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{{Infobox sports announcer<br />
| name = Ben Wagner<br />
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| birth_name = Benjamin L. Wagner<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|8|7}}<br />
| birth_place = [[New Paris, Indiana|New Paris]], [[Indiana]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| team = [[Toronto Blue Jays]] (2018–present)<br />
| genre = [[Play-by-play]]<br />
| sport = [[Major League Baseball]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Benjamin L. "Ben" Wagner''' (born August 7, 1980) is an American [[Sports commentator|sportscaster]]. Since March 2018, he has worked as the [[play-by-play]] radio announcer for the [[Toronto Blue Jays]] of [[Major League Baseball]] (MLB).<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Wagner was born in [[New Paris, Indiana]]. As a child, he was a fan of the [[Chicago Cubs]].<ref name="Indiana State University">{{cite web|url=http://www2.indstate.edu/news/news.php?newsid=1070|title=Radio-TV/Film grad aspires to big-league announcing career|work=indstate.edu|date=November 5, 2007|accessdate=March 27, 2018}}</ref> He was hired for his first on-air role in November 1997, with [[WAWC|WAWC-FM]] in [[Syracuse, Indiana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribstar.com/sports/major-league-dreams-isu-grad-working-his-way-up-baseball/article_441fc4e6-4e3c-53bd-a3e9-31164a9c20b7.html|title=Major league dreams: ISU grad working his way up baseball's broadcasting ladder|last=Clark|first=Dennis|work=tribstar.com|date=April 10, 2007|accessdate=March 27, 2018}}</ref> Wagner attended [[Indiana State University]], where he worked for [[WISU|WISU-FM]] calling both men's and women's college baseball games, and graduated in December 2003 with a [[bachelor's degree]] in radio-TV/film.<ref name="Voice of the Bisons">{{cite web|url=http://www.milb.com/gen/articles/printer_friendly/clubs/t422/press/y2007/m03/d19/c193664.jsp|title=Ben Wagner is new "Voice of the Bisons"|work=MiLB.com|date=March 19, 2007|accessdate=March 27, 2018}}</ref> While attending the university, he met his wife, Megan.<ref name="Indiana State University"/><br />
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==Career==<br />
In 2004, Wagner began working as the play-by-play announcer and director of media and public relations for the [[Class A (baseball)|Class-A]] [[Lakewood BlueClaws]].<ref name="Voice of the Bisons"/> In the offseason, he worked in the radio booth for the [[University of Maryland Eastern Shore]], calling the [[Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks|Hawks]] basketball games.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.easternshorehawks.com/genrel/032007aaa.html|title=Ben Wagner, voice of the Hawks, gets called up to Triple-A Buffalo|work=easternshorehawks.com|date=March 20, 2007|accessdate=March 27, 2018}}</ref> On March 19, 2007, Wagner was hired as the play-by-play radio announcer for the [[Triple-A (baseball)|Triple-A]] [[Buffalo Bisons]].<ref name="Voice of the Bisons"/> He remained in that role with the Bisons until March 27, 2018, when it was announced that he would replace the retiring [[Jerry Howarth]] as the lead radio play-by-play announcer for the Bisons' parent club, the Toronto Blue Jays.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/ben-wagner-dan-shulman-join-sportsnets-blue-jays-radio-broadcast-team/|title=Ben Wagner & Dan Shulman join Sportsnet's Blue Jays radio broadcast team|work=[[Sportsnet]]|date=March 27, 2018|accessdate=March 27, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://buffalonews.com/2018/03/27/bisons-radio-announcer-ben-wagner-to-get-promotion-to-blue-jays-booth/|title=Bisons radio announcer Ben Wagner promoted to Blue Jays' booth; Pat Malacaro named replacement|last=Harrington|first=Mike|work=buffalonews.com|date=March 27, 2018|accessdate=March 27, 2018}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Twitter|benwag247}}<br />
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[[Category:1980 births]]<br />
[[Category:Living people]]<br />
[[Category:American radio sports announcers]]<br />
[[Category:College baseball announcers in the United States]]<br />
[[Category:College basketball announcers in the United States]]<br />
[[Category:Indiana State University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Major League Baseball broadcasters]]<br />
[[Category:People from Elkhart County, Indiana]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Indiana]]<br />
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