Greg Amsinger is an American sportscaster and currently a studio host for

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Personal life

Amsinger was born on May 24, 1979, in

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. He has five brothers and one sister. Amsinger and his wife have two children and they currently reside in

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, just outside New York City.

Career

Before arriving at MLB Network in 2009, Amsinger had worked at CBS College Sports/CSTV and at

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. A 2001 graduate of

Lindenwood University Lindenwood University is a private university in St. Charles, Missouri. Founded in 1827 by George Champlin Sibley and Mary Easton Sibley as The Lindenwood School for Girls, it is the second-oldest higher-education institution west of the Missis ...

, Amsinger worked at numerous part-time radio jobs while in school including two years as producer of the

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Baseball Radio Network at

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. Other side jobs included play-by-play broadcaster at KSLQ radio and the inaugural voice of the now defunct

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indoor professional football organization.

CBS College Sports (CSTV)

Before signing with MLB, Amsinger was the first and primary studio host for

CBS College Sports Network CBS Sports Network (a.k.a. CBSSN) is an American pay television network owned by the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global. When it launched in 2002 as the National College Sports Network (later College Sports Television also known as ...

(formerly CSTV). He hosted numerous shows including ''Crystal Ball'', ''Inside College Football'', ''The #1 College Sports Show'', ''Generation Next'' and ''NCAA March Madness Highlight''s (the official highlight show of the NCAA men's basketball tournament). He has done play-by-play for women's college basketball and paintball. In 2006, he hosted the ''SEC Preview Show'' with

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and Brian Jones. In 2007, Amsinger co-hosted the ''World Series of Video Games'' with the former

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

host Susie Castillo. In 2008, Amsinger also hosted the

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for CBS.

MLB Network

Amsinger is a studio host appearing across MLB Network's programming, including ''MLB Tonight'', MLB Network's Emmy Award-winning flagship studio show. Amsinger also hosts MLB Network's exclusive telecast of the MLB Draft as well as its special event coverage of the All-Star Game and World Series.

Big Ten Network

During the MLB offseason, Amsinger does play-by-play for select men's college basketball games on the

Big Ten Network Big Ten Network (BTN) is an American sports network based in Chicago, Illinois. The channel is dedicated to coverage of collegiate sports sanctioned by the Big Ten Conference, including live and recorded event telecasts, news, analysis programs, ...

References

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