LONGTIME ORIOLE RADIO ANNOUNCER FRED MANFRA RETIRES FROM THE BROADCAST BOOTH!

YESTERDAY, ORIOLE RADIO BROADCASTER FRED MANFRA CALLED HIS LAST GAME ALONGSIDE LONGTIME PARTNER JOE ANGEL!  FOR 25 SEASONS FRED CALLED ORIOLES GAME IN THE TOWN HE WAS BORN AND RAISED!  DUE TO HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY AND THE NEED FOR KNEE SURGERIES HIS HEALTH HAS FORCED HIM TO RETIRE!  AT 70 YEARS OLD, FRED AND HIS WIFE MARLENE WILL RETIRE TO FLORIDA TO BE WITH THEIR DAUGHTER AND GRANDCHILDREN!  AS A "RADIOHEAD" I WILL MISS HEARING FRED!  HE HAD GREAT CHEMISTRY WITH JOE ANGEL.  WHEN THE ORIOLES WERE PERENNIAL LOSERS, THEY MADE THE BROADCAST ENTERTAINING & INFORMATIVE!  MOREOVER, THEY BECAME PART OF MY SUMMER LISTENING TO GAMES ON AM/FM  RADIO AT THE BEACH, POOL, ON THE DECK, OR CAMP FIRES!  BEFORE ALL OF THE NETWORKS BEGAN TO BROADCAST GAMES ON TV, RADIO WAS THE MAIN CONDUIT FOR FANS TO LISTEN TO EVERY GAME!  GAMES WERE LIMITED ON BROADCAST TV!  HERE IS HOPING TO A GREAT RETIREMENT, FRED!  THANKS FOR THE FINE BROADCASTS AND BEING PART OF SO MANY OF MY SUMMERS!

A PHOTO WITH THE FRED!  HE APPEARED AT A HOT STOVE BASEBALL TALK IN 2014 IN YORK, PA!!

ABOVE IS A SIGNED MAGNET FROM FRED MANFRA!  I STARTED LISTENING TO ORIOLES GAME WITH CHUCK THOMPSON, JON MILLER, AND THEN FRED!  GOING, GOING , GONE!!! OR THAT RYTHMIC APPLAUSE AS THE FANS STAND ON THEIR FEET!  (2 OF FRED'S FAMOUS BROADCAST LINES)