{"id":76710,"date":"2026-09-29T09:03:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/?p=76710"},"modified":"2026-09-29T09:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T13:03:48","slug":"baseball-broadcaster-corrigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/baseball-broadcaster-corrigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Veteran Broadcaster Who\u2019s the Voice of MLB\u2019s Colorado Rockies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Although he played football for the Big Red, Jack Corrigan \u201974 has been doing baseball play-by-play for more than four decades<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <strong>Melissa Newcomb<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Long before Jack Corrigan \u201974 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The street on Cleveland\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\u2019s MLB team (then known as the Indians), he declared: \u201cIt\u2019s touch-\u2019em-all time for Woody Held!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Corrigan in the broadcast booth over looking the baseball stadium with Larry Walker.\" class=\"wp-image-76926\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-608x342.jpg 608w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-304x171.jpg 304w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-152x85.jpg 152w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-1184x666.jpg 1184w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-592x333.jpg 592w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-296x166.jpg 296w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-1264x711.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-632x356.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-316x178.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/2021-in-the-booth-with-Hall-of-Famer-Larry-Walker-A.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In the broadcast booth at Coors Field in Denver.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote><p>One day, as a 10-year-old Corrigan rounded the bases after a home run, he blurted out a triumphant call: \u201cIt\u2019s touch-\u2019em-all time!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And some two decades later, Corrigan walked into that same stadium with a media credential around his neck\u2014as one of the team\u2019s broadcasters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI 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,\u201d Corrigan recalls of his first game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"337\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1987-A.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Corrigan smiles while wearing a white dress shirt and tie with a sweater over it.\" class=\"wp-image-76925 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1987-A.jpg 270w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1987-A-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1987-A-140x175.jpg 140w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1987-A-70x87.jpg 70w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1987-A-200x250.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1987-A-100x125.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><figcaption>Working for Cleveland in 1987.<\/figcaption><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt was almost surreal. It\u2019s that pinch-yourself moment. Then it was time to get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That dream gig has continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now in his 41st year calling MLB games, Corrigan still uses the home run call from that childhood Wiffle ball game: \u201cIt\u2019s touch-\u2019em-all time!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Corrigan is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/rockies\/team\/broadcasters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">radio voice<\/a> 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).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout his career, he has called thousands of games, including three World Series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI love the games I\u2019ve covered, and I love being a part of the listeners\u2019 lives, even in this small way,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s been a joy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corrigan describes himself as a \u201cslower-paced storyteller,\u201d leaving space for listeners to hear the sounds of the stadium as he weaves in stories about players, baseball history, and his own experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love the games I\u2019ve covered, and I love being a part of the listeners\u2019 lives, even in this small way. It\u2019s been a joy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s wonderful to be able to speak well,\u201d he observes, \u201cbut if you don\u2019t have anything to say, then you kind of defeat the purpose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(He has also penned two novels: <em>Warning Track<\/em>, which follows an aging MLB player trying to stay in the majors amid performance-enhancing drugs scandals, and <em>Night of Destiny<\/em>, about WWII soldiers on a troop ship en route to the Battle of the Bulge.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But before Corrigan made a career out of announcing baseball, he headed to the Hill focused on a different sport: football.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A wide receiver for the Big Red, Corrigan majored in history in Arts &amp; Sciences and envisioned a future that would take him from the NFL\u2019s fields to, after retirement, its broadcast booths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But as he notes with a laugh: \u201cI did get to go to the Dallas Cowboys rookie camp\u2014and coach Tom Landry decided I should start broadcasting immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1971-Photo-Day-Cornell-Football-A-1000x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Corrigan and three other Cornell football players in their uniforms with two coaches sole for a photo\" class=\"wp-image-76924 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1971-Photo-Day-Cornell-Football-A-1000x1024.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1971-Photo-Day-Cornell-Football-A-293x300.jpg 293w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1971-Photo-Day-Cornell-Football-A-768x786.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1971-Photo-Day-Cornell-Football-A-632x647.jpg 632w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1971-Photo-Day-Cornell-Football-A-316x324.jpg 316w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1971-Photo-Day-Cornell-Football-A-400x410.jpg 400w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1971-Photo-Day-Cornell-Football-A-200x205.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1971-Photo-Day-Cornell-Football-A-100x102.jpg 100w, https:\/\/alumni.cornell.edu\/cornellians\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/09\/1971-Photo-Day-Cornell-Football-A.jpg 1132w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>In number 47, during photo day for the 1971 season. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corrigan went on to earn a master\u2019s in communication from Kent State before landing jobs covering football, basketball, and baseball at Youngstown State and the University of Richmond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He later returned to his hometown, where he called NBA and MLB games while also covering college sports for ESPN and regional networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignwide\" style=\"border-style:none;border-width:0px\"><blockquote><p>Corrigan describes himself as a \u201cslower-paced storyteller,\u201d leaving space for listeners to hear the sounds of the stadium as he weaves in stories about players, baseball history, and his own experiences.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2003, he joined the Rockies as a radio broadcaster after having spent most of his career in baseball on TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am a conduit for people to enjoy the game they love,\u201d Corrigan says, \u201cand for them to know that I love it just as much\u2014or maybe even more\u2014than they do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Top: In the broadcast booth at Coors Field. 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