Detroit Tigers play-by-play broadcaster Matt Shepard won't call himself a leader. He prefers to be known as a teammate, alongside Kirk Gibson, Jack Morris, Dan Petry, Craig Monroe, and many more on-air and behind-the-scenes talents at Fox Sports Detroit.
Yet through the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, like broadcasting road games from the studio in Southfield, Shepard anchored the crew in delivering baseball to an average of nearly 60,000 households in Metro Detroit, a 7% viewership increase from 2019.
"I'm pleased, but I'm not surprised," FSD senior vice president and general manager Greg Hammaren said Friday.