Steve Berthiaume

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Use American English Template:Infobox baseball biography Steve Berthiaume (Template:IPAc-en) is an American television sportscaster who serves as the play-by-play broadcast announcer for the Arizona Diamondbacks and is a former anchor on ESPN and a former sportscaster for SportsNet New York (SNY).

Broadcasting career

Early career

A graduate of Emerson College, Berthiaume's broadcasting career began at various stations in the southern United States, including WVIR-TV in Charlottesville, Virginia;Template:R WIS-TV in Columbia, South Carolina; WJAR-TV in Providence, Rhode Island; and WEAR-TV in Pensacola, Florida.<ref name="Hart930820">Template:Cite news</ref> Berthiaume was hired from Pensacola by WTIC-TV in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1993;<ref name="Hart930807">Template:Cite news</ref> station management dismissed him in January 1996 due to what Berthiaume described as a disagreement over presentation styles.<ref name="Hart960125">Template:Cite news</ref> He then went on to the short-lived CNN/SI cable channel when it launched in December 1996<ref name="Hart961108">Template:Cite news</ref> and to ESPN in 1999, starting at ESPNEWS and later anchoring for SportsCenter.<ref name="espn">Template:Cite web</ref>

In 2006, Berthiaume left ESPN to become chief sportscaster at SNY, a new regional sports network started by the New York Mets; however, in late January 2007, SNY let Berthiaume out of his contract to rejoin ESPN on March 28, 2007, in order to work closer to his wife.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He also served as a host of Baseball Tonight.Template:R

In 2012, Berthiaume was hired by MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks to serve as a play-by-play broadcaster for Fox Sports Arizona beginning in the 2013 season, replacing Daron Sutton, whom the team had suspended. Berthiaume's previous play-by-play experience comes from ESPN, where he had called several professional games as well as the College World Series.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="AzSp121018">Template:Cite web</ref>