For every one baseball broadcasting job, especially at the highest levels, there are hundreds if not thousands of applicants.
So when a broadcaster loses one of those coveted gigs, especially amid circumstances that results in juicy, explosive headlines, it often means having to spend at least a year or two on the sidelines — and that's if you ever get back into the chair.
Mario Impemba is back in business, however, just five months after a press-box altercation with his longtime broadcaster partner cost him his beloved Tigers job.
WEEI, the flagship station for the Boston Red Sox, made it official Thursday morning, introducing Impemba as one of the new radio play-by-play voices who will join incumbent Joe Castiglione on the call for the 2019 season.