Mike Capps is a minor league baseball

Minor league baseball

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 radio broadcaster and former news anchor and reporter. Since 2000, he has been the Director of Broadcasting and play-by-play announcer for the Round Rock Express

Round Rock Express

The Round Rock Express is a class Triple-A Pacific Coast League minor league baseball team in Round Rock, Texas, owned by RSR Sports and founded by Reid Ryan, son of Baseball Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan. The team is affiliated with the Texas Rangers, for whom Nolan Ryan serves as the president and...

, the Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers (baseball)

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 based in Round Rock, Texas

Round Rock, Texas

Round Rock is a city in Travis and Williamson counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the metropolitan area. The 2010 census places the population at 99,887....

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Capps spent part of his career as a reporter, bureau chief, and executive sports director for WFAA-TV

WFAA-TV

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 in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex

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. He worked as an assignments manager and deputy bureau chief for ABC News

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 in St. Louis and as a weekend anchor for KPRC-TV

KPRC-TV

KPRC-TV is the NBC affiliated television station based in Houston, Texas, and serving the Greater Houston television market. It has studios located in the Sharpstown district on the Southwest portion of the city, and has a transmitter site in unincorporated Fort Bend County near Missouri City...

 in Houston. While working for CNN

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, he covered the Gulf War

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 as well as the Waco Siege

Waco Siege

The Waco siege began on February 28, 1993, and ended violently 50 days later on April 19. The siege began when the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms attempted to execute a search warrant at the Branch Davidian ranch at Mount Carmel, a property located east-northeast of Waco,...

, which garnered him an Emmy

Emmy Award

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 Nomination and a CableACE Award

CableACE Award

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