(Photo: Robin Buckson, Detroit News)
After a four-month national hunt for a new baseball TV captain, Fox Sports Detroit and the Tigers have decided they had their man all along.
Matt Shepard will be introduced Tuesday as FSD’s play-by-play choice to replace Mario Impemba, who along with Rod Allen, was discharged after the two men tussled following a Sept. 4 Tigers broadcast in Chicago.
The move was confirmed by sources with knowledge of the agreement who requested anonymity because of the search’s highly sensitive nature.
With his deep, almost thunderous on-air voice, Shepard, 53, filled in skillfully for Impemba last summer when a wedding and funeral required a substitute.