Morning Briefing: Howie Rose To Scale Down Radio Schedule
Good morning, Mets fans!
Longtime Mets radio voice Howie Rose will work fewer games this season. As reported by Anthony Rieber, Rose will not travel during the regular season but intends to call every postseason game, home and away, if the Mets make it this season. Rose will call a total of 84 games this season, including all 81 home games and a three-game series against the Yankees in The Bronx. In recent years, Rose’s schedule has been reduced partly due to his diagnosis of bladder cancer in 2021.
Now onto the morning briefing!
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