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Auggie

(31,067 posts)
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 11:23 AM Feb 2013

Broadcaster Joe Garagiola to retire

mlb.com / 2-20-20

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Joe Garagiola called it a career on Wednesday after 57 years in the broadcast booth.

At 87 years old, Garagiola displayed the trademark humor and speaking skills that propelled him into the National Baseball Hall of Fame as a broadcaster as he regaled the assembled media with stories from his illustrious career.

Garagiola broadcast on national network telecasts and for several teams following his retirement as a player in 1954, and he was a regular guest on "The Tonight Show" and a co-host of the "Today Show." Most recently, he had served as an occasional analyst on D-backs' television broadcasts.

Although he had surgery in 2009 to remove a brain tumor, Garagiola said that his health was not a factor in his decision to leave the broadcast booth. Instead it was a simply a matter of wanting to have more time for his wife, Audrey. The two have been married for 63 years.

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I remember his broadcasts on national TV. Seems like a million years ago.

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Broadcaster Joe Garagiola to retire (Original Post) Auggie Feb 2013 OP
I seem to remember Garagiola and Tony Kubek doing games Kingofalldems Feb 2013 #1
I miss him doing the color at the Westminster KC Dog Show. El Supremo Feb 2013 #2
I guess he was semi-retired ... Auggie Feb 2013 #3
Willard clip from Best in Show Berlum Feb 2013 #6
I LOVE THAT MOVIE!! RockaFowler Feb 2013 #7
I love Joe RockaFowler Feb 2013 #4
He relayed a great quote from Yogi Berra: Auggie Feb 2013 #5
My First Memories Of JG Were As A Game Show Host Liberal_Dog Feb 2013 #8
He helped Jimmy Carter win the presidency (by campaigning with Gerald Ford) fishwax Feb 2013 #9
Baseball. That's Joe. Thanks for the years and trying to take on chewing tobacco. chelsea0011 Feb 2013 #10

El Supremo

(20,365 posts)
2. I miss him doing the color at the Westminster KC Dog Show.
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 01:09 PM
Feb 2013

Dog show people hated him because he acted so dumb. The part that Fred Willard played in 'Best In Show' was modeled after Joe.

I thought he was retired already.

RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)
4. I love Joe
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 01:42 PM
Feb 2013

I met him when I was a kid and he was absolutely wonderful to my sister and me.

And I used to love him on the Westminster Shows too. Now Mary Carillo takes it too serious. Heck even Lester Holt was better than Mary Carillo in the booth!

Auggie

(31,067 posts)
5. He relayed a great quote from Yogi Berra:
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 02:01 PM
Feb 2013

Garagiola's childhood friend Yogi Berra also recently moved into a retirement community.

"I said, 'How's it going, Yog?' And he said, 'It's all right, but geez they've got a lot of old people here.'"

Liberal_Dog

(11,075 posts)
8. My First Memories Of JG Were As A Game Show Host
Thu Feb 21, 2013, 11:03 PM
Feb 2013

I watched some of the game shows that he hosted when I was a boy.

I always enjoyed watching the "Game of the Week" with JG and Vin Scully.

Enjoy your retirement Joe. You have earned it.

fishwax

(29,146 posts)
9. He helped Jimmy Carter win the presidency (by campaigning with Gerald Ford)
Fri Feb 22, 2013, 01:52 AM
Feb 2013


That was all before my time, though.
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