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Xfinity Live! Hired Dan Baker to Be Their In-House Pa Announcer For Eagles Games
By Jim Adair
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This might be the smartest and coolest business decision any bar in Philadelphia has ever made: During 12 of the Eagles’ 15 remaining games this season, current Phillies (and former Eagles) PA announcer Dan Baker will be bringing his golden pipes to Xfinity Live! as their in-house PA guy.
According to a press release, he’ll be the “host of game day coverage during Philadelphia Eagles home and away games,” and he’ll announce the games over the PA system and lead fans in “Fly Eagles Fly” after every touchdown. Since its inception, Xfinity has been gaming for that “at the game” atmosphere, and they just took one giant leap in that direction. Here are the games Baker will be PA-ing:
- Sunday, September 20 vs. Dallas Cowboys
- Sunday, October 11 vs. New Orleans Saints
- Monday, October 19 vs. New York Giants
- Sunday, October 25 at Carolina Panthers
- Sunday, November 8 at Dallas Cowboys
- Sunday, November 15 vs. Miami Dolphins
- Sunday, November 22 vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Sunday, December 6 at New England Patriots
- Sunday, December 13 vs. Buffalo Bills
- Sunday, December 20 vs. Arizona Cardinals
- Saturday, December 26 vs. Washington Redskins
- Sunday, January 3 at New York Giants
Baker has been the Phillies public address guy since 1972 and did Eagles games from 1985 to 2014, so he’s already used to being around you drunken dopes. Good get for Xfinity.
When he's not writing about sports here or ranting about them on Twitter, Jim is probably watching X-Files on Netflix or drinking a beer somewhere. Jim has nothing against hockey, it's just not his style. He once met Duce Staley at a Sixers game.