Posted by chicagomedia.org on February 16, 2009 at 13:56:12:
In Reply to: WGN's Provus Officially Named New Milwaukee Brewers Announcer posted by chicagomedia.org on February 16, 2009 at 13:52:32:
Congrats, Cory Provus
Posted by Bruce Miles on Mon, 02/16/2009 - 12:36
Daily Herald
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MESA, Ariz. -- Just heard from Cory Provus, and it's official. He's leaving the WGN broadcast booth to head up to Milwaukee to work alongside Bob Uecker doing Brewers games in the WTMJ booth.
"It's an amazing opportunity," Cory said by phone. "It was an opportunity too hard to pass up. I had a blast in my two years with the Cubs. I learned so much about the game from Pat (Hughes) and Ron (Santo). I also learned about having fun over a six-month season. From Pat, I'll take how well he prepared for the game and how much about the game's history he knows. I'd like to continue doing 'This day in baseball history' in Milwaukee. And Ronnie is the most genuine, inspirational man I've met."
Cory added that the most fun he had was not the one inning of play-by-play or the pregame and postgame shows, but sitting with Ron and Lou as they taped the manager's show every day. "Lou had stories about George Steinbrenner and the Yankees, and Ron had stories about Leo (Durocher). I would laugh every day for 20 minutes."
With the Brewers, Cory will get to do three innings of play by play in addition to the pregame and postgame shows. Cory is a lifelong Cubs fans, and I kidded him about calling a walk-off homer by Prince Fielder in the 10th against the Cubs, if that should ever happen.
"I'm a Brewer now," he said. "I know where I'm at."
All the best, kid.