1. Joshua Stephen Chetwynd was born on September 11,1971 and is a British-born American journalist, broadcaster, author, sports agent and former baseball player.
21 Facts About Josh Chetwynd
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Josh Chetwynd was a two-time winner of the Los Angeles Press Club Award for best newspaper article written by a correspondent.
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In 2022, Josh Chetwynd received a SABR Baseball Research Award for an article he wrote in Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture.
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Between 2002 and 2008, Josh Chetwynd served as a baseball analyst for the British television network Five, primarily alongside presenter Jonny Gould on MLB on Five.
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Josh Chetwynd joined the show at the beginning of the 2002 season and worked as the co-host until the middle of the 2003 campaign when he returned to the United States.
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In October 2006, Josh Chetwynd took over hosting duties on Five's Monday night coverage of the NFL for a season, replacing Colin Murray.
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Josh Chetwynd previously collaborated with Brotherton in the same role for the BBC between 2003 and 2005.
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In 2019, Josh Chetwynd provided commentary on BT Sport's coverage of the 2019 MLB London Series.
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Josh Chetwynd reprised that role at the 2023 MLB London Series and the 2024 MLB London Series.
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Josh Chetwynd co-wrote the 2007 book British Baseball and the West Ham Club: History of a 1930s Professional Team in East London.
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Josh Chetwynd competed for four years at Northwestern University in the Big Ten conference.
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Josh Chetwynd was named to Academic All Big Ten teams twice as a catcher.
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Josh Chetwynd would represent GB in five European Championships.
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In 2003, Josh Chetwynd played a season as a professional in Sweden's Elitserien, helping Oskarshamn to a share of the regular season title.
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Josh Chetwynd finished his career playing in Great Britain's top league.
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Josh Chetwynd negotiated the largest international amateur free agent contract for a European player, a $1.3 million deal with the Kansas City Royals for Italy's Marten Gasparini.
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Josh Chetwynd served as an agent for Gift Ngoepe, who became the first-ever African player to reach the Major Leagues.
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Josh Chetwynd began playing the sport of curling recreationally in 2014.
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Josh Chetwynd played lead on the team, which finished in seventh place at the event.
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Josh Chetwynd holds two degrees in journalism from Northwestern: a BSJ and an MSJ.
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Josh Chetwynd graduated with a JD from the University of Arizona in 2006 and completed an LLM from The London School of Economics and Political Science in 2009.