Joe Castiglione Recalls Hilarious Moment From Legendary Red Sox Career

Joe Castiglione’s final game in the broadcast booth will be this Sunday, and there will be plenty of memories shared of the legendary Red Sox broadcaster.

Boston and Mayor Michelle Wu announced plans for a pregame ceremony to honor the 77-year-old, including declaring Sept. 29 “Joe Castiglione Day.”

Castiglione is a member of the Red Sox Hall of Fame, and he earned the Ford C. Frick Award this year for his 42 years in broadcasting including memorable calls, including his call of Boston winning the 2004 World Series.

One other notable call was Castiglione’s call of Andrew Benintendi’s iconic game-saving catch in Game 4 of the 2018 American League Championship Series. The web gem continues to live in the minds of Red Sox fans, but the notable moment for Castiglione was him literally falling out of his chair while making the call.

“It was such a tense game,” Castiglione told Tom Caron and Alex Speier on NESN’s “310 To Left” podcast. “(Craig) Kimbrel was the pitcher. He’d been struggling a little bit. And Alex Bregman with (the bases loaded) lines one to left-center. If Benintendi didn’t catch, it probably would have gone through to the wall, bringing in the tying runs because it was a (two-run) lead. He made the diving catch, and as he did, I went to stand up. The chair had wheels on it. As it rolled back, the chair went one way and I went the other. And I ended up flat on my back with the headset microphone, which moved a little bit, but I could still be audible. It wasn’t that far from my mouth. I rolled over, and I just went head over heels. I told the world about it.”

“The next day, I remember the three outfielders. Jackie (Bradley Jr.), was such a dear friend, and Mookie (Betts) and Beni, they were all laughing about it, teasing me and enjoying it.”

Castiglione continued the call, and he credited co-commentator Tim Neverett for not picking him up so soon.

Hear more from the “310 To Left” podcast for a full celebration of Castiglione’s career in the YouTube and Spotify embeds.