Dave Raymond
Dave Raymond (born August 12, 1972) is an American sportscaster. He is the primary television
Career
Business reporter
A former business reporter for
Baseball announcer
Raymond's experience includes minor league stops with the independent Brockton Rox (2005), Triple-A Iowa Cubs (2000–2004), Single-A Charleston RiverDogs (1999), and the independent Sonoma County Crushers (1995–1998). According to a story in the April 20, 2000, issue of Sports Illustrated, Raymond was traded from the minor league Charleston RiverDogs to the independent league St. Paul Saints for a "case of crab cakes and a pound of shrimp." A 2019 bio in The Athletic has a different version: "Raymond became the second baseball broadcaster in history to be traded. [Mike] Veeck’s young daughter Rebecca was going blind, so he traded Raymond and a case of crab cakes to the Saints for a wind machine and the announcing tandem of Jim Lucas and Don Wardlow, who was completely blind." Either way, Raymond took a job with the Iowa Cubs before he could report to his new club.[6][7]
Raymond worked as a fill-in announcer for the
Raymond left the Astros after the 2012 season. He called games on MLB.com from 2013 to 2016.[9] He began calling Texas Rangers games on television and radio during the 2016 season as fill-in announcer. In 2017, he became the primary television play-by-play announcer.[9]
College sports announcer
Raymond called four seasons of Stanford University women's basketball (1998–2001)as well as two seasons (1995-96) with Stanford women’s volleyball. He also spent parts of four years providing television and radio play-by-play for several Drake University football and men's basketball games as well as radio for women's basketball games (2002–2005).
After the 2011 baseball season, Raymond broadcast several sports on
Beginning in 2012, Raymond worked college basketball and football games for ESPN3, primarily covering SMU men's basketball with analyst Stephen Howard.
In 2022, Raymond called Stanford football games on KTCT.
Personal life
A native of Gering, Nebraska,[10] Raymond served as Senior Class President at Stanford University while competing for the varsity track and field team.[4] He earned distinction as a Scholar Athlete.
Raymond met his wife, Tish, after college. They have three children.[11]
References
- ^ "New voice joins Texas Rangers spring telecasts | Dallas Morning News". Archived from the original on 2015-03-15.
- ^ a b "Astros' broadcast pair survives rookie season". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ a b c "Ashby out as Astros shake up radio lineup". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ a b "Houston Astros Broadcasters". mlb.mlb.com. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ Raymond, David. "MicroStrategy's curious success". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "Registered & Protected by MarkMonitor".
- ^ https://theathletic.com/1185626/2019/09/09/how-a-campus-squatting-bubble-bursting-long-jumping-comedian-became-the-tv-voice-of-the-rangers/
- ^ "SportsTalk 790 - Houston's Home for Your Astros, Rockets, & Your Home Teams". SportsTalk 790.
- ^ a b "Dave Raymond named lead Rangers TV broadcaster". MLB.com. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- ^ "News - View Article". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2009-10-26.
- ^ https://theathletic.com/1185626/2019/09/09/how-a-campus-squatting-bubble-bursting-long-jumping-comedian-became-the-tv-voice-of-the-rangers/