Red Sox honor radio voice Joe Castiglione who is retiring after 42 years

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Purple Sox honored longtime radio voice Joe Castiglione, who is asking his last recreation Sunday, with an on-field pregame ceremony.

The 74-year-old Castiglione, who was inducted into the Baseball Corridor of Fame this summer time with the Ford C. Frick Award, has been the workforce’s lead radio voice since 1983.

Through the ceremony, the workforce performed highlights of his calls over movies of the American League championship workforce in 1986, and Boston’s World Sequence title groups in 2004, ’07, ’13 and ’18 on the center-field scoreboard.

Members of these groups got here onto the sphere through the ceremony. Corridor of Famer Jim Rice highlighted the ’86 group and Corridor of Famer Pedro Martinez was one of many ’04 former gamers.

Castiglione referred to his name ending the ’04 championship that broke an 86-year title drought, when he thanked the followers. It got here on a floor ball again to pitcher Keith Foulke, who was additionally there to characterize that workforce.

“I’ll miss being your eyes and ears,” he mentioned. “For 42 years, all I can say is: Are you able to consider it!”

Jackie Bradley, the 2018 ALCS MVP, caught a ceremonial first pitch from Castiglione.

“Forty-two years is a protracted, very long time for somebody to be working each single day to undergo the struggles and the successes, the journey and the approach to life, and at all times have a smile,” Martinez mentioned. “These are the sort of those that deserve all of the respect that we’re giving him in the present day.”

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu handed him a proclamation declaring Sept. 29, 2024, as “Joe Castiglione Day” in Boston. Crew President Sam Kennedy introduced him with letters from Fenway Park’s notorious Inexperienced Monster that learn: “CASTIG” in white with a inexperienced background shade of the Monster.

Purple Sox supervisor Alex Cora, a member of the ’07 workforce, was additionally on the sphere and Chief Baseball Officer Craig Breslow, representing the ’13 squad, was on the sphere as nicely.

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