Today the Diamondbacks’ Twitter account broke the sorrowful news that Joe Garagiola, one of the team’s original broadcasters, passed away at 90.
Team CEO Derrick Hall said that the team was looking into the possibility of wearing a commemorative patch in Garagiola’s memory. Garagiola was a part-time color commentator with the Diamondbacks from the team’s inception 1998 until his retirement following the 2012 season.
Garagiola had been a giant of the broadcasting industry long before he came to the Diamondbacks. After an eight-year tenure in the majors with four teams from 1946-1954, Garagiola called Cardinals games on the radio until 1962.