Alumni Meet the Veteran Broadcaster Who’s the Voice of MLB’s Colorado Rockies Stories You May Like Crave that Trendy Outfit? You Can Buy It Here at a Hefty Discount What Tree Rings Can Reveal History Brothers: A Chat with Evan Earle ’02, MS ’14, and Corey Earle ’07 Although he played football for the Big Red, Jack Corrigan ’74 has been doing baseball play-by-play for more than four decades By Melissa Newcomb Long before Jack Corrigan ’74 was announcing Major League Baseball games from the broadcast booth, he was calling Wiffle ball games with the neighborhood kids on a cul-de-sac outside his family home. The street on Cleveland’s west side doubled as a baseball field, with manhole covers and electrical boxes serving as makeshift bases and kids taking turns doing play-by-play whenever their side came up to bat. One day, as a 10-year-old Corrigan rounded the bases after a home run, he blurted out a triumphant call. Borrowing the name of a player from the city’s MLB team (then known as the Indians), he declared: “It’s touch-’em-all time for Woody Held!” In the broadcast booth at Coors Field in Denver. The line stuck. Soon, the teenage Corrigan and a friend were bringing a tape recorder to Indians games, sneaking into seats high above home plate and taking turns calling the action. One day, as a 10-year-old Corrigan rounded the bases after a home run, he blurted out a triumphant call: “It’s touch-’em-all time!" And some two decades later, Corrigan walked into that same stadium with a media credential around his neck—as one of the team’s broadcasters. “I could go into the clubhouse, into the dugout, out on the field for batting practice, and then go up to the booth, and nobody would stop me because I was allowed to be there,” Corrigan recalls of his first game. Working for Cleveland in 1987. “It was almost surreal. It’s that pinch-yourself moment. Then it was time to get to work.” That dream gig has continued. Now in his 41st year calling MLB games, Corrigan still uses the home run call from that childhood Wiffle ball game: “It’s touch-’em-all time!” Today, Corrigan is the radio voice of the Colorado Rockies, a role he has held since 2003 after spending 17 seasons broadcasting for his hometown team (now known as the Guardians). Throughout his career, he has called thousands of games, including three World Series. “I love the games I’ve covered, and I love being a part of the listeners’ lives, even in this small way,” he says. “It’s been a joy.” Corrigan describes himself as a “slower-paced storyteller,” leaving space for listeners to hear the sounds of the stadium as he weaves in stories about players, baseball history, and his own experiences. Stories You May Like Crave that Trendy Outfit? You Can Buy It Here at a Hefty Discount What Tree Rings Can Reveal I love the games I’ve covered, and I love being a part of the listeners’ lives, even in this small way. It’s been a joy. “It’s wonderful to be able to speak well,” he observes, “but if you don’t have anything to say, then you kind of defeat the purpose.” Baseball gives him plenty of material. With more than a century of the sport from which to draw, Corrigan says, he can find stories in a game from the day before, one that was played generations ago, and everything in between. (He has also penned two novels: Warning Track, which follows an aging MLB player trying to stay in the majors amid performance-enhancing drugs scandals, and Night of Destiny, about WWII soldiers on a troop ship en route to the Battle of the Bulge.) But before Corrigan made a career out of announcing baseball, he headed to the Hill focused on a different sport: football. A wide receiver for the Big Red, Corrigan majored in history in Arts & Sciences and envisioned a future that would take him from the NFL’s fields to, after retirement, its broadcast booths. But as he notes with a laugh: “I did get to go to the Dallas Cowboys rookie camp—and coach Tom Landry decided I should start broadcasting immediately.” In number 47, during photo day for the 1971 season. Corrigan went on to earn a master’s in communication from Kent State before landing jobs covering football, basketball, and baseball at Youngstown State and the University of Richmond. He later returned to his hometown, where he called NBA and MLB games while also covering college sports for ESPN and regional networks. Corrigan describes himself as a “slower-paced storyteller,” leaving space for listeners to hear the sounds of the stadium as he weaves in stories about players, baseball history, and his own experiences. In 2003, he joined the Rockies as a radio broadcaster after having spent most of his career in baseball on TV. “I am a conduit for people to enjoy the game they love,” Corrigan says, “and for them to know that I love it just as much—or maybe even more—than they do.” Top: In the broadcast booth at Coors Field. (All images provided.) Published September 29, 2026 Leave a Comment Cancel replyOnce your comment is approved, your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment * Name * Class Year Email * Save my name, email, and class year in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ Other stories You may like Alumni Hurricane Forecaster Has Blown Away Barriers in Broadcast TV Cornelliana Like a Fine Vintage, Iconic Wines Class Is Aging Splendidly Quizzes & Puzzles July / August ’23 Trivia Roundup