Matt Vasgersian

Matthew Edward "Matt" Vasgersian (born September 28, 1967) is an American sportscaster and television host. Vasgersian is currently a play-by-play announcer for Fox Sports' coverage of Major League Baseball, as well as a studio host for the MLB Network. In the past he has served as an announcer for Fox Sports' National Football League coverage, NBC Sports' coverage of the Olympic Games, and NBC Sports' coverage of the short lived XFL. He formerly called play-by-play for the Milwaukee Brewers and the San Diego Padres. and also he co-star voiced Announcer and Executive in All Grown Up! one episode.

Early life and career
Vasgersian started his media career as a child actor. A member of the Screen Actors Guild at age seven, he appeared in an episode of The Streets of San Francisco and the movie The Candidate starring Robert Redford, filmed mostly in Berkeley, California which he won an Emmy award. Born in Oakland, California and raised in Moraga, California he is of Armenian descent, Vasgersian graduated from Campolindo High School in Moraga and the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. While a student at USC, he appeared on The New Dating Game, winning a trip to Telluride, Colorado. And he appeared and he voiced Announcer and Executive in Nickelodeon's All Grown Up! one episode.

Other ventures
asgersian first gained national exposure doing play-by-play for the XFL football league in 2001. Vasgersian's time with the network was tense; after the inaugural telecast in which he quipped "I feel uncomfortable" after a suggestive shot of the cheerleaders, Vince McMahon personally demoted him and replaced him with wrestling announcer Jim Ross. At NBC's behest, Vasgersian returned to the first team broadcast halfway through the season.

He has hosted several TV shows, including the game show Sports Geniuses (2000), Game Show Network's World Series of Blackjack (2004), and Celebrity Blackjack (2004), the National Heads-Up Poker Championship on NBC and the first season grand final of Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament. He has also emceed various sports specials and other programs, such as the International World Championships of Rock Paper Scissors (2004).

He also called USC Trojans men's basketball for FSN West from 2004-06.

Vasgersian has also worked on an Ultimate Fighting Championship broadcast, filling in for Mike Goldberg, the usual announcer. Goldberg was working on Fox Sports Net's college football telecast on the night of UFC 56, so Vasgersian provided play-by-play alongside regular color commentator Joe Rogan.

Vasgersian is the commentator in every installment of MLB: The Show since its debut in 2006 with Eric Karros, Steve Lyons and formerly Dave Campbell and Rex Hudler. In addition to his work on MLB: The Show, Vasgersian was the "host" for several PS1 Sony sports titles in the late 1990s and early 2000s, specifically for 989 Studios sports games.

Vasgersian has contributed to NBC Sports' coverage of several Olympic Games, calling baseball and softball in the 2004 Summer Games, ski jumping in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Games, and freestyle skiing in the 2014 Winter Games. He also hosted the 2008 Summer Games coverage on USA Network.

Vasgersian is also a regular featured commentator on the Dave & Carole morning show on WKLH 96.5 FM in Milwaukee. His affiliation with the Dave and Carole Morning Show led him to a side career in music as he performed regularly as a lead vocalist with kb'smidlifecrisis, a rock band fronted by Dave and Carole sidekick Kevin "KB' Brandt. Vasgersian was the host of the MLB on Fox pregame show from 2012 to 2014, before he was replaced by Kevin Burkhardt after the 2013 season.

Matt is also a recurring satirical commentator for Hamish and Andy's Gap Year. As a native of the East Bay Area in Northern California he grew up an avid fan of the Oakland Athletics (the A's).

Along with John Smoltz and later Buck Martinez, Vasgersian works for MLB International replacing Gary Thorne and Rick Sutcliffe starting with the 2015 MLB All-Star Game and the World Series for Canadian and overseas fans.