Jon Paul Morosi (born May 17, 1982) is an American sportswriter and reporter. Since 2016 he is an on-air personality with

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, including the flagship studio show ''

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''. Morosi is also a columnist for

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, as well as an on-air reporter for both

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and

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. In addition, he regularly appears on MLB Network Radio on

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and

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. In addition to his Major League Baseball duties, Morosi is a reporter for NHL Network.

Early life

Jon Paul Morosi was born in

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, and attended

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, where he was a three-sport athlete and co-editor of the student newspaper. After high school he attended

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

, earning a degree in environmental science and public policy. While at Harvard he played four years of junior varsity baseball and covered men's hockey for the ''

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''.

Journalism career

Prior to joining MLB Network, Morosi was a columnist and national baseball writer for FOXSports.com, beginning in 2009. He was hired in part due to incumbent FOX Sports baseball writer

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's recommendation, whom he met four years earlier at the 2005 MLB general managers' meeting. Previously, Morosi was a beat writer for the ''

Detroit Free Press The ''Detroit Free Press'' is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US. The Sunday edition is titled the ''Sunday Free Press''. It is sometimes referred to as the Freep (reflected in the paper's web address, www.freep.com). It primari ...

'', covering the Tigers from 2006 to 2009. Morosi came to the ''Free Press'' after serving as a backup beat writer for the ''

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'' during the Seattle Mariners' 2005 season. He also spent time at the ''

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'' and ''

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'', among others. Morosi has a passion for international baseball and the

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in particular. MLB Network, the exclusive rights-holder to the WBC, devoted segments in 2017 to what it termed "J.P. Morosi's International Pastime."

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Morosi, Jon 1982 births Living people American sportswriters American reporters and correspondents Major League Baseball broadcasters MLB Network personalities Harvard University alumni People from Marquette, Michigan People from Ann Arbor, Michigan