Matt Underwood

Matt Underwood is an American sportscaster currently serving as the television play-by-play announcer for the Cleveland Guardians of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Matt Underwood
Occupation(s)	Sportscaster, play-by-play-announcer
Spouse	Shelley
Children	2

Broadcasting career

Prior to joining the Guardians broadcast team on a full-time basis in 2000, Underwood spent 10 years at WEWS-TV 5 in Cleveland (ABC). Underwood joined WEWS as an associate sports producer after graduating from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1990. In December 1994, Underwood was named as a sports producer/reporter. During this time, he also worked for WKNR Radio (then at 1220 AM) as an update anchor and weekend show host.^[1][2]

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).^[2]

Underwood was in the radio booth from 2000–2006, and then switched to TV beginning in 2007.^[3] He also has called high school football and college basketball games on Bally Sports Great Lakes during the offseason.^[1]

Personal life

Underwood is an Ashland, Ohio native who studied business administration and graduated from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1990.^[4] He currently lives in Avon Lake, Ohio with his wife Shelley and their children.^[1] Underwood's son, Max, is the bassist for the Cleveland-based metalcore band Midwinter.

See also

• List of Cleveland Guardians broadcasters