Salvatore "Sam" Cosentino (born March 16, 1971) is a Canadian sportscaster who currently works as a

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analyst on

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Baseball

Cosentino attended Spring Arbor College in

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, where he played baseball and called basketball games. After graduation, Cosentino briefly worked as baseball instructor before joining the

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as a clubhouse employee. While working for the Blue Jays, Cosentino also hosted the Jr. Jays radio show. Cosentino left the Blue Jays in 2003 to call

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games on The Score. In 2004, he was the network's play-by-play announcer for

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games. In 2005, Cosentino joined Rogers Sportsnet's Toronto Blue Jays broadcast team as a field reporter. He remained in that position until he was replaced by multiple reporters following the 2010 season. During the 2012 season, he became host of ''Baseball Central'' alongside

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. He was succeeded by the team of Jeff Blair and Kevin Barker.

Hockey

Cosentino began broadcasting hockey in 1998 as a color commentator on

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broadcasts. In 2003, he joined Rogers Sportsnet as a junior hockey and

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analyst.

References

External links

Sportsnet bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cosentino, Sam Canadian television sportscasters 1971 births Living people Major League Baseball broadcasters American Hockey League broadcasters