Tom Cheek
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Tom Cheek is a baseball announcer who has announced games for the Toronto Blue Jays on radio since the team was established in 1977. Tom Cheek's most famous call is perhaps his description of Joe Carter's dramatic World Championship clinching home run in Game 6 of the 1993 World Series: "Touch 'em all Joe! You'll never hit a bigger home run in your life!"
Cheek announced every single Blue Jays game from the first game on April 7, 1977 until June 3, 2004, when he took two games off following the death of his father - a streak of 4,306 consecutive regular season games and 41 post-season games. Cheek quickly returned to the booth, but was forced to take further time off after undergoing surgery on June 12, 2004 to remove a brain tumor. It seemed that Cheek had recovered and would call the Jays games in 2005. But, the cancer returned and he has taken time off to seek more treatments.
Since 1980, Cheek's play-by-play partner has been Jerry Howarth. The two of them will usually split time calling the game. They have had colour commentators over the years including Gary Matthews and Warren Sankiw.