from the Union-Tribune: "Heisman carrying intrigue this year "

 

More than one person told me they liked the sound of Jon "Boog" Sciambi during a two-hour "tryout" Tuesday on XPRS-AM, The Mighty 1090. Sciambi was here to interview for the Padres' radio job, although he remains under consideration for a more prestigious TV position with his current employer, the Florida Marlins.

 

Also interviewed this week: Former Padre Wally Joyner. Up next: Charlie Slowes of the Devil Rays and Dan Hoard, a TV sports anchor in Cincinnati who has done some fill-in work for the Reds in addition to calling football and basketball at the University of Cincinnati.

 

from the North County Times:

"Channel 4 SD does impossible: adds a fourth CIF game"

 

Jon Sciambi was the first candidate to receive an on-air tryout at The Mighty 1090 for the open job on the Padres broadcast team. He did fine, but the bigger question is this: Why would a man with eight years' experience calling Florida Marlins games agree to a tryout? Isn't eight years' experience at the big-league level enough?

Better start warning the San Diego groupies

With a little luck we can dump Boog and get someone who actually likes doing Florda Marlins games.

 

The sooner he's gone the better.

With a little luck we can dump Boog and get someone who actually likes doing Florda Marlins games.

 

The sooner he's gone the better.

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He happens to love doing Marlins games, its just some people who run the station and the Marlins seem to get on his nerves alot

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Hoard, Slowes to be interviewed

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports Jon "Boog" Sciambi was well-received during a two-hour "tryout" Tuesday on XPRS-AM, The Mighty 1090. Sciambi was here to interview for the Padres' radio job, although he remains under consideration for a more prestigious TV position with his current employer, the Florida Marlins.

 

Also interviewed this week: Former Padre Wally Joyner. Up next: Charlie Slowes of the Devil Rays and Dan Hoard, a TV sports anchor in Cincinnati who has done some fill-in work for the Reds in addition to calling football and basketball at the University of Cincinnati.

 

The North County Times reports according to Steve Violetta, executive vice president for business affairs for the Padres and the man who handles most broadcast details, the Padres and The Mighty 1090 hope to have a replacement for Jerry Coleman in place by Christmas. Violetta stressed that when Coleman retires after next season, Leitner will move into the No. 1 chair. So the club and the radio station are looking for a hybrid announcer: someone who can do play-by-play, work a couple of innings as a color guy and work a shift at The Mighty 1090.

 

Violetta said the Padres have "been inundated with resumes and CDs" from potential replacements. And John Lynch, the man in charge at The Mighty 1090, said, "We're looking for a Carlos Beltran rather than a Freddy Guzman." Todd Kalas, who finished his seventh season with the Devil Rays and 12th in the majors, is rumored to be a candidate. Wayne Hagin of the Cardinals has been contacted, but the former San Diego State baseball player is under contract in St. Louis.

 

}>> The North County Times also reports Padres analyst Rick Sutcliffe still doesn't have a deal with the station for next year. He is said to be a strong candidate to replace Steve Stone as a member of the Cubs' TV team on WGN. The Dodgers, who must replace Ross Porter, also are interested in Sutcliffe. Sutcliffe, who also works for ESPN and ESPN International, said he would prefer to stay with Channel 4 if a deal can be worked out.

 

}>> The Dodgers asked for permission to talk to Matt Vasgersian, the Padres' TV voice on Channel 4. They were denied.

 

The Padres and executives at The Mighty 1090 are deciding whether they want to fill in next season with the postgame show team of Tim Flannery, Randy Jones and Bob Scanlan or hire Jerry Coleman's ultimate replacement and get him in place for the 2005 season.

 

Longtime Padres voice Coleman, 80, will cede the role of the team's No. 1 radio voice to Ted Leitner, his broadcast partner of 25 years, following the 2005 season. The Padres promised Coleman three innings of play-by-play for half the games in 2005, with Leitner handling the first three and the last three. A third announcer also will be hired, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

 

"That's pretty much where we are," Padres President Dick Freeman said. "I don't see that (changing) at all. There might be a little addition there . . . the possibility of some Los Angeles away games or something like that.

 

"And when we say three innings, that's three innings of play-by-play; he'll still be doing some color beyond that."

 

However, a source very close to the situation initially said he believes the Padres will likely hire in-house and/or likely hire a former player.