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Baker remains cancer-free after having a five-and-a-half centimeter tumor removed from his right cheek nearly two years ago

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Who preceded Dan Baker as the Phillies public address announcer? Who was the franchise’s first? Well, the answer to the first question is known. Who the first announcer was is unknown. Early Voices We do know one of the earliest PA voices is included in the above photo courtesy of historian Bob Warrington featuring Game […]

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Ladies and gentlemen, the new public address announcer of the Chicago Cubs at historic Wrigley Field, Jeremiah Paprocki. (CHEERING) JEREMIAH PAPROCKI: Thank you for that intro. That was amazing. SIMON: Well, theres more. Wrigley Field is 112 years old. Jeremiah Paprocki is 21. Hes the teams first Black PA announcer, and if theres any younger PA announcer in the majors, please let us know. Mr. Paprocki joins us from Chicago. Thanks so much for being with us. PAPROCKI: Thank yo...

Jeremiah Paprocki has come a long way to become the Chicago Cubs’ new public address announcer at Wrigley Field this week. It also has been a journey of only about 5½ miles that began seven years ago. That’s the distance separating Wrigley Field from Chicago International Charter School-Northtown Academy on West Peterson Avenue, where Paprocki, 21, first got behind the microphone. Paprocki ...