Roseville native and Michigan State alum Joe Block is the Brewers' new radio voice. He joins the legendary Bob Uecker, starting in 2012.
It's the first full-time major league job for Block, whose goal since his youth was to get to this point.
"I'm ecstatic to have the opportunity to work with one of the all-time greats in Bob Uecker and help bring everyone in Wisconsin their Brewers on the radio for years to come," Block said.
"Bob and I have talked about how much fun we'll have in the booth all summer and I can't wait to get started."
Block hosted the Dodgers' postgame radio show in 2011, and was the radio studio host for the NBA's New Orleans Hornets for four years before that. He's also worked major college basketball and football for Comcast Sports Southeast for the past 10 years.
But Block's passion always has been baseball. Block, who counts late Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell among his idols, worked his way up through the minor leagues ? doing games from Jacksvonille, Fla., to Great Falls and Billings, Mont. He's done more than 900 professional baseball games, including select games for the Expos during their final two seasons in Montreal (2003-04).
Now Block, 33, is a major leaguer. In Milwaukee, he replaces Cory Provus, who left for the Twins' broadcast booth.
"Joe and I spent some time together and I think he'll be a great addition," Uecker said. "Joe sounds good on the air, he's a Midwest guy and he wants to be in Milwaukee as a part of the Brewers. Bottom line, all of those are important qualities that will make him successful here."
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