Jon "Boog" Sciambi is an American sportscaster for ESPN and the Marquee Sports Network, and has been the everyday play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Cubs TV broadcasts on Marquee since 2021.
14 Facts About Jon Sciambi
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Jon Sciambi has worked extensively as a baseball play-by-play announcer, calling games for ESPN television and on ESPN Radio.
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Jon Sciambi is a graduate of Regis High School in New York City and Boston College.
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Jon Sciambi was an announcer with the Florida Marlins from 1997 to 2004.
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Jon Sciambi was the play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Braves on SportSouth and FSN South from 2007 to 2009.
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Late in the 2009 season, it was announced that Jon Sciambi would be leaving the Braves and joining ESPN's Major League Baseball and college basketball coverage full-time.
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Jon Sciambi formerly worked in South Florida sports radio on 790 The Ticket.
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Jon Sciambi left the radio show on April 4,2008, to focus on broadcasting for the Atlanta Braves.
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Jon Sciambi continues to call regular-season and postseason games on ESPN Radio; in October 2022, it was announced that Sciambi will take over as the lead announcer for ESPN Radio's postseason coverage in the 2023 season, replacing Dan Shulman.
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Jon Sciambi succeeded Matt Vasgersian and took over the main play-by-play calls for the MLB: The Show video game series starting with MLB The Show 22.
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Jon Sciambi will be doing play-by-play calls for MLB The Show 23 along with former MLB player Chris Singleton.
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In October 2022, it was officially announced that Jon Sciambi would succeed Dan Shulman as ESPN Radio's play-by-play announcer for the World Series beginning in 2023.
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Jon Sciambi has been involved in funding research of and direct care for victims of ALS, known as Lou Gehrig's Disease.
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In 2006, Jon Sciambi founded Project Main St with Tim Sheehy, a friend who later died from the disease.