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2009 will mark Jim Powell's first year in the Atlanta Braves radio booth working alongside Hall of Fame pitcher Don Sutton. He spent the past 13 seasons as a member of the Milwaukee Brewers broadcast team, teaming with another Hall of Famer, Bob Uecker. Powell joined the Brewers in 1996 and was named the 1998 Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year.

In addition to his radio duties, he spent time as a member of the Brewers television team during the 1999 and 2000 seasons. Powell began his Major League broadcasting career with the Minnesota Twins in a reserve role in 1993 and 1994. Prior to this, he accumulated extensive experience at the minor-league level, serving as play-by-play announcer for the Charlotte Knights (1990-91, 1995) and the Columbia Mets (1987-89, 1993-94). Powell has also dabbled at the collegiate level, taking on play-by-play duties for the University of South Carolina baseball program in 1989 and 1994 as well as the University of Georgia baseball team in 1985 and 1986.

Before going into baseball full-time, Powell had received national exposure through play-by-play for CBS Radio for several college football games, including the 1997 Sun Bowl. He has also worked on Host Communications telecasts, calling University of South Carolina football action in 2000. He served as the color analyst for the South Carolina football and basketball programs from 1993-95 and hosted the coaches' shows for those two sports on television. Powell also did play-by-play for Davidson College basketball in 1990.

An internship in the newsroom and sports office at WGST-AM while Powell was in high school started his broadcasting career. He then worked at WRFC in Athens while at the University of Georgia, followed by a job after graduating with at WVOC radio in Columbia, South Carolina. In 1991 Powell was hired by WSB-AM to work weekends, where he covered the Braves, Georgia Bulldogs and Atlanta Falcons for two years. Powell and his wife Emmy have been active members of their community, serving on the Board of Directors for the Child Abuse Prevention Fund for several years. He spends his winters coaching youth basketball and is also an avid tennis player. Powell, a native of Roswell, GA, attended the University of Georgia as a National Merit Scholar. He and his wife, also a Georgia native, have three daughters, Allie, Sabrina and Julia.

Hall-of-Fame pitcher Don Sutton returns to the Atlanta Braves broadcast team after a two year stint with the Washington Nationals television broadcast team. He spent 18 years, beginning in 1989, broadcasting Braves games. He joined Turner Sports as an analyst for Braves telecasts on TBS after a stellar playing career that spanned 23 seasons.

He has also served as a course reporter on TBS's professional golf coverage, working the Hawaiian Open, PGA Championship and PGA Grand Slam of Golf, as well as TNT's coverage of the Sarazen World Open Championship.

His network broadcasting experience included pre- and post-game analysis for NBC's 1987 League Championship series coverage.

His Major League Baseball pitching career was highlighted by 324 wins with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers and California Angels. Sutton spent 15 seasons with the Dodgers, beginning in 1966. He joined the Astros as a free agent in 1981. Sutton was traded to Milwaukee in August 1982, where he pitched three seasons before being traded to Oakland in December 1984. He was traded to California in September 1985 and retired in January 1988.

One of the most durable pitchers of the modern era, appearing in more than 750 games and completing nearly 180 during his career, Sutton's personal bests included 21 wins (1976), 293 innings pitched (1969), 41 games (1969), 2.21 ERA (1980 - led NL), 40 starts (1974), 217 strikeouts (1969) and 18 complete games (1972), all with the Dodgers.

Sutton ranks seventh on baseball's all-time strikeout list with 3,574. Sutton was 4-1 with a 2.02 ERA in seven League Championship Series games, and 2-3 with a 5.26 ERA in eight World Series games. In the 1974 postseason, he was 3-0 with a 1.50 ERA and 25 strikeouts in four games. He also posted a 1-0 record in four all-star appearances without allowing a run. Sutton was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in January 1998. He was named National League Rookie-of-the-Year by Sporting News in 1966, going 12-12 with a 2.99 ERA and 209 strikeouts for the Dodgers. He was named the Texas League Player-of-the-Year in 1965 at Albuquerque with 15-6 record and 2.78 ERA.

Born in Clio, Ala., Don, his wife Mary and their daughter, Jacqueline, reside in Alpharetta, Ga. Don has two other adult children, Daron and Staci.

The 2009 season marks Chip Caray's fifth season as the play-by-play announcer for TBS's Major League Baseball coverage. He also calls Braves games for Peachtree TV. Caray served as the play-by-play announcer for seven seasons (1998-2004) for Chicago Cubs games on WGN. His baseball resume also includes one season as the radio play-by-play announcer for Minnesota's Orlando (AA) affiliate in 1990, two years (1991-92) broadcasting the Atlanta Braves and three campaigns (1993-95) with the Seattle Mariners.

Caray spent five years (1996-2000) as a member of the Fox Network's Saturday baseball coverage, including three years as a studio host. He is the third generation of Carays to serve as a play-by-play announcer, after his father Skip and grandfather Harry, who was the play-by-play voice of the Cubs from 1982 to 1997. A member of the Hall of Fame, Harry spent 53 seasons as a major league broadcaster. On May 13, 1991, the three generations of Carays worked together on a Chicago Cubs/Atlanta Braves game.

Chip's broadcast career also includes nine seasons as the television play-by-play voice of the NBA's Orlando Magic and stints calling both University of Florida and Florida State University football and basketball games for the Sunshine Network. Caray graduated from the University of Georgia in 1987 and began his career with weekend TV sports anchor stints in Panama City, Fla., and Greensboro, NC.

He and his wife Susan have four children: Summerlyn, Christopher, Stefan and Tristan.

Joe Simpson is in his 18th season as an Atlanta Braves broadcaster. This year marks his third season calling games on Fox Sports South and SportSouth. Simpson also calls games on Peachtree TV broadcasts. Simpson played professionally for 11 seasons, beginning in 1973 when he was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the third round. He joined the Seattle Mariners in 1979 before being traded to the Kansas City Royals in 1983. An outfielder and first baseman throughout his professional career, he retired from the California Angels organization following the 1984 season. He had his best season in 1979, when he hit .283 in 120 games for the Mariners. Simpson worked as an analyst on Seattle Mariners telecasts for five years before joining Turner Sports in 1992. Simpson was named "Georgia Sports Broadcaster of the Year" in 1995.

An All-American outfielder and first baseman at the University of Oklahoma, Simpson was born in Purcell, Oklahoma. Joe and his wife Kathy live in Marietta, Ga. They have two children, Meg and Gabe.

Jon "Boog" Sciambi is in his third season as an Atlanta Braves broadcaster, calling games on Fox Sports South and SportSouth. Sciambi joined ESPN in 2005, where he calls Major League Baseball games both on television and radio. He also joined 790 The Ticket as a radio host in South Florida in 2005 and calls select college basketball games for ESPN and ERT. Prior to joining ESPN and 790 The Ticket, Sciambi served as a radio voice of the Florida Marlins. Teaming up with Dave Van Horne, Sciambi broadcast Marlins games over WQAM. He also was a part-time host of ESPN Radio's "Game Night."

In 2000 and 2002, Sciambi was the studio host for Westwood One's coverage of the Olympic Games. Prior to joining the Marlins as a play-by-play announcer, Sciambi hosted the pre- and post-game shows on Marlins radio broadcasts from 1997 to 2000. In 1996, he did play-by-play for the Boise Hawks.

A graduate of Boston College, Sciambi has called college football and basketball games for Westwood One, and has also served as a host for the pre/halftime/post-game show for the Florida Panthers.

Pete Manzano is in his sixth season broadcasting games in Spanish, formally for TBS and now for VIVA 105.7. He began his career in his native Puerto Rico in 1963. His radio background includes calls of the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal and Winter League Baseball in Puerto Rico. His television experience includes broadcasts of more than 10 world championship boxing events, professional wrestling, NBA games for TBS and serving as a sportscaster at WAPA-TV in Puerto Rico.

Manzano was part of the Braves International Radio Network broadcasting team from 1992 to 1995. From 1991 through 1995, Manzano worked for a joint venture that covered 11 countries and consisted of more than 80 radio stations between the Braves and CNN as a broadcaster for the International Radio Network.

The San Juan, Puerto Rico, native received his bachelor's degree in business administration from Turabo University in Gurabo, Puerto Rico, and he also served as a member of the Army Medical Corps for the United States Armed Forces.

Mazano and his wife, Ivette Diaz, reside in Newnan, Ga., and enjoy oil painting, writing poetry and collecting movies. They have four children: Pedro Jose, Manuel Antonio, Pedro Antonio and April Ann, and seven grandchildren.

The 2009 season marks Fernando Palacios's fifth season as an Atlanta Braves analyst/play-by-play Spanish announcer. Between 2003 and 2006, Palacios called the Braves games in Espanol for TBS-SAP and Viva 96.7 FM. During the 2008 season, he broadcast the Braves games in Spanish for Viva 105.7 FM, TBS-SAP and MLB Postseason coverage on CNN en Espanol.

Palacios served as the analyst/play-by-play announcer for TBS SAP/CNN en Espanol Major League Baseball Postseason series during the 2007 season. In addition to baseball, Palacios has worked several NBA games for TNT.

In his homeland of Puerto Rico, Palacios played for the Caguas Criollos and Arecibo Wolves, members of the Puerto Rican Winter Ball League. Born in Rio Piedras, he attended Interamerican University and he participated in basketball, baseball and volleyball during his high school years.

He and his wife, Norma, reside in McDonough, Ga., with their five children: Fernando Karlo, Alexandra Beatriz, Veronica, Rafael Antonio and Daniel Alejandro.