Joe Castiglione announces retirement

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"Can you believe it?" Congrats Joe! 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.

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