Minor-League Broadcasting Timeline
1984: Worked for the Class A Lynchburg Mets (New York Mets organization - now defunct).
1985-1987: Announcer for the Class AA El Paso Diablos (formerly Milwaukee Brewers organization).
1988: Spent one season with the AAA Iowa Cubs (Chicago Cubs organization), where he was named the National Association League's Minor League Announcer of the Year.
1989-1990: Broadcaster for the Tucson Toros, at the time a Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros. It was during this stint in the Pacific Coast League that he would meet his future Oakland broadcast partner, Ken Korach, at the time working for the Las Vegas Stars.
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