Listening to Texas Rangers games won't be the same after this week's news that play-by-play announcer Josh Lewin won't return to the team in 2011.
Lewin began calling games for the Rangers in 2002, the year I started following the team closely. For my nine years of being a Rangers fan, I always looked forward to Lewin calling the games with Tom Grieve. He was really informed and an original, thought-provoking broadcaster.
The Rangers haven't announced a replacement, but will reportedly start the search immediately. Tough to imagine listening to anyone else on mlb.tv when I watch games during the regular season.
Lewin's signature "Ballgame!" call after the last outs of Ranger wins were classic.
The reason for Lewin's departure isn't publicly known. It sounds like Lewin and owner Nolan Ryan weren't on the same page in the direction of the broadcast. Specifics were pretty fuzzy.
Either way, I'll miss hearing him call games.
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