"Cultivate good habits: Let liquor severely alone, fight shy of cigarettes, and be moderate in indulgence of tobacco, coffee, and tea... A player should try to get along without any stimulants at all: Water, pure cool water is good enough for any man."
Tom Hamilton, a native of Waterloo, Wisconsin, the chief radio
announcer for the Cleveland
Indians Major League Baseball team and a Big Ten college basketball
commentator on ESPN.
Tom began his stint with the Indians organization in 1990 (replacing
Paul Olden) after three years in the Columbus Clippers broadcasting booth.
He shared the radio booth with then-chief announcer Herb Score until 1997,
when Herb Score retired. Hamilton became chief announcer after Score left,
and has held the position until present.
He is a four-time Ohio Sportscaster of the Year award recipient (1997,
2000-01, 2004). Tom resides in Avon Lake, Ohio, with his wife and four
children.
Tom Hamilton has worked with on the Cleveland Indians Radio Network:
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