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UNDER THE HALO

WAYNE RANDAZZO TELEVISION PLAY-BY-PLAY

Wayne Randazzo returns to the Angels broadcast team for his third
season after joining prior to the 2023 season. In addition to his role in the
television booth as a play-by-play voice with the Angels, he will continue
his duties with Apple TV+ serving as a play-by-play voice for Friday Night
Baseball.
Randazzo spent four seasons (2019-2022) as a play-by-play announcer UNDER THE HALO
for the New York Mets on WCBS Radio alongside Howie Rose. He also called Mets games
on Sportsnet New York and spent four seasons (2015-2018) as the pre- and post-game host
on the Mets Radio Network.
Randazzo came to New York from Chicago where he worked at CBS Radio with WSCR-AM
and WBBM-AM as an anchor and talk show host while also hosting pre- and post-game
shows for the Chicago White Sox. He also served as a play-by-play announcer for various
sporting events on ESPN, FS1, Big Ten Network, MLB Network, and broadcasts the NFL on
Sports USA Radio and MLB on Fox.
A Chicago, Illinois native, Randazzo began his broadcasting career at Arizona State
University then transferred to North Central College in Naperville, where he called a
variety of events for WONC – the student radio station – until he graduated in 2007. He
went on to work for four seasons (2008-2011) as the lead play-by-play voice for the Mobile
BayBears, the Double-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks, and three campaigns (2012-
2014) for the Kane County Cougars, then-Single A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals and
Chicago Cubs.
MATT VASGERSIAN TELEVISION PLAY-BY-PLAY

Matt Vasgersian returns to the television booth as a play-by-play
voice of the Angels for 2025. In addition to the Angels broadcasts, Matt
maintains a national profile with MLB Network, including play-by-play in
the Postseason.
The veteran broadcaster has called various regular season and playoff
baseball telecasts for Fox Sports, including the Saturday “Game of the
Week from 2014-17 and was the play-by-play caller of ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball for
four seasons.
He was the voice of the San Diego Padres for seven seasons, and prior to that held the
same role with the Milwaukee Brewers for five seasons. Matt called baseball and softball,
among other events, for NBC Sports during the 2004 Summer Olympics, his first of five
Summer/Winter Olympic assignments with NBC.
In addition to his play-by-play career, Vasgersian is widely known for his 16-year run as
the voice of the MLB: The Show video games from 2006-2021.
Vasgersian was the first host hired with the launch of the MLB Network in 2009. His
continuing position with MLB includes various programming such as “Hot Stove” and “MLB
Tonight,” roles for which in 2015 he was nominated for a National Sports Emmy.
Between 2005-2008, Vasgersian handled weekly NFL play-by-play with Fox Sports, and
called College Football with their BCS Bowl Package for three seasons. Close to home, Matt
served as lead play-by-play announcer with NBC’s coverage of the XFL in 2001, and was
micside for USC Basketball on Fox Sports West between 2004-06.
Vasgersian began his baseball broadcasting career with the Huntington Cubs in the
Appalachian League in 1991, before moving to the Adv.-A High Desert Mavericks (San Diego),
El Paso Diablos (Milwaukee), Syracuse Chiefs (Toronto) and Triple-A Tucson Toros (Houston).
A California native, Vasgersian is a graduate of the University of Southern California and
was an actor in his childhood, appearing on several television shows and films. He was
inducted into the Armenian-American Sports Hall of Fame in February 2025. Vasgersian
and his wife, Kimberly, reside in New Jersey with their three children.

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