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33 SPRING 2025 WHEN THE FINAL OUT WAS MADE and the Philadelphia Phillies clinched a playoff berth in 2022, Phillies broadcaster Tom McCarthy '90 did what a baseball announcer would typically do in this circumstance. He threw it to his sideline reporter for the post-game interviews. Except that this was a special moment for more than just the Phillies. Tom passed the microphone, so to speak, to his son, Pat '17, then a Phillies minor league broadcaster who was helping on the TV broadcast crew that night. "I took my headset off, put it down and thought, 'Wow that was pretty incredible,'" says Tom. Three years later, Tom and Pat McCarthy are part of the history of father-son announcers in the major leagues (the most notable being four generations of the Caray family — the Hall of Fame sportscaster Harry, his son Skip, grandson Chip, and great- grandson Chris). Tom is in his 17th year as the primary television voice of the Phillies and also announces for the NFL and college basketball. Pat is in his third season as a radio broadcaster for the New York Mets and does college hoops, too. Grab your peanuts and find your seats as we provide the play-by- play of their lives and careers. Around the horN with Tom and Pat McCarthy How this father and son duo have become popular voices of Major League Baseball. WORDS Mark Simon '97 PICTURES Peter Murphy

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