Former Cardinals lefthanded ace Joe Magrane extended his career for 21 years beyond his playing days in the 1980s and 1990s by spending 11 years telecasting Tampa Bay Devil Rays games and 10 more years working baseball for the MLB Network. But Magrane, other than podcasts, has been off the air since 2018 and wonders whether his distaste for the way the game is played today has been a mitigating factor.
The 56-year-old Magrane, a first-round draft pick who captured the National League earned-run average title in 1988, started both Games 1 and 7 of the 1987 World Series and won 18 games in 1989, remains in the Tampa area, near his daughters, Shannon, 28, a former American Idol contestant and still a professional singer, and Sophia, 26.