David E. Jageler (born October 16, 1971) is an American

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broadcaster. He joined

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in the

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radio broadcast booth to call games in 2006. Prior to joining the Washington Nationals, Jageler was the voice of International League Triple A

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for the 2005 season. He has also called baseball games for the

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and

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. Pawtucket is noted as being a springboard for Major League baseball broadcasters. Jageler joins former Pawtucket announcers

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), Andy Freed (

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) and Aaron Goldsmith (

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) in the Majors. Before working as a full-time baseball announcer, Jageler worked in

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and

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as a sportscaster, co-hosting talk shows and doing play by play of various sports, including fill-in work on the Boston Celtics radio network and serving as the team's PA announcer during part of the

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. While in Charlotte he was the voice of Collegiate Division I Charlotte 49ers (

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) basketball team. Jageler is a 1993 graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with a degree in broadcast journalism. Jageler called every Nationals regular-season game from Opening Day in 2006 – his first as a Nationals broadcaster – until May 31, 2018, when he finally missed a game to attend his son's high school graduation. His Nationals broadcasting streak ended at 2,016 consecutive games. Longtime

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broadcaster Terry Byrom took his place for four games from May 31 through June 3, 2018. Jageler returned to the booth on June 5, 2018.

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