Jerry Howarth is an American Canadian former sports commentator, best known as the radio play-by-play voice of the Toronto Blue Jays from 1981 through the 2017 season.
Toronto Blue Jays fans wearing jerseys honouring Jerry Howarth and Tom Cheek in 2013
Thomas F. Cheek was an American sports commentator who is best remembered as the play-by-play radio announcer for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB), from the team's establishment in 1977 until his retirement in 2004. During that time, he covered a 27-year streak of 4,306 consecutive games plus 41 post-season games—from the first Blue Jays game on April 7, 1977, until June 3, 2004. He was inducted to the Blue Jays Level of Excellence in 2004.
Toronto Blue Jays fans wearing jerseys honouring Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth in 2013