Sean McDonough

Sean McDonough (born May 13, 1962) is an American television sports announcer.

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May 13 - 1962 - American - Television - Announcer

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The son of legendary Boston Globe sportswriter Will McDonough, Sean graduated from Syracuse University in 1984. Four years later, he began broadcasting Boston Red Sox games on WSBK-TV (Channel 38) in Boston with former Red Sox catcher Bob Montgomery.

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Boston Globe - Will McDonough - Syracuse University - 1984 - Boston Red Sox - Bob Montgomery

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He began work for CBS Sports in 1990 where he broadcast college basketball (including 10 NCAA tournaments), college football, the NFL, US Open tennis, 3 Winter Olympics, and golf (including 4 Masters and PGA Championships). Outside of New England, he is probably best remembered for his time as CBS's lead baseball announcer, a role in which he was teamed with Tim McCarver. In 1992, at the age of 30, he became the youngest man to announce the national broadcast of the World Series. Coincidentally, that particular record would be broken four years later by Fox's 27-year-old Joe Buck, the son of the man McDonough replaced on CBS, Jack Buck.

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CBS Sports - 1990 - College basketball - NCAA tournaments - College football - NFL - US Open - Winter Olympics - Masters - PGA - Tim McCarver - 1992 - World Series - Fox - Joe Buck - Jack Buck

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Perhaps Sean McDonough's most famous call is his emotional description of rarely seen Atlanta Braves player Francisco Cabrera's (who had only 10 at bats at the major league level going in) dramatic game winning base hit in Game 7 of the 1992 National League Championship Series against the Pittsburgh Pirates:

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Atlanta Braves - Francisco Cabrera - National League Championship Series - Pittsburgh Pirates

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"Line drive and a base hit. Justice will score the tying run. Bream to the plate...and he's safe, safe at the plate! The Braves go to the World Series!" McDonough got so caught up in the moment, that his voice cracked the moment Sid Bream beat out Barry Bonds' throw to home plate.

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Justice - Bream - World Series - Barry Bonds

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One year later, McDonough called Joe Carter's dramatic World Series ending home run off of Mitch Williams: "Well-hit down the left-field line! Way back and gone! Joe Carter with a three-run homer! The winners and still world champions, the Toronto Blue Jays!"

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Joe Carter - World Series - Mitch Williams - World champions - Toronto Blue Jays

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Since 2000, McDonough has announced college basketball, college football, and professional hockey for ABC Sports and ESPN. Specifically, McDonough announces many Big East college football and basketball events, though he is certainly not limited to those games.

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2000 - Professional hockey - ABC Sports - ESPN - Big East

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McDonough continued to announce local Red Sox broadcasts during this time, moving over the years to different local stations including WFXT (Channel 25), WABU (Channel 68) and WLVI (Channel 56). Over the years, his other obligations began to interfere with his announcing of Red Sox games, and he seemed to call fewer and fewer each season. In 1996, he was teamed with former Red Sox second baseman Jerry Remy, with whom he worked for nine seasons before McDonough was replaced completely in 2004 by NESN announcer Don Orsillo.

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1996 - Jerry Remy - 2004 - NESN - Don Orsillo

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