Mark Owens, who stepped down as the Braves’ on-field announcer in 2022 after 16 seasons, is returning this season. (Courtesy of Mark Owens)
The Atlanta Braves are bringing back a familiar face: Mark Owens, in-game host for 16 seasons from 2007-22.
The lifelong Atlantan was enticed back because he will split half the duties with a new colleague who has not yet been publicly named.
Mark Owens (left), pictured at a Braves game last year with his wife, Gretchen, is returning as the team’s in-game host. (Courtesy)
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Mark Owens (second from right) serves as in-game host for the “Closest to the Pin” contest in 2010 with Braves players (from left) Brooks Conrad, Peter Moylan, David Ross and Billy Wagner. (Courtesy)
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Jeremy “Otis” Maher, who served as a Braves in-game host for three years, has been in Atlanta radio for nearly a decade but recently lost his job at 94.9/The Bull and Power 105.3. (Rodney Ho/AJC 2025)
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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.
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