Joe Angel

Joseph Angel (born May 5, 1948) is a retired American sportscaster best known for calling play-by-play for several Major League Baseball teams, including 19 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles Radio Network.

A native of Bogotá, Colombia, Angel is famous for his proper pronunciation of Latino players' names.

As a teenager, Angel first emigrated with his family to Chicago, before eventually settling in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In high school he played baseball and football (teaming with O. J. Simpson on the latter), and after graduating from City College of San Francisco began a career in broadcasting.

[2] Angel's son, Jonathan, was one of the stars of the teen sitcom Saved by the Bell: The New Class.

Angel throwing the ceremonial first pitch in 2019