Jim Rice’s number retirement ceremony, retirement ceremonies for Tim Wakefield and Jason Varitek, and the first game back after the Boston Marathon bombings when Daniel Nava hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the eighth inning. Curt Schilling’s 3,000th strikeout, hosting three ring ceremonies on the field and Tim Wakefield’s 200th win. Well, there are many: three World Series titles (2004, ‘07, ‘13), three no-hitters by Hideo Nomo, Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz, and 500th home runs by Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz. What are some of your favorite memories from those years? You called Red Sox games from 2001 to 2015. His comments have been edited for brevity and clarity. Orsillo recently spoke with about his broadcasting career and Northeastern experience. He also works MLB playoff games for a national audience on TBS and FOX.Īnd it all began with a bachelor’s degree in communications and a co-op at Fenway Park, a short walk from Northeastern’s Boston campus and Orsillo’s off-campus apartment on Gainsborough Street.Īfter that, it was 10 years calling minor league and college sports, including the Beanpot, before his dream came true. Two decades later, the 1991 Northeastern University graduate has assembled a Hall of Fame resume that includes 15 seasons in Boston and the last seven with the San Diego Padres. Red Sox pitcher Hideo Nomo threw a no-hitter that day. Don Orsillo called his first game as a Major League Baseball play-by-play announcer in Baltimore’s Camden Yards on April 4, 2001.
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