Longtime Boston Red Sox radio announcer Joe Castiglione announced Sunday his plans to retire at the end of the season.
Castiglione has been Boston's radio voice on WEEI for over four decades and he's recently been the subject of high honors for his work. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame after he earned the 2024 Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting.
Castiglione first announced his plans to retire on the radio broadcast of the Red Sox's Sept. 15 game against the Yankees. He was then invited onto NESN's TV broadcast of the game, where he shared the news with the rest of the Sox's audience.
The 77-year-old emphasized he would be retiring from "a regular broadcast schedule," but that the Red Sox will feature him during special events and that he may cover a broadcast when the WEEI crew needs an assist. He shared his plan without talking over a single pitch.
Red Sox radio legend Joe Castiglione announces his retirement after 42 seasons calling games for WEEI
After 42 years as the voice of the Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer Joe Castiglione announces his retirement. Congratulations on a Hall of Fame career, Joe! pic.twitter.com/8lQUIxJwnh
— WEEI Red Sox Network (@SoxBooth) September 15, 2024
In 2022, the Red Sox celebrated the 40th anniversary of Castiglione's tenure calling their games and officially renamed Fenway Park's home radio booth "The Joe Castiglione Booth" in his honor. The Sox will pay tribute to the legendary voice again before he calls his final home game as the everyday announcer on Sept. 29.
Castiglione is the longest-tenured Red Sox broadcaster on radio or television in team history and his calls have graced Boston's four World Series wins in the last two decades. He'll be missed on the airwaves and remembered as the voice of the Red Sox during some of their greatest years.