Matt Underwood is an American sportscaster currently serving as the television play-by-play announcer for the

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(MLB).

Broadcasting career

Prior to joining the Guardians broadcast team on a full-time basis in 2000, Underwood spent 10 years at

WEWS-TV WEWS-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, affiliated with ABC. It has been owned by the E. W. Scripps Company since its inception in 1946, making it one of two stations that have been built and signed on by ...

5 in Cleveland (

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). Underwood joined WEWS as an associate sports producer after graduating from

Baldwin-Wallace College Baldwin Wallace University (BW) is a private university in Berea, Ohio. It was founded in 1845 as Baldwin Institute by Methodist businessman John Baldwin. The school merged with nearby German Wallace College in 1913 to become Baldwin-Wallace C ...

in 1990. In December 1994, Underwood was named as a sports producer/reporter. During this time, he also worked for

WKNR WKNR (850 AM) – branded as ''850 ESPN Cleveland'' – is a commercial sports radio station licensed to Cleveland, Ohio, serving Greater Cleveland. Owned by Good Karma Brands, WKNR is the Cleveland affiliate for ESPN Radio and the AM flags ...

Radio (then at 1220 AM) as an update anchor and weekend show host. A year later he would become the weekend sports anchor at ''News Channel 5'', and in November 1996 he became the station's sports director and weeknight 6 and 11 p.m. sports anchor, a job he held until 2000, when he became a full-time member of the Guardians' broadcasting team (having previously done radio and TV pregame shows for the team as a side job prior to 2000). Underwood was in the radio booth from 2000–2006, and then switched to TV beginning in 2007. He also calls high school football and college basketball games on Bally Sports Great Lakes during the offseason.

Personal life

Underwood is an Ashland, Ohio native who graduated from

in 1990. He currently lives in

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, Ohio with his wife Shelley and their children Max and Devan.Underwood's Indians bio - Indians.com
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