Shea lands radio gig with the Nationals
Dave Shea is going Nationals.
The Bruins announcer signed a one-year deal to be a radio voice of the former Expos as they begin play in Washington, D.C., this season.
Shea will work with Charlie Slowes, who returns to Washington, where he called Bullets games for 11 seasons (1986-97) before leaving to become the announcer of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in their inaugural season.
Shea has worked Bruins telecasts for two decades on Channel 38 and NESN, doing play-by-play and analysis. He also hosted the NESN studio shows.
He's also called college and other pro sports, including fill-in duty for Sean McDonough and Bob Kurtz on Red Sox telecasts.
The news of Shea's hiring was well received around town yesterday. Patriots play-by-play man Gil Santos said, "Good for Dave. He's been deserving of a good play-by-play job for a long time. I'm delighted for him."
At the Bruins' offices, president Harry Sinden spoke for the organization. "We couldn't be happier for Dave," he said. "He's done a terrific job for us, and we know he'll do the same in Washington."
The news couldn't have come at a better time for Shea, who had a bleak winter with the NHL lockout cutting his hockey work to just college hockey games, including last night's Boston College-New Hampshire Hockey East encounter.
To help make ends meet, he's been selling cars at South Shore 
