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Alex Cohen will be Marquee Sports Network’s official Cubs backup play-by-play voice

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Alex Cohen has been calling Iowa Cubs games since 2018, and has also served as the I-Cubs Director of Broadcasting.

According to Jeff Agrest in the Sun-Times, Cohen will now be the official backup play-by-play announcer for Marquee Sports Network:

Cohen, formerly the lead radio and TV voice of the Triple-A Iowa Cubs, will fill in for Cubs voice Jon “Boog” Sciambi when Sciambi has a conflict or is off.