“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.”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. “Baseball is the hardest sport of all to do well,” said Brennaman, who also has done college basketball play-by-play. “I quite frankly don’t think there are a lot of guys today broadcasting baseball that have a lot of personality.

Source: National Post March 19, 2019 07:07 UTC