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Related: About this forumBroadcaster 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.
Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)They worked well together.
El Supremo
(20,365 posts)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.
Auggie
(31,067 posts)the article says he called D-Back games occasionally.
Berlum
(7,044 posts)RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)RockaFowler
(7,429 posts)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)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)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)That was all before my time, though.