美国国家公共电台 NPR--Minor League Baseball announcer is attracting a lot of attention

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Minor¹ League Baseball announcer is attracting a lot of attention

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Joey Zanaboni uses the full range of the English language to call games in Virginia for the Fredericksburg Nationals. His trademark³ homerun call: "Lock it, cock it, rock it, restock it."

A MARTINEZ, HOST:

Good morning. I'm A Martinez. Joey Zanaboni is an announcer but not just any announcer.

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JOEY ZANABONI: Kick it like an overcaffeinated karate⁴ instructor⁵.

MARTINEZ: He's an announcer who uses the full range of the English language to call games for the FredNats, a minor league baseball team in Virginia. His trademark homerun call is lock it, cock it, rock it, restock it because according to him, he loves language just as much as the game of baseball. Oh, my God. I found my broadcasting soulmate. It's MORNING EDITION.