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VICTOR ROJAS television play by play

Victor Rojas returns to the television booth for his 11th season as the play-by-play
voice of the Angels. Rojas will also join fellow broadcaster Mark Gubicza for a 11th
season as analyst for “Angels Live”, the Angels pre- and post-game shows. During the
2011 MLB playoffs, TBS welcomed Rojas as a play-by-play voice during the National
League Divisional Series (Milwaukee vs. Arizona).
Rojas joined the Angels broadcast team prior to the 2010 season after serving as a studio host for the MLB
Network since its inception. Before joining MLB Network in late December 2008, Rojas spent five seasons
(2004-08) as a member of the Texas Rangers television and radio broadcast teams, calling play-by-play as
well as providing analysis. Rojas went to Texas after spending the 2003 season doing both play-by-play and
analysis for Arizona Diamondbacks broadcasts.
Prior to breaking into Major League broadcasting with the D-backs, Rojas spent two seasons calling
television and radio play-by-play for the Newark Bears of the Atlantic League, where he was also hired as
the team’s Assistant General Manager before becoming General Manager.
A former pitcher in the Angels organization, Rojas’ career eventually led to coaching. The son of former
Major League All-Star and Angels manager Cookie Rojas, Victor was on the Florida Marlins baseball staff
in 1993 and served as pitching coach at Rio Grande in the Texas-Louisiana League in 1994. The Miami, FL
native played his college baseball at the College of the Desert in Palm Springs, California, and Lewis-Clark
State College in Lewiston, Idaho .
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Rojas resides in Trophy Club, Texas with his wife Kim and their three children.

MARK GUBICZA television color analyst
Former Major League Baseball veteran Mark Gubicza is entering his 19th year with Fox
Sports West . This season will mark his
14th year of providing color commentary
for Angels broadcasts on FSW. Gubicza
will also continue as an analyst for the
Angels’ pre- and post- game shows,
“Angels Live”, which he has done for the past 15 seasons.
Gubicza previously co-hosted the FS Baseball Report, which
aired nationally on Fox Sports, previewing future matchups
and breaking down current standings in the league. In 2004,
Gubicza provided analysis for Minnesota Twins games from
Los Angeles. He made his first television appearance as
an analyst for FSN in April 2000 on Baseball Today and the
National Sports Report . He also hosted the Southern California
Baseball Report on AM570 for three years.
In his professional baseball career, Gubicza spent 14
seasons in the Major Leagues. Drafted in 1981, he went on
to spend 13 seasons with the Kansas City Royals, winning a
World Championship in 1985 and 20 games in 1988. In both
1988 and 1989, he was named to the AL All-Star team . He
finished his career with the Angels in 1997. To honor his many
accomplishments on the field, he was named to the Kansas
City Royals Hall of Fame as well as the Pennsylvania Hall of
Fame in 2006. He was also named to the Missouri Sports Hall
of Fame, class of 2010.
Gubicza and his wife, Lisa, live in Chatsworth, Calif. and
have three children, Nicolette, Chad and Ashley.

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