Bob Carpenter has been a fixture of Nationals baseball since its inception, but this will be his last year
Bob Carpenter has been a fixture in the lives of Washington Nationals fans ever since 2006. Most probably assume that Bob was the only play by play guy in Nats history. However, the 72 year old announced Yesterday that this will be his last season in the booth. See you later Bob, we wish you all the best moving forward.
We had a pretty good feeling that this was coming for a while now. Bob has had a lighter workload in recent years. With the Nationals likely moving off of MASN, this feels like the time for a new era in the broadcast booth.
As the season unfolds, we will remember Bob’s career and look back on some of his greatest calls. Bob was the epitome of consistency on the call. He was not much of a screamer, but he did not have to be. He has such a great voice for TV and an immense knowledge of the game.
One thing I hope Bob keeps around in some capacity are his scorebooks. They have become a fixture of his online presence. While he won’t be watching every Nats game going forward, I hope we can see some scorebooks of his online!
Hopefully the Nats honor Bob in the way he deserves as well. He truly is a legend of the franchise and deserves to be in the ring of honor. Kids like me grew up hanging to every word of his, and now as a young man, I still appreciate Bob so much.
With the Nats headed to pastures greener than MASN, it will be interesting to see what they do with the booth. Will it be a Dan Kolko/Kevin Frandsen booth, or will we see some new faces? We have plenty of time to discuss that, but to Bob, thank you and see you later!