David Lengel
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David Lengel is a baseball journalist who formerly worked alongside Jonny Gould
on MLB on five
, a tv programme on UK channel Five.
25th Anniversary series called Who's #1, and as a result commuted some 7000 miles between shows, doing so for ten consecutive weeks in the Spring of 2004. His trip involved leaving New York on Saturday night, arriving Sunday morning, working on MLB on Five that night, and leaving London on the first flight out on Monday morning. Prior to the 2006 season David left for a new job as host on mlb.com
. There he hosted The Daily Rewind for a brief period of time before being moved to State of the Yankees, which is released every Wednesday on yankees.com. Recently, he has returned to five for the live 2006 All Star Game coverage from PNC Park
, the regular On The Beat feature (which he himself devised) and twice for MLB on Five as a guest pundit. David also writes for The Guardian
newspaper in the UK.
Jonny Gould (game show presenter)
Jonathan Gould , often known as Jonny Gould, is a British television presenter who was the host of the UK baseball show MLB on Five from 1997 until it was cancelled in 2008...
on MLB on five
MLB on Five
MLB on Five was a sports television programme on the British Five Network featuring live coverage of Major League Baseball games. It was usually broadcast on Sunday and Wednesday nights...
, a tv programme on UK channel Five.
Career
David presented five's UK baseball coverage for a period of 18 months between 2003 and 2005. For part of this stint on MLB on five David was also working as a producer on ESPN'sESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
25th Anniversary series called Who's #1, and as a result commuted some 7000 miles between shows, doing so for ten consecutive weeks in the Spring of 2004. His trip involved leaving New York on Saturday night, arriving Sunday morning, working on MLB on Five that night, and leaving London on the first flight out on Monday morning. Prior to the 2006 season David left for a new job as host on mlb.com
MLB.com
MLB.com is the official site of Major League Baseball and is overseen by Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P. . MLB.com is a source of baseball-related information, including baseball news, statistics, and sports columns...
. There he hosted The Daily Rewind for a brief period of time before being moved to State of the Yankees, which is released every Wednesday on yankees.com. Recently, he has returned to five for the live 2006 All Star Game coverage from PNC Park
PNC Park
PNC Park is a baseball park located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is the fifth home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the city's Major League Baseball franchise. It opened during the 2001 Major League Baseball season, after the controlled implosion of the Pirates' previous home, Three Rivers Stadium...
, the regular On The Beat feature (which he himself devised) and twice for MLB on Five as a guest pundit. David also writes for The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
newspaper in the UK.