Veteran announcer Bob Carpenter has left the St. Louis Cardinals broadcast team to become the TV voice of the Washington Nationals on MASN. He will be joined in the booth by Tom Paciorek who was Carpenter's partner back in the 1980's doing Rangers games.
Carpenter was set to do 41 games this season for the Cardinals network on KPLR-TV. But on Friday the club let Carpenter out of his contract so he could accept the Nationals job.
One of the most respected sportscasters in the business, Carpenter has spent most of his career with the Cards but has done games for ESPN, the Mets and Rangers.
He is also well known for his work as play-by-play voice of Big 12 sports.
I spoke to him Sunday from his home in Tulsa about becoming the Nats’ TV voice and asked him why he chose to leave the Cards to join the Nationals.
"I loved being with the Cardinals but the chance to do a full season of games and to be able to work in Washington was too good a deal to pass up," Carpenter said. "Also hearing how committed MASN was to quality TV and the opportunity to work with my good friend Tom Paciorek cinched things for me. I do college basketball and other sports but my passion is and has always been baseball. So I look forward to my new job and the challenge of working with the Nationals and MASN."
The addition of Carpenter means MASN passed on Dave Sims, our recommendation.
“I am of course disappointed about not getting the job,” Sims said. “But I want to thank all the fine people in D.C. who were pulling for me. I would also like to thank the team and MASN for their consideration. As for my friend Bob Carpenter, he is a great broadcaster and a fine person and I wish him all the best.”
Meanwhile, Carpenter’s partner will be Paciorek, who has been doing Braves games on Fox Sports South and is best known for his work as the Chicago White Sox color analyst with Ken “Hawk” Harrelson.
Carpenter was set to do 41 games this season for the Cardinals network on KPLR-TV. But on Friday the club let Carpenter out of his contract so he could accept the Nationals job.
One of the most respected sportscasters in the business, Carpenter has spent most of his career with the Cards but has done games for ESPN, the Mets and Rangers.
He is also well known for his work as play-by-play voice of Big 12 sports.
I spoke to him Sunday from his home in Tulsa about becoming the Nats’ TV voice and asked him why he chose to leave the Cards to join the Nationals.
"I loved being with the Cardinals but the chance to do a full season of games and to be able to work in Washington was too good a deal to pass up," Carpenter said. "Also hearing how committed MASN was to quality TV and the opportunity to work with my good friend Tom Paciorek cinched things for me. I do college basketball and other sports but my passion is and has always been baseball. So I look forward to my new job and the challenge of working with the Nationals and MASN."
The addition of Carpenter means MASN passed on Dave Sims, our recommendation.
“I am of course disappointed about not getting the job,” Sims said. “But I want to thank all the fine people in D.C. who were pulling for me. I would also like to thank the team and MASN for their consideration. As for my friend Bob Carpenter, he is a great broadcaster and a fine person and I wish him all the best.”
Meanwhile, Tom Paciorek, who has been doing Braves games on Fox Sports South and is best known for his work as the Chicago White Sox color analyst with Ken “Hawk” Harrelson.
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