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Joe Castiglione, left, radio voice of the Boston Red Sox since 1983, throws out a ceremonial first pitch during pregame ceremonies for Castiglione, before the Tampa Bay Rays played the Red Sox in ...
Joseph John Castiglione (born March 2, 1947) [1] is an American retired radio announcer, best known for his 42 seasons announcing games of the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. He has also been a college lecturer, [ 2 ] and author. [ 3 ]
Before calling his last Red Sox game Sunday, Joe Castiglione was honored in a pre-game ceremony complete with a first pitch and custom jersey. Castiglione wore a No. 42 Red Sox jersey to honor his ...
From 1990 to 2004, Sean McDonough missed Red Sox games while covering events for CBS Sports and ESPN, making it necessary for the channel he was working for to hire a second announcer to serve as a fill-in. [7] For games when Bob Montgomery served as the play by play announcer, NESN analyst Jerry Remy would serve as color commentator.
The 1986 World Series marked the second time, after the previous year's series, in which the winning team lost the first two games of the series at home. It was also the first World Series to use the designated hitter only in games played at the American League representative's stadium, a policy that was maintained until the National League's ...
Boston Red Sox radio announcer Joe Castiglione was named the winner of the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasting excellence and will be honored by the Hall of Fame.
Former Japanese Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the first game of an American All-Star team's tour of Japan in 1908, making him possibly the first person who had served as a national head of government to throw out a first pitch. [1] [3] Ceremonial first pitches during the World Series are subject to the ...
Rookie Evan Carter then delivers the first run of the Series an RBI double of the base of the right-center field wall. Adolis Garcia then smacked a run-scoring single to left for a 2-0 Rangers lead.