F.P. Santangelo announced Wednesday that he will no longer be the Washington Nationals’ color analyst for the Mid-Atlantic Sports Network.
Santangelo had been the Nationals’ color analyst on MASN since 2011.
“Well, there goes my no-hitter,” Santangelo wrote on Twitter Wednesday, repeating a catch phrase he said after the Nationals’ first hit each game. “As you may have heard, I will not be returning to the MASN broadcast booth to call Nats games next season. I have so many people to thank for this last decade that I hardly know where to begin.”
The Nationals did not make an announcement Wednesday regarding Santangelo’s departure. A MASN spokesperson did give a statement to The Athletic: “As is well-established in the industry, the broadcasters are selected by the team and MASN is working with the Nats to identify his successor.”
Bob Carpenter, however, is still expected to lead the TV booth as play-by-play announcer for the next two seasons, according to multiple reports.
“Bob Carpenter is as much a part of this city as the Washington Monument,” Santangelo wrote on Twitter. “There is no better pro and no better friend. I cherished every single one of the more than 1,700 broadcasts we did together. You are the greatest, and I’ll miss you very much.”
Santangelo, who had a seven-year career in the big leagues as a utilityman for the Expos, Giants, Dodgers and Athletics, was taken off MASN broadcasts in April after he was accused in an anonymous social media post of sexual misconduct. He publicly denied the accusations and returned in July after a Major League Baseball investigation couldn’t confirm allegations.
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