Bill Brown

Bill Brown is a retired major league baseball broadcaster who worked for the Houston Astros for 30 years. He worked for the Cincinnati Reds for seven years starting in 1976. His partners on the Astros telecasts on Root Sports were former Astros catcher Alan Ashby and former infielder Geoff Blum. Jim Deshaies was his partner for 16 years on Astros telecasts. Brown has been inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame and the Houston Media Wall of Honor at Minute Maid Park. He was voted Texas Sportscaster of the Year in 2013 by the National Sports Media Association in Salisbury, N.C.

Brown has co-authored "My Baseball Journey: A Sportscaster's Story" on Amazon. He also co-authored "Houston Astros: Deep in the Heart." His book, "Altuve and the Astros," was published in late 2016 by Amazon. The story of the 2017 World Champion Astros, "Houston's Team Houston's Title," chronicled the team's first world championship. In 2019, he published "After the Ring," a Kindle ebook. His book "Astros Golden Era" chronicled the 2021 season and included historic flashbacks. His latest release in 2022 is a novel: "Swinging for Glory."

At age 14, he was advised not to pursue his dream of becoming a sports broadcaster because the odds against reaching a high level were too daunting. He majored in journalism at the University of Missouri and graduated in 1969. Brown's 2020 book, "Sportscasting 101," takes aspiring broadcasters and sports fans through the mechanics of broadcasting preparation and the careers of many successful sports voices. All of the Astros broadcasters on radio and television are featured in the book, as well as some of the top veterans in other sports. You can read about basketball, football, hockey and soccer broadcasters as well as a top talent evaluator and some high school and college educators as well. A young broadcaster can gain perspective into what is required for success in this field.