ALAN ASHBY

'Alan Dean Ashby' (born July 8, 1951 in Long Beach, California) is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, and Houston Astros.
Ashby tied a NL record by catching 3 no-hitters during his career: Ken Forsch's (April 7, 1979), Nolan Ryan's 5th (September 26, 1981), and Mike Scott's division title clincher (September 25, 1986).
Ashby was also the first Astro to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game (September 27, 1982).
After his playing career, Ashby worked as the Astros' bullpen coach in 1997. He later worked alongside Milo Hamilton as a radio broadcaster for the Astros from 1998-2005.
He was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in 2000.
In 2007, Ashby signed a three-year contract to become the color man and secondary play-by-play man on the Toronto Blue Jays radio broadcasts, teamed alongside incumbent play-by-play man Jerry Howarth.^[1]

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1. Ashby named new color commentator

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★ Baseball Reference

★ Audio clip of Ashby on the Fan 590 after being introduced as the radio analyst for the Toronto Blue Jays