![]() ![]() On what he’s most looking forward to about calling the game at Fenway in front of a crowd again: You could listen to the interview by clicking the play button atop this post, or read an extended version below. Shortly before he flew back to Massachusetts from spring training in Florida, Castiglione spoke with WBUR’s Weekend Edition. The Red Sox radio announcer signed on with the team in 1983 and his voice has become part of the emotional fabric of Boston, especially after his exuberant call of the reverse-the-curse 2004 World Series victory - "Can you believe it?" In the midst of a disorienting year, one beacon of reassuring familiarity is Joe Castiglione. A few thousand fans are allowed into the ballpark, with pandemic-related safety protocols in place. ![]() For the first time in over a year, spectators will be in the mix. The good news is that Joe Castiglione will still be there, and he’s the greatest.The Boston Red Sox are scheduled to open the regular season this Thursday at Fenway Park. I don’t really listen to a ton of games on the radio, so while this whole thing (particularly Berman) annoys me, it won’t affect me too much. It’s frankly embarrassing that they put together a list of broadcasters this large with such little diversity. Update: I meant to include this and was reminded after this was published, but they also went with an entire group of white men. It seems the plan is largely to have Impempa and Josh Lewin - a former Mets broadcaster - call the bulk of the games with the others rotating in more infrequently. Maybe radio will suit him better.ĭave O’Brien will call a few national games that NESN won’t have the broadcast for. I like Caron a lot in his current role, but on the rare occasions he’s filled in on TV I haven’t seen him as a great fit. Tom Caron is, of course, the host of NESN’s pre- and post-game shows. The fight was potentially over a chair, though they deny that being the case. He was a long-time Tigers broadcast before being let go last year after an altercation with partner Rod Allen. Mario Impemba may sound like a familiar name. Lou Merloni obviously has some experience in this realm, and will apparently be part of some three-man booths with McDonough. Sean McDonough is now a famous ESPN football voice, but he called Red Sox games on the TV side back in the late 90s and early aughts. ![]() Other than him, there are plenty of other notable names. Berman presumably isn’t going to be a big part of the broadcast team, just calling a handful of games, but I can’t see the logic behind this move. Berman also dealt with plenty of controversy on his way out of ESPN, most notably and seriously being his inclusion in a sexual harassment claim that was eventually settled by ESPN. If it was just that he was annoying, that would be one thing. Most people aren’t crazy about that call, to put it mildly. Berman is something of a legend in the business as one of ESPN’s original voices, but today he’s most known in the baseball world for his “back back back” call in the Home Run Derby. Are you kidding me? There’s been a lot of negative backlash to this one, as there should be. It wasn’t totally the same thing because most of NESN’s additions were more inexperienced than this group, but it’s still better to have consistency in the booth to build chemistry.Īs for the individual names, well, we all know that Chris Berman is the one that stands out the most. That’s not because of some superiority complex but rather because we saw this with NESN a couple years ago when Jerry Remy had to leave the booth. That’s certainly one way to handle this! I’m a little surprised a Red Sox broadcast of all things is going with a rotating cast of broadcasters. Read the full press release here: /tja2JLVmMg- WEEI February 14, 2019 We are excited to announce our 2019 radio broadcast team! ![]()
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