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Hall of Fame broadcaster, Joe Castiglione, announces his retirement, after 42 years in the booth! Favorite Castiglione moment?
Hall of Fame broadcaster, Joe Castiglione, announces his retirement, after 42 years in the booth! Favorite Castiglione moment?
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00:00Over the weekend there was a momentous moment for our station and for the Boston Red Sox,
00:04and that would be that Joe Castiglione, Hall of Fame broadcaster, officially announced his
00:09retirement from broadcasting. This was a little bit of Joe's announcement on the broadcast from
00:15this weekend. If you thought this day would come, certainly mixed emotions, but after 42 years and
00:22some 6,500 games, I think it's time to hang up the microphone, at least on a regular basis,
00:30announce the retirement here. It's something I never really thought I'd do because usually in
00:36this industry you were told where to go, but in this case everyone's been so kind and so
00:43understanding that I did bring this up to Sam Kennedy and Colin Burch of the Red Sox and Mike
00:49Thomas at Odyssey in the recent days, and they were very, very gracious in accepting my decision
00:59to retire for the most part and also to do whatever I want to do, and I will continue with
01:05the Red Sox in an ambassador-type role, making appearances at the special events. You know,
01:12I've had so many great thrills here, so many great thrills, met so many wonderful people. Certainly
01:16will miss the association with baseball people on a daily basis. Well, it's a long time. 42 years,
01:24Curtis. You brought it up earlier. He's been doing that for 42 years, and he's one of the best ever,
01:28certainly. I mean, the moment that changed everything for me, when we talk about the
01:35Dave Roberts deal, but the game 7-0-4, a year after the game 7 loss with the Boone home run,
01:42the Red Sox up 2-0, the Yankees take out Kevin Brown, Johnny Damon comes to the plate,
01:47hits the grand slam down the right field line, and that call and hearing that moment with Joe
01:54and just sort of the elation of like, oh my god, they're going to do it, and nobody, I mean,
01:59he was there in 86. He lived through all of that. He lived through the ups and the downs, and to have
02:05him very much still with it and got many years to go to be able to say on his own terms that
02:11this is the final year, it's, you know, it's a Hall of Fame career. You talk about a grinder. Wow.
02:17Yeah, I mean, pretty amazing.