“When I thought ‘baseball,’ I thought about Mel Allen,” said Blass, now a Pittsburgh Pirates announcer. “When I thought ‘Mel Allen,’ I thought about baseball.”Steve Blass throws out the first pitch before a Pittsburgh Pirates home game in 2011. ( Jared Wickerham / GETTY IMAGES )More than in any other sport, baseball broadcasters become an inseparable part of the game they describe. Both 76, Blass and Brennaman are retiring after the 2019 season, ending long careers in the booth — 34 years for Blass, 46 for Brennaman. “I quite frankly don’t think there are a lot of guys today broadcasting baseball that have a lot of personality.

Source: thestar March 23, 2019 20:37 UTC