Warren Sawkiw

Warren Sawkiw (born January 19, 1968 in Lakeland, Florida) is a former Toronto Blue Jays radio colour commentator who worked alongside play-by-play announcer Jerry Howarth in by|2005 and by|2006 on The Fan Radio Network.

Sawkiw was an infielder in professional baseball for nine years and played for Canada's national baseball team. He was drafted in by|1990 by the Detroit Tigers in the 20th round, 517th overall, out of Wake Forest University. A career minor leaguer, Sawkiw was a replacement player with the Blue Jays in spring training of by|1995 while major league players were on strike.

After his retirement from baseball as a player, Sawkiw joined TSN as a colour commentator on Montreal Expos games in by|2001 and then Rogers Sportsnet as a studio analyst for the network's baseball coverage in by|2003. After long-time Blue Jays radio broadcaster Tom Cheek was unable to serve as the team's lead radio play-by-play announcer in 2005 due to health issues, Sawkiw joined Jerry Howarth as an analyst on Blue Jays radio broadcasts. [cite news |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/MLB/Toronto/2005/04/17/1001120-sun.html |last=Ulmer |first=Mike |title=Sawkiw finds his calling|work=Toronto Sun |date=17 April 2005 |accessdate=2008-05-12 ] Sawkiw continued working in this capacity through the 2006 season, with former Blue Jays catcher and Houston Astros broadcaster Alan Ashby replacing Sawkiw in the broadcast booth in by|2007. [cite news |url=http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Baseball/MLB/Toronto/2007/01/25/3445708-sun.html |last=Longley |first=Rob |title=Sawkiw strikes out|work=Toronto Sun |date=25 January 2007 |accessdate=2008-05-12 ]

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