Red Sox broadcaster Joe Castiglione announces retirement plan [Video]

Joe Castiglione, whose four decades of broadcasting Boston Red Sox games earned him a place in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, announced plans Sunday to retire at the conclusion of this season. The club plans to honor him before the final regular season game on Sept. 29 at Fenway Park.Castiglione, 75, began calling big-league baseball games in 1979 and started as the Red Sox’s lead radio voice in 1983.He was honored this summer with the 2024 Ford C. Frick Award, which is presented annually by the Hall of Fame for excellence in baseball broadcasting.Following the third inning of Sunday’s game between the Red Sox and their rivals, the New York Yankees, Castiglione announced he was planning to step down from the booth this fall. “After 42 years and some 6,500 games, I think its time to hang up the microphone, at least on a regular basis, and announce the …