Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster Dan Shulman and longtime Montreal Expos (and later Blue Jays) announcer Jacques Doucet were named as two of the 10 finalists for the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually by the Baseball Hall of Fame for broadcasting excellence.
broadcaster Dan Shulman and longtime Montreal Expos announcer Jacques Doucet were named as two of the 10 finalists for the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually by the Baseball Hall of Fame for broadcasting excellence.Ten of the National Pastime's most beloved voices have been named finalists for the Hall of Fame's 2024 Ford C. Frick Award.A native of Toronto, the 56-year-old Shulman is in his second stint as the voice of the Blue Jays, returning to Sportsnet TV broadcasts in 2016.
After serving as a beat reporter since the franchise's inception, the now 83-year-old Doucet became the radio voice of the Expos in 1972 and stayed on until the franchise's move to Washington, DC following the 2004 season. Since 2011, Doucet served as the French-language voice of the Blue Jays for TVA up until his retirement in 2022.
The winner of the Jack Graney Award in 2004, Doucet was inducted into the Expos Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2020. This will be the third time Doucet is up for the honour.
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