Chuck Valenches

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Chuck Valenches
Occupation(s)Sports broadcaster, voice actor

Chuck Valenches is a minor league baseball radio broadcaster and voice actor. He most recently served as a play-by-play announcer for the Nashville Sounds, the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers based in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1998 to 2009.[1][2]

Biography[edit]

Valenches began his career in 1992 as the announcer of the Class-A Midwest League's Kane County Cougars a Single-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles. From 1993 to 1995, he was the announcer for the High Desert Mavericks in the Class A California League (Florida Marlins, Baltimore Orioles). In 1996, he moved to the Double-A Jacksonville Suns, the Double-A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers of the Southern League, where he remained through 1997.[citation needed]

During his time in Jacksonville, Valenches also provided play-by-play for the televised "Southern League Game-of-the-Month" and the Jacksonville University baseball team.[citation needed]

In 1998, Valenches began providing commentary for the Triple-A Nashville Sounds of the Pacific Coast League. He was promoted to the lead play-by-play spot in 2000. He was part of the broadcast team for the 2001 Triple-A All-Star Game in Indianapolis, Indiana and as the play-by-play broadcaster for the "2001 City of Hope Softball Game" broadcast on Country Music Television (CMT) and CMT Canada.[citation needed]

Valenches appeared as an announcer in the 3DO Sports video game series High Heat Baseball from 2002 to 2004, along with Dave O'Brien.[3]

In 2008 and 2009 Valenches was the broadcaster for the Atlantic Sun Conference NCAA Men's and Women's Basketball Tournament, serving as the play-by-play broadcaster for all tournament games over four days outside of the Men's Championship game. The tournament was aired on the web-based A-Sun TV.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Chuck Valenches." LinkedIn. Retrieved on 10 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Chuck Valenches". Nashville Sounds. Archived from the original on 2008-09-25.
  3. ^ "High Heat Major League Baseball 2004 Review".