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Detroit Tigers play-by-play broadcaster Matt Shepard will not return to the Bally Sports Detroit television broadcast in the 2024 season, according to BSD senior vice president and general manager Greg Hammaren.
Shepard took over as the Tigers’ TV play-by-play broadcaster in January 2019. After five seasons, the Michigan native has been removed from his duties. He learned of his departure Tuesday morning.
The Tigers, in collaboration with Bally Sports Detroit, will launch a search process for a new play-by-play broadcaster and would prefer to hire the next TV voice of the Tigers before January 2024.
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Shepard, 58, has covered professional, college and high school sports in metro Detroit since the 1990s.
He was hired by Bally Sports Detroit (formerly Fox Sports Detroit) in 1999 to work in various roles. Before joining the Tigers in 2019, he was the radio play-by-play voice of Michigan basketball and Eastern Michigan football for more than 15 years.
Bally Sports Detroit thanks Matt Shepard for his five seasons of dedication in the Tigers television booth, and wish him the best in his future endeavors,” Hammaren said Tuesday in a statement. “He’s been a great teammate and has an incredible passion for Detroit sports and bringing compelling storylines to millions of fans every year. Change is often difficult, but we feel it’s time to head in a new direction and are looking forward to the process of finding our next play-by-play voice of the Tigers.”
Decisions on the full broadcast team won’t be made until there is a play-by-play broadcaster in place.
