New York AP —After 42 seasons, Bob Costas is retiring from baseball play-by-play.
Costas had done games the past couple seasons for MLB Network and TBS Sports.
Costas’ contract with TBS expired at the end of the season, but his plans to retire from baseball play-by-play had been in the works for over a year.
The Athletic was the first to report on Costas’ baseball play-by-play retirement.
NBC broadcaster Bob Costas views the monitor before a Major League Baseball game circa 1983.
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