Larry Andersen has worked every summer in baseball since 1971, when he was drafted from high school. His career spanned the mound for 17 big-league seasons, to the dugout as a coach, and then to the broadcast booth for decades.
“I figured next year,” he said, “would the first time I had time off in the summer in 48 years.”
Andersen, after this season, will no longer work full time alongside Scott Franzke. The radio duo gained a cult following through strings of both good and bad Phillies seasons. But Andersen, 64, is in the final stages of negotiating a contract that will significantly reduce his time in the booth.