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TV AND RADIO INFORMATION
                           VICTOR ROJAS

                           Television Play-By-Play
                           Victor Rojas returns to the television booth for his 10th season as the play-by-play
                         voice of the Angels. Rojas will also join fellow broadcaster Mark Gubicza for a 10th
                         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
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             State College in Lewiston, Idaho.
              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 18th year
                         with Fox Sports West. This season will
                         mark his 13th 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 14
             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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