- Scott Franzke
Scott Franzke (born
March 6 ,1972 inDallas, Texas ) is a baseball announcer who currently works for thePhiladelphia Phillies .His career began as a studio host for the now-defunct Prime Sports Radio Network (now Fox Sports Radio) in 1994 which led him three years later to be the host of the Texas Rangers radio pre- and post-game shows 1997-98. He honed his play-by-play skills as the voice of the
Kane County Cougars from 1999 to 2001, and covered the2000 Summer Olympics for Sporting News Radio. He returned to the Rangers to reassume the pre and post game broadcasting duties and also filled in on play-by-play from 2002 to 2005.In 2006, he came to the Phillies to take over those same duties when Tom McCarthy was hired away from the Phillies by the
New York Mets , theirNational League Eastern Division rivals. Franzke worked the fifth and sixth innings in 2006 withLarry Andersen . In 2007, Franzke assumed more play-by-play duties, replacingScott Graham in the broadcast booth, turning over pre- and post-game duties toJim Jackson . Franzke currently does play by play in innings 1-3 and 5-9 with Andersen, whileHarry Kalas joins Andersen for play-by-play in the fourth.He is a graduate of
Southern Methodist University (1994) with a journalism degree.
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