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

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and ''

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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

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. 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 Dirk Hayhurst on Sportsnet 590 The Fan. 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 Montreal Expos announcers American Hockey League broadcasters