A pleasant and caring man, one who reveled in his mostly modest playing career in the big leagues, his receded -- not receding -- hairline and, it seemed, all facets and phases of his decades on the planet, has left us behind, behind and smiling. Joe Garagiola, a most entertaining, engaging and convivial sort, has died, bringing to an end a full, rich life and leaving the game without one its most enduring personalities, an energetic crusader and folksy humorist.
St. Louis Official Site
St. Louis native Joe Garagiola, who was a 20-year-old catcher on the 1946 Cardinals World Series championship team and went on to a long career in broadcasting with the Cardinals, NBC and the Arizona Diamondbacks among others, died in Phoenix on Wednesday afternoon at age 90.
Post-Dispatch
Joe Garagiola, who turned a modest major league catching career into a 57-year run as a popular broadcaster in the sports world and beyond, died Wednesday. He was 90.
Fox Sports
He was a TV personality, a former major league baseball player, the voice of NBC's Game of the Week and the Arizona Diamondbacks' first color analyst.
KSDK
The Arizona Diamondbacks announced that baseball legend Joe Garagiola died on Wednesday.
KMOV
Joe Garagiola played for four big league organizations in the 1940s and 50's, but the D-backs considered him as part of their family.
Arizona Official Site
St. Louis Baseball Weekly would like to express our thoughts and prayers to the family of Joe Garagiola, who passed away today.
STL Baseball Weekly
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