Philadelphia Phillies public address announcer Dan Baker (Photo by Hunter Martin/Getty Images)
Growing up a Philadelphia Phillies fan in the 1950s, Dan Baker went to games with his father and brother at Connie Mack Stadium. That was when he was introduced to the sights, smells and sounds of baseball.
His passion for the game would never go away. In fact, he would later secure a job with the Phillies in 1972 as their public address announcer at then-Veterans Stadium and now Citizens Bank Park.