18 Facts About Don Orsillo

Don Orsillo was born on December 16,1968 and is the play-by-play announcer for the San Diego Padres on Bally Sports San Diego and for the MLB on TBS.

Don Orsillo was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, where he often dreamed of being a broadcaster for the Red Sox.

Don Orsillo moved to and grew up in Madison, New Hampshire, and was educated at John H Fuller Elementary School.

Don Orsillo is a 1987 graduate of Miraleste High School in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, where he played on the Marauder basketball and baseball teams.

Don Orsillo graduated from Northeastern University with a degree in Communication Studies.

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Don Orsillo was NESN's play-by-play man since the beginning of the 2001 season.

In 2009, Remy was out for the season due to health problems, and Don Orsillo worked with various color commentators, including Dennis Eckersley, Nick Cafardo, Sean Casey, Dave Roberts and Frank Viola.

Don Orsillo was sometimes referred to by fans as "announcer boy, " after he was given that nickname by Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield in a NESN commercial.

Red Sox and NESN were further criticized in 2022 when Don Orsillo was not included in an April 20 tribute ceremony at Fenway Park for longtime broadcast partner Remy, who died the previous October.

Red Sox officials claimed his absence was due to his obligations to the Padres, but Don Orsillo responded on Twitter that he had submitted a video tribute that the Red Sox ultimately opted not to include in the ceremony.

Don Orsillo was the play-by-play announcer for Providence College men's basketball for Cox Sports.

Don Orsillo has called Big East basketball for the Big East Network which is run by ESPN Regional Television.

Don Orsillo was a Springfield Falcons broadcaster and voice of the Falcons from 1994 to 1996.

From 2007 to 2013, Don Orsillo was one of the voices of the Major League Baseball Division Series on TBS.

Don Orsillo was one of four play-by-play men to work each of the years TBS had exclusive rights to the Division Series.

Don Orsillo's first call was the 2007 National League wild card playoff between the Colorado Rockies and San Diego Padres, with Joe Simpson serving as his color man.

In 2018, Don Orsillo returned to calling playoff action, calling the entirety of the 2018 ALDS between the Astros and the Indians alongside analyst Dennis Eckersley.

Don Orsillo became a permanent member of the postseason team working alongside analyst Jeff Francoeur.