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Tom Hamilton is entering his 27th year in the Indians' broadcast booth.

(Chuck Crow, The Plain Dealer)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Tom Hamilton will continue his gig at the corner of Carnegie and Ontario for years to come.

The Indians signed the broadcaster to a multi-year contract extension on Wednesday. Hamilton has served on the club's radio team since 1990. He has been the primary play-by-play voice since 1998, following Herb Score's retirement.

"Tom is an integral part of our brand as his voice has become synonymous with Indians baseball," Bob DiBiasio, the team's senior vice president of public affairs, said in a statement. "His enthusiastic calls and ability to masterfully document the game of baseball on the radio make him one of the best in sports."

Hamilton is a six-time recipient of the Ohio Sportscaster of the Year Award and he was recently inducted into the Press Club of Cleveland Hall of Fame.

Hamilton never expected to last this long in this town. When the Indians hired him in 1990, he and his wife, Wendy, purchased a home in Bay Village because of its good resale value. In 2014, the Indians honored Hamilton for his 25 years in the broadcast booth. Former team president Mark Shapiro called him "iconic" and said Hamilton "brings the Indians to life."

Hamilton said Score offered him valuable advice that would help him last so long with the Indians: "'The record of the ball club can never impact how you prepare for a game or how you broadcast that game. There are too many people depending on you to hear that game and it might be the highlight of their day, listening to an Indians game, and you owe them your very best. It doesn't matter what their record is.'"

The Indians were dreadful during Hamilton's first few years with the franchise. Then, the Indians rattled off eight consecutive winning seasons. Hamilton chronicled World Series games and unforgettable postseason moments on the microphone.

Hamilton said landing the job "was like winning the lottery." He initially wasn't sure if he'd last more than a year or two. Now he'll enter his 27th year, with no end in sight.