Rodger Brulotte

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Rodger Brulotte (Born January 4, 1947 in Montreal) is a former Major League Baseball broadcaster.

His career with the Montreal Expos organization started in 1969, working in sales and marketing. He contributed to the creation of the Youppi mascot.

In 1984, he was hired by CKAC to serve as Color commentator alongside Jacques Doucet.

In 1990 he moved to RDS where he called games with his colleague Denis Casavant until the team's demise in 2004. He is famous for the line "Bonsoir elle est partie" (Good night, she is gone) which he said when the Expos hit a home run.

He writes an article entitled “Tout partout” in Le Journal de Montréal. Brulotte was in competition for a Gemini Award in 1991 and 1993. He is member of the organization Encore Baseball Montreal, which promotes baseball to the young people of Montréal.