Glenn Geffner, a Miami native, is a radio play-by-play announcer for the Miami Marlins. Geffner joined the Marlins radio broadcast team in 2008, his 12th season in the Major Leagues and his 17th year in professional baseball as a broadcaster and front office executive. Geffner partners with Dave Van Horne

Dave Van Horne

Dave Van Horne, a native of Easton, Pennsylvania, is a Major League Baseball announcer. He is the lead radio play-by-play announcer for the Miami Marlins on the Marlins Radio Network...

 on the Marlins Radio Network. In addition to his play-by-duties, Glenn hosts the Marlins pre- and post-game shows.

Geffner joins the Marlins after spending the last five seasons with the Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

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. In addition to calling more than 100 regular season games on radio for the 2007 World Champion Red Sox--plus the dramatic seven-game American League Championship Series

American League Championship Series

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 against the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 and the club’s World Series sweep of the Colorado Rockies

Colorado Rockies

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--Geffner hosted the weekly “Red Sox Insider” talk show on 50,000-watt Red Sox Radio Network

Red Sox Radio Network

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 affiliate WTIC

WTIC (AM)

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 in Hartford, CT; and, in 2006 and 2007, he handled play-by-play for the New England Sports Network

New England Sports Network

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’s (NESN) package of Red Sox Minor League telecasts. He also served as a reporter and occasional host for the “Red Sox Report” television show, airing weekly throughout the year on NESN.

The Red Sox’ Vice President/Communications before returning to his broadcast roots, Geffner owns the rare distinction of having done baseball play-by-play at every level--from college, to Single-A, Double-A, Triple-A, and the Major Leagues.

In 12 seasons in the majors, he has picked up two World Series championship rings (with the Boston Red Sox in 2004 and 2007) and a National League championship ring (with the 1998 San Diego Padres

San Diego Padres

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). He has been a part of five postseasons with the Padres (1998) and Red Sox (2003, 2004, 2005 and 2007).

Raised in South Florida, Geffner graduated from Miami Palmetto Senior High School and began his broadcasting career while a student at Northwestern University

Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....

's Medill School of Journalism, calling Wildcats baseball, football and basketball. He was later the voice of the Rochester Red Wings

Rochester Red Wings

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, then the Triple-A International League affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles

Baltimore Orioles

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, and made his Major League debut broadcasting games for the San Diego Padres during a six-season stay in San Diego (1997-2002), which he began as the club's Director of Public Relations. After filling in on both Padres radio and television broadcasts--and hosting daily Spring Training

Spring training

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 and weekly regular season “Padres Report” television shows for several seasons--he transitioned into a full-time broadcasting role with the Padres. In San Diego, Geffner partnered with Hall of Fame broadcaster Jerry Coleman

Jerry Coleman

Gerald Francis "Jerry" Coleman is a former Major League Baseball second baseman for the New York Yankees. Currently, he is an analyst and former play-by-play radio announcer for the San Diego Padres...

before joining the Red Sox prior to the 2003 season.