Bob Carpenter, Play-by-Play

Bob Carpenter joins MASN and the Nationals after 10 years in the TV booth of the St. Louis Cardinals and more than 20 in the major leagues. The St. Louis native debuted in 1984 with Cardinals baseball on the Sportstime Cable Network, then returned in '95 on KPLR-TV and KMOX Radio. He has been nominated for 4 St. Louis/Mid-America Emmys, winning twice in '96 and '97. His signature home run call "See ... you ... later!" got local and national recognition during Mark McGwire's record-setting home run chase in '98. Carpenter also appeared on TV in the '80s and '90s with the Texas Rangers, New York Mets and Minnesota Twins.


Bob was one of ESPN's busiest announcers over a 17-year career as play-by-play announcer for MLB, college basketball and college football. He has broadcast baseball playoffs, AAA All-Star Games, NCAA and NIT Basketball Tournaments and College Football bowl games. Studio work included College Gameday and College Football Scoreboard shows. His baseball work with ESPN paired him with former major leaguers Buck Martinez, Joe Morgan, Jim Palmer, Ray Knight, Jerry Reuss, Frank Viola and many others. On the basketball side, he worked with Dick Vitale, Bill Raftery, Larry Conley, Jim Valvano and many others.


Bob announced the 2005 NCAA Basketball Final 4 in St. Louis for NCAA International TV. He handled 2 NCAA Tournaments for CBS paired with Billy Packer, and has been courtside for 7 NCAAs overall.


Prior to ESPN, Bob handled a variety of sports for USA Network, including College Basketball and Football, Pro Golf (including The Masters) and Pro Tennis (including the U.S. Open).


Bob has announced numerous soccer events at RFK Stadium, starting as the TV voice of Team America in 1983 and several matches of the World Cup in '94.


Carpenter started his broadcasting career in 1976 as baseball play-by-play announcer for the Tulsa Oilers, the Cardinals' AAA affiliate. In his 30 years of broadcasting, he has called dozens of sports, anchored studio shows, hosted radio sports talk and covered news. He is a popular public speaker and emcee.


Carpenter is a 1971 graduate of McBride High School in St. Louis and earned a Radio-TV-Film degree with honors from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1975. Bob and Debbie, his wife of 26 years, have 2 daughters Katie and Allison.




Tom Paciorek, Color Analyst



Veteran broadcaster and big league All-Star Tom Paciorek will provide color analysis and commentary for MASN and the Washington Nationals in the 2006 season.


Paciorek arrives from rival Atlanta Braves where he spent five seasons working games for the NL East's defending champion. He provided commentary for the Detroit Tigers in 2000 after spending thirteen seasons as a voice for the Chicago White Sox.


Paciorek spent 18 seasons in Major League Baseball professional ballplayer before entering the broadcast booth. He was an All-Star outfielder and first-baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta, Seattle, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets and Texas Rangers.


His career-best year came in 1981 at Seattle when he batted .326, second-best in the American League, and played in the All-Star Game. Down the September stretch in 1983, he hit well over .400 to lead the White Sox to the American League West Division championship. He finished the year at .307 (his third straight year at .300 or better) and a team-leading .462 slugging average.


Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1970, he was The Sporting News' Minor League Player of the Year in 1972. He spent the 1973 through 1975 seasons with the Dodgers as an outfielder and pinch hitter. In 1975, he was traded to the Atlanta Braves, where he played for 3 seasons. In 1978, Paciorek signed with the Seattle Mariners. In the 1981 season, he was 10th in the AL MVP race. In 1982, Paciorek played for the Chicago White Sox (helping win the division) and was traded to the New York Mets in 1985. He spent his final two years with the Texas Rangers.


Paciorek has served as a broadcaster for several years since retiring as a player, providing color commentary for a number of major league teams. He was in the broadcast booth for the White Sox from 1988 to 1999. He later provided commentary for the Detroit Tigers (2000), and most recently with the Atlanta Braves (2001-2005). In the 2006 season, Paciorek will be a commentator for the Washington Nationals.


Paciorek was born in Detroit, Michigan and is one of four brothers to play professional baseball. An All-American in football and baseball at the University of Houston, Paciorek played shortstop on the Hamtramck (Mich.) 1961 Pony League world champions.


He considers his proudest achievement to be entry into the Polish-American National Sports Hall of Fame, joining Carl Yaztremski, Phil Niekro, Stan Musial, Frank Tanana, Hank Strand, Greg Luzinski and others.


He spent early March 2006 at the World Baseball Classic in Puerto Rico where he covered games between Panama, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Netherlands for XM Radio.