Alex Cohen will be full-time backup to Cubs TV voice Jon Sciambi on Marquee Sports Network

Alex Cohen will be full-time backup to Cubs TV voice Jon Sciambi on Marquee Sports Network

Alex Cohen will be the backup play-by-play voice for Cubs broadcasts on Marquee Sports Network starting this season, the Sun-Times has learned.Cohen, formerly the lead radio and TV voice of the Triple-A Iowa Cubs, will fill in for Cubs voice Jon "Boog" Sciambi when Sciambi has a conflict or is off. Sciambi also calls "Sunday Night Baseball" games for ESPN Radio.Marquee's hiring of Cohen ends the revolving door of backups, who have included Beth …

Alex Cohen will be Marquee Sports Network’s official Cubs backup play-by-play voice

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The Cubs Have a New Full-time Backup to Jon Sciambi on Marquee (And I'm Very Here For It!) - Bleacher Nation

Alternate title: The Cubs are promoting top broadcasting prospect Alex Cohen! Maybe it’s not the breaking news those of us on social media are pining for tonight, but it makes me happy nonetheless! According to Jeff Agrest at The Chicago Sun-Times, the Cubs will have a new, full-time play-by-play announcer backing up Boog Sciambi on Marquee Sports Netowork. And it’s someone a lot of us really love: Alex Cohen! Most of us will know Cohen as the v…