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'''Alex Anthony''' is best known as the [[Public Address]] [[announcer]] for [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[New York Mets]], a position he held from 2004-2017, first at [[Shea Stadium]] and then at [[Citi Field]] since the Mets moved there in 2009. He has been called the "Voice of the Mets." |
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==Announcement career== |
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On top of announcing New York Mets games, Anthony also announced [[New York Jets]] games at [[Giants Stadium]] and [[New Meadowlands Stadium]] from 2002-2008, [[New York Islanders]] games at the [[Nassau Coliseum]] from 1995-1998, and was the backup PA announcer for the New York Rangers from 2008-2012. In the offseason before the [[2018 MLB season|2018 season]], Anthony was fired from the Mets.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Puma|first1=Mike|title=Amed Rosario in the middle of everything at bottom of lineup|url=https://nypost.com/2018/03/30/amed-rosario-in-the-middle-of-everything-at-bottom-of-lineup/|accessdate=April 18, 2018|publisher=New York Post|date=March 30, 2018}}</ref> He is currently the backup PA for the New York Islanders,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Stoffers|first1=Carl|title=Barclays Center boss brings back Islanders goal horn|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/hockey/barclays-center-classic-horn-islanders-article-1.2382879|accessdate=April 18, 2018|publisher=New York Daily News|date=October 2, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |user=BComptonNHL |number=576880094683201536 |date= March 14, 2015|title=#Mets PA announcer Alex Anthony behind the mic tonight at Coliseum. #Isles}}</ref> and is one of two game day PA announcers for the New York Jets. |
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He was the announcer for the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open Tennis Championship]] in 2002 and 2003. |
He was the announcer for the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open Tennis Championship]] in 2002 and 2003. |
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Revision as of 08:39, 18 April 2018
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He was the announcer for the US Open Tennis Championship in 2002 and 2003.
Anthony served as a PA voice during the 2006 National League Championship Series, the 2013 All-Star Game, and the 2015 World Series.
Childhood
Alex grew up in Garden City, New York, a largely upper-middle class suburb of New York City. He came from a Greek-American family, and his father was a furrier. His childhood nickname was "Zook" — a derivative of his real last name.[citation needed]
He was a very good baseball player — going on to play for Adelphi University, but was even more well known in his community for providing play-by-play commentary of neighborhood stickball and softball games.
Other Announcing Work
Apart from in-stadium sports announcing, he also does voice-over work on several radio and television commercials, and video games, such as Grand Theft Auto.[1] Anthony also works as an announcer for harness racing events held at Yonkers Raceway on days when the Mets are not playing.
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