Bob Costas is one of the most renowned broadcasters of the last 50 years , but he was far from his best in the 2024 MLB playoffs . The 72-year-old drew criticism for some sleepiness during the ALDS series between the Kansas City Royals and New York Yankees . The decisive Game 4 would ultimately prove to be the final game of his career Costas decided to retire following the playoffs , ending a legendary 44-year relationship with the sport.
He recently sat down with MLB Network's Tom Verducci to reflect on the decision. "I knew for more than a year that this might be the end of it. You and I discussed it about a year and a half ago and I felt that I couldn’t consistently reach my past standard," Costas admitted.
New York Mets take step towards Juan Soto as Yankees make Pete Alonso contact Gerrit Cole makes contract U-turn as New York Yankees receive $36M boost "There might have been individual games or stretches within games, or moments in games that were just the same as if it was the 1990s or the early 21st century . But I couldn’t string enough of them together." After attending the famed Newhouse Broadcasting School at Syracuse, Costas joined KMOX in St Louis to call ABA games for the Spirits of Saint Louis and college basketball contests for the University of Missouri.
He joined NBC in 1980 and began calling primetime Saturday baseball games. Costas's breakout came from the famous "Rhyne Sandberg" Chicago Cubs game midway through 1984. Second-baseman Sandberg would hit.
