Red Sox broadcaster Joe Castiglione will return this summer

Longtime Red Sox broadcaster and Baseball Corridor of Fame honoree Joe Castiglione says he’s feeling effectively after being handled for most cancers, and he plans to return to the radio sales space to name a handful of video games this season.

Castiglione, who turned 79 in March, stated in a phone dialog Sunday evening that he had surgical procedure for sarcoma in his proper leg on Oct. 1. His therapy included radiation, he stated.

“The whole lot is ok now,” stated Castiglione. “I simply had scans they usually’re clear, so so far as I do know, I’m cancer-free. The whole lot is sweet.”

Castiglione, who was the 2024 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, introduced yearly to a broadcaster who has made “main contributions to baseball,” retired that same year after 42 seasons because the Crimson Sox’ radio play-by-play voice.

However he’s maintained a task as a Crimson Sox ambassador, and this spring he known as roughly 10 Crimson Sox video games from Fort Myers, Fla., the place he lives from January to April along with his spouse, Jan.

A few of the particulars are nonetheless being labored out, however Castiglione will return to the Crimson Sox sales space for 10 or so video games this season, more than likely dwelling video games on Sunday afternoons.

Chad Finn

Sports activities columnist

Chad Finn is a sports activities columnist for Boston.com. He has been voted Favourite Sports activities Author in Boston within the annual Channel Media Market and Analysis Ballot for the previous 4 years. He additionally writes a weekly sports activities media column for the Globe and contributes to Globe Journal.