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Matt Shepard's first day as Tigers TV voice includes Mario Impemba cameo

A quick primer on who'll be at the mics for the Detroit Tigers on Fox Sports Detroit this season. Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press

LAKELAND, Fla. — Mario Impemba, the former Detroit Tigers TV announcer, walked through the press box in Joker Marchant Stadium on Thursday morning, just like old times.

Without thinking, he took two steps into the Fox Sports Detroit broadcast booth, where he used to work, before he realized he was heading to the wrong place.

“Just out of pure habit, I walked into the wrong booth,” he said. “I got two steps and thought, ‘Yeah, this isn’t my place anymore.