briefly for the Mets in 2003 before retiring.

Paul O’Neill is in his 24th season as a New York Yankees analyst for the YES Network. He has earned five New York Emmy Awards for his work at YES.

O’Neill played Major League Baseball for 17 seasons, from 1985 to 2001. He appeared in six World Series and earned five World Series rings, one with the Cincinnati Reds and four with the New York Yankees. He also played in five All-Star games.

The Yankees honored him on August 21, 2022, by permanently retiring his No. 21 during “Paul O’Neill Day” at Yankee Stadium.

O’Neill began his MLB career in 1985 with the Reds. After eight seasons with Cincinnati, O’Neill joined the Yankees in 1993, with whom he won the American League batting title in 1994 with a .359 average. From July 23, 1995, until May 7, 1997, O’Neill played 235 games in right field without making an error. In 1997, he led the American League in hitting with men on base with a .429 average. On Aug. 25, 2001, O’Neill became the oldest Major Leaguer to steal 20 bases and hit 20 home runs in the same season.

He was inducted into the New York State Baseball Hall of Fame in November 2017. In 2008, O’Neill was named “Father of the Year” by The National Father’s Day Council at its 67th Annual Father of the Year awards dinner in New York.

Former New York Yankees catcher Joe Girardi, who helped lead the Yankees to three World Championships in the 1990s as a player and later guided the team to the 2009 World Championship as a manager, re-joined the YES Network as a Yankees analyst in advance of the 2024 season. He previously had been a Yankees analyst for YES in 2004 and 2007.

In addition to managing the Yankees from 2008 to 2017, Girardi managed the Philadelphia Phillies from the 2020 season until June of 2022, and he also held that role with the Florida Marlins in 2006, with whom Girardi earned the National League Manager of the Year Award. Girardi also was the Yankees’ bench coach under manager Joe Torre during the 2005 season.

From 2022-24, Girardi served as a Chicago Cubs analyst on the Marquee Sports Network. Previously, he was an analyst with the MLB Network in 2018 and 2019. In addition, he was an analyst during the 2003 National League Division Series for ESPN Radio and provided the 2007 World Series pre-game analysis for FOX Sports.

In addition to his analyst work during his previous stints at YES, he won a New York Emmy Award for his hosting efforts on the network’s Kids on Deck series and was the star of The Joe Girardi Show.

A Peoria, Ill. Native, Girardi graduated from Spalding (Ill.) Institute in 1982 after earning All-State honors in baseball. He then played at Northwestern University, where he was a two-time All-Big Ten selection and three-time Academic All-American. He received his bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from Northwestern in 1986.

He was drafted by the Cubs in the fifth round of the 1986 amateur draft. He broke into the majors in 1989 with the Cubs and later played three seasons for the Colorado Rockies (1993-1995). Girardi was acquired by the Yankees prior to the 1996 season and played key roles as New York won the World Series in 1996, 1998 and 1999.

One month after departing the Yankees as a free agent in November 1999, Girardi signed with the Cubs and played three additional seasons for Chicago, making the National League All-Star team in 2000.

He played one season for the St. Louis Cardinals in 2003 before signing with the Yankees as a free agent in February 2004. Girardi retired at the end of spring training, then joined YES.

Emmy Award-winning Meredith Marakovits was named the YES Network’s New York Yankees clubhouse reporter in March 2012. She reports on the team within the network’s Yankees game telecasts, pre- and post-game shows, Yankees Batting Practice Today and Yankees Hot Stove. She also periodically hosts the network’s Brooklyn Nets pre- and post-game shows.

Justin Shackil begins his sixth season covering the Yankees for YES Network, serving in a variety of roles, including clubhouse reporting and studio hosting. In addition to his baseball duties at YES Network, Shackil has called play-by-play for Brooklyn Nets, New York Liberty and college basketball broadcasts.

On radio, Shackil worked on the WFAN Yankees Radio Network for three seasons as a fill-in play-by-play announcer and postgame host. Shackil has also worked for the New York Yankees since 2015, hosting the team’s in-stadium pre-game shows and working with its in-house production team. In addition, he has co-hosted the Toeing The Slab pitching podcast with David Cone and YES researcher James Smyth. Shackil currently serves as a host and blow-by-blow announcer for Matchroom Boxing on DAZN.

His additional work credits include hosting for NBA Entertainment, SiriusXM Sports, Westwood One and radio play-by-play for the Double-A baseball teams: Mobile BayBears, Tennessee Smokies and Trenton Thunder. Shackil graduated from Fordham University in 2009.

Justin Shackil begins his sixth season covering the Yankees for YES Network, serving in a variety of roles, including clubhouse reporting and studio hosting. In addition to his baseball duties at YES Network, Shackil has called play-by-play for Brooklyn Nets, New York Liberty and college basketball broadcasts.

On radio, Shackil worked on the WFAN Yankees Radio Network for three seasons as a fill-in play-by-play announcer and postgame host. Shackil has also worked for the New York Yankees since 2015, hosting the team’s in-stadium pre-game shows and working with its in-house production team. In addition, he has co-hosted the Toeing The Slab pitching podcast with David Cone and YES researcher James Smyth. Shackil currently serves as a host and blow-by-blow announcer for Matchroom Boxing on DAZN.

His additional work credits include hosting for NBA Entertainment, SiriusXM Sports, Westwood One and radio play-by-play for the Double-A baseball teams: Mobile BayBears, Tennessee Smokies and Trenton Thunder. Shackil graduated from Fordham University in 2009.

The game is going to be televised on Guardians.TV Presented by Progressive with Rick Manning, Matt Underwood, Andre Knott are commentating!

The former Cleveland center fielder returns for his 34th season as color commentator for Guardians baseball telecasts on Bally Sports Great Lakes and on WKYC- TV. Rick's tenure with the club began in 1990 and his 33-year tenure is the second-longest in franchise history (alongside Tom Hamilton).

"Arch", 68, began his professional baseball career with the Cleveland Indians as the first-round selection (2nd overall) in the 1972 June draft out of LaSalle High School in Niagara Falls, NY. The first 8 1/2 years of his 13-year Major League career were spent in Cleveland (1975-1983), where he won a Gold Glove in 1976 for his fielding prowess. Manning was also selected as the BBWAA “Good Guy” award winner for the 1980 season and caught the final out in Len Barker's 1981 perfect game. He later played with the Milwaukee Brewers from 1983-87 before ending his 13-year career with a career batting mark of .257 (1349-5248) in 1555 games.

Rick and his wife, Sue, reside in Scottsdale, Arizona. He has two children, Kyle and Jessica, and eight grandchildren.

Matt begins his 24th season as a broadcaster for the Cleveland Guardians, while 2023 will mark his 17th year in the TV booth calling play-by-play with partner Rick Manning. He spent seven seasons (2000-06) as a member of the Cleveland radio broadcast team and 13 years as host of the club's pregame show, aired heard across the Guardians Radio Network.

Matt began his career with local ABC affiliate WEWS-TV5, where he spent 17 years and served as the station’s sports director from 1997-1999. Underwood has called play-by-play action for the OHSAA football playoffs as well as NCAA football on then SportsTime Ohio.

The Ashland, OH native graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1990. He is a member of both the Ashland County Sports Hall of Fame and the Baldwin-Wallace Radio Hall of Fame. In 2013, Underwood received the Alumni Merit Award from B-W and the Distinguished Alumni Award from Ashland High School. Matt has helped raise money for numerous charitable organizations including Cleveland Guardians Charities, Team Focus, Ashland County Cancer Association and The Sophia Underwood Memorial Scholarship.

He currently resides in Avon Lake, Ohio with his wife, Shelley. They have two children, Max and Devan.

Andre begins his ninth season as a reporter for all Cleveland Guardians telecasts on Bally Sports Great Lakes.

Knott has contributed to Bally Sports Great Lakes's broadcasts in a wide variety of capacities over the years, covering high school football, the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Cleveland Browns, in addition to hosting Drennan Live. Previously, he was the Browns Radio Network sideline reporter for six years, 2004-10, and has also been seen and heard covering Cleveland sports on WKNR, WEWS and Newsradio WTAM 1100. He has also produced several successful podcast series.

Andre and his wife, Jennifer, reside in Wadsworth, Ohio with their children, Isabella and AJ. He is a graduate of Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary High School and Kent State University. He was an All-Ohio running back and four-time letter winner in baseball at St Vincent-St. Mary, earning SVSM Hall of Fame induction honors in 2018.

According to https://www.mlb.com/yankees/team/broadcasters

https://www.mlb.com/guardians/team/broadcasters