Tom Hamilton, a native of Waterloo, Wisconsin, is the chief radio announcer for the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball team and a Big Ten college basketball commentator on ESPN. Tom joined the Indians broadcast team in April 1990, after spending three years in the booth for the then AAA club of the New York Yankees, the Columbus Clippers. He served with Indians legend Herb Score until 1997, when Score retired after 30 seasons.

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  • Tom Hamilton, a native of Waterloo, Wisconsin, is the chief radio announcer for the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball team and a Big Ten college basketball commentator on ESPN. Tom joined the Indians broadcast team in April 1990, after spending three years in the booth for the then AAA club of the New York Yankees, the Columbus Clippers. He served with Indians legend Herb Score until 1997, when Score retired after 30 seasons. Hamilton became chief announcer in the 1998 season, and has held the position until present. In early 2007, he signed a five-year contract extension with the Indians, and will remain the team's voice through at least the 2011 season. He is well known to Indians fans for his enthusiastic home run calls, A swing and a drive! or Swung on and belted, to deep left field, a-WAYYYY back and gone! Also part of Hamilton's signature is his emphatic Ball Game!, which follows the final out in an Indians win. Also after something big happens he says "How about that". In the off season, Hamilton calls basketball games for the Big Ten Network. He refuses to say three pointer only "triple. " Hamilton is a four-time Ohio Sportscaster of the Year award recipient (1997, 2000-01, 2004). He resides in Avon Lake, Ohio, with his wife and four children. The Indians have honored "Hammy" by having a talking Tom Hamilton bobblehead night in 2008, the bobblehead says "How about that", "Swung on and belted a way back gone", and "swung on and missed ballgame"! Also on July 31st 2009, the Indians are celebrating his 20 years of broadcasting with a post-game firework show with his best calls played in the background.
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  • Tom Hamilton, a native of Waterloo, Wisconsin, is the chief radio announcer for the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball team and a Big Ten college basketball commentator on ESPN. Tom joined the Indians broadcast team in April 1990, after spending three years in the booth for the then AAA club of the New York Yankees, the Columbus Clippers. He served with Indians legend Herb Score until 1997, when Score retired after 30 seasons.
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  • Tom Hamilton (broadcaster)
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