Congratulations are in order for longtime Boston Red Sox radio broadcaster Joe Castiglione, who will be honored in Cooperstown next summer as the winner of the Ford C. Frick Award!
From the Hall of Fame:
Congratulations to Joe Castiglione, the 2024 Ford C. Frick Award winner!
Congratulations to Joe Castiglione, the 2024 Ford C. Frick Award winner! https://t.co/qDVJuPtVZx pic.twitter.com/X11KK7nqEA
— National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ (@baseballhall) December 6, 2023
From a portion of the release from the Hall of Fame:
Joe Castiglione, who has called Red Sox games on the radio for a record 41 seasons, has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Castiglione will be honored during the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation as part of Hall of Fame Weekend, July 19-22, 2024. Castiglione becomes the 48th winner of the Frick Award, as he earned the highest point total in a vote conducted by the Hall of Fame’s 15-member Frick Award Committee.
“Bringing knowledge and passion to the booth every day for more than four decades, Joe Castiglione has given voice to the greatest era of Red Sox success in the broadcast era,” said Josh Rawitch, President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. “Starting with the team in 1983 in Carl Yastrzemski’s final season, Joe has connected generations of Red Sox fans with a delivery that has become part of the New England fabric. His calls of the team’s four World Series wins in the past 20 seasons provided fans with memories that will echo forever throughout Red Sox nation.”
In addition to calling games for the Red Sox, Castiglione has also called games for the Cleveland Indians (Guardians) and Milwaukee Brewers. He is the longest tenured broadcaster in Red Sox history.
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