Oakland A’s baseball will never be the same.
It’s only been a couple months since we last heard Ray Fosse broadcasting a game. In August he stepped away from the booth, publicizing a long battle with cancer that he’d silently waged for 16 years. On Wednesday he passed away, at the age of 74.
There’s no shortage of fond ways to remember Fosse. If you’ve been around long enough, then you saw him as a star player who came to Oakland and helped win two World Series in the 1970s. If you’re under 40, then you’ve spent your entire life listening to his familiar voice calling A’s games on TV and radio.