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Brett Dolan is an American
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sportscaster who is the voice of
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's game of the week. He previously served as the play-by-play announcer for the
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. Before joining the Astros, he served as the play-by-play announcer for the Triple A
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of the
Pacific Coast League The Pacific Coast League (PCL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Western United States. Along with the International League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one grade below Major League Bas ...
from 2000-2005,
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from 1998-99, and the
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of the
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from 1994-1997. He was chosen to fill in as a broadcaster for the
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in 2003 and 2004 and during the 2004 and 2005 seasons he was the voice of the
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on MLB Radio. In 2004, he represented the Pacific Coast League in calling the
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. He was Arizona Sportscaster of the Year in 2002 and 2003. In November 2005 he worked the Olympic baseball qualifying tournament in Phoenix. A native of
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, he graduated from the
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in 1992. Dolan and his wife Betsy make their home in
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with their son, Will and daughter, Kate. Dolan previously worked as a sportscaster/news director at WTOQ/WKPL in Platteville, Wisconsin, in late 1992-early 1993, doing play-by-play of local high school sports as well as covering various government meetings including topics such as sewage removal and parking traffic citations.


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