One of the best broadcasters in the business Buck Martinez will be doing the Toronto Blue Jays broadcasts on Canadian cable giant Rogers starting this coming season.
He will be moving over to handle the play by play for over 100 games a year as part of a new multi year deal.
The move ends his long run as a member of the Baltimore Orioles broadcast team first with CSN and most recently with MASN.
MASN spokesman Todd Webster on Buck Martinez:
“MASN appreciates Buck’s years of service to MASN and the Orioles, and we wish him the best in Toronto.
He is a true professional whose insights and experiences have enlightened and entertained Orioles fans for seven years.
While we will miss his energy and expertise during our broadcasts, we recognize his unique opportunity to not only return to the team for whom he played, managed, and broadcast for two decades, but to take on the new challenge of doing play-by-play as well.
MASN is fortunate to have a deep bench of renowned broadcasters, and we will take this time to consider all of our options.”
Jim Palmer, Rick Dempsey and Dave Johnson are part of the deep bench that MASN has to go with top play by play men Garry Thorne and the always solid Jim Hunter. Buck is a class act and we wish him well.
