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Garagiola alternated play-by-play duties with [[Curt Gowdy]] on NBC until 1976, when he assumed the role full-time. He teamed with [[color commentator]] [[Tony Kubek]] from 1976 to 1982; in 1983, he shifted to color commentary as [[Vin Scully]] joined the network as lead play-by-play announcer. (Kubek joined [[Bob Costas]] to form NBC's #2 baseball announcing duo in this era.) Besides working on the ''Saturday Game of the Week'' for NBC, the team of Scully and Garagiola called three All-Star Games ([[1983 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1983]], [[1985 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1985]], and [[1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game|1987]]), three [[National League Championship Series]] ([[1983 National League Championship Series|1983]], [[1985 National League Championship Series|1985]], and [[1987 National League Championship Series|1987]]), and three World Series ([[1984 World Series|1984]], [[1986 World Series|1986]], and [[1988 World Series|1988]]).
After calling one final World Series with Scully in 1988, Garagiola resigned from the network {{nowrap|in November<ref name="lmtresnb">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_nlfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3508%2C2316240 |work=[[Lewiston Morning Tribune]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |title=Sportscaster Garagiola quits NBC |date=November 9, 1988 |page=1B}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Stewart |first=Larry |date=November 9, 1988 |title=Garagiola Leaves Job With NBC: Baseball Commentator Upset Network Didn't Begin Negotiations |url=
After leaving NBC Sports, Garagiola spent one season ([[1990 California Angels season|1990]]) as a [[Cable television in the United States|cable]]-television [[List of Los Angeles Angels broadcasters|commentator]] for the [[Los Angeles Angels|California Angels]]. From [[1998 Arizona Diamondbacks season|1998]] to [[2010 Arizona Diamondbacks season|2012]], he performed part-time color commentary duties for the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]], where his son [[Joe Garagiola Jr.|Joe Jr.]] was general manager. Garagiola officially announced his retirement from broadcasting {{nowrap|on February 22, 2013.}}
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== Personal life ==
Garagiola married Audrie Ross, the organist at the Cardinals' ballpark in St. Louis, in 1949;<ref name="Post"/> their two sons later had an association with baseball. [[Joe Garagiola Jr.|Joe Jr.]], was the general manager for the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]], and later senior vice president of baseball operations for Major League Baseball. His other son Steve is a retired broadcast journalist as well, serving as a reporter and anchor for [[WDIV-TV]], the NBC affiliate in Detroit.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.clickondetroit.com/newsteam/269707/detail.html| title=News Team| website=WDIV-TV| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070108230935/http://www.clickondetroit.com/newsteam/269707/detail.html|archive-date=January 8, 2007}}</ref> His daughter, Gina, has also worked in TV news, as a field reporter for Phoenix television station [[KTVK]], and is now a freelance writer. Garagiola Sr. had eight grandchildren. One of those grandchildren, Chris, was named the radio play-by-play announcer for the Diamondbacks in December 2023.<ref>https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/mlb/diamondbacks/2023/12/01/arizona-diamondbacks-chris-garagiola-radio-play-by-play-announcer/71768093007/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
== Death ==
Garagiola died on March 23, 2016, at age 90, in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]].<ref>{{cite web |url=
Garagiola's funeral mass was held on April 13 in St. Louis at St. Ambrose Catholic Church, the same church where he was baptized.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://fox2now.com/2016/04/13/joe-garagiola-eulogized-in-the-same-church-where-he-was-baptized |title=Joe Garagiola eulogized in the same church where he was baptized |work=[[KPLR-TV|KPLR News]] |date=April 13, 2016 |last=Schankman |first=Paul |access-date=June 4, 2020}}</ref> He was interred at Resurrection Cemetery in St. Louis.<ref>{{cite web| title=Joe Garagiola Trades and Transactions| url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/trades.php?p=garagjo01| website=Baseball Almanac}}</ref>
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| title = Host of ''[[He Said, She Said (game show)|He Said, She Said]]''
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| after = [[Bert Convy]] on ''[[Tattletales]]''<br />(1974–1978, 1982–1984)
| years = 1969–1970
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| before = [[Curt Gowdy]]
| title = [[World Series]] network television play-by-play announcer<br />(with [[Curt Gowdy]] in [[1975 World Series|1975]] and [[Dick Enberg]] in [[1982 World Series|1982]]; concurrent with [[Keith Jackson]] and [[Al Michaels]] in even numbered years)
| years = [[1975 World Series|1975]]–[[1982 World Series|1982]]
| after = [[Al Michaels]] (in odd numbered years only) and [[Vin Scully]] (in even numbered years only)
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{{succession box
| before = [[Curt Gowdy]]
| title = Lead play-by-play announcer,<br />''[[Major League Baseball on NBC]]''
| years = [[1974 Major League Baseball season|1974]]–[[1982 Major League Baseball season|1982]]<br />(alternated with [[Curt Gowdy]] from [[1974 Major League Baseball season|1974]] to [[1975 Major League Baseball season|1975]] and [[Dick Enberg]] in [[1982 Major League Baseball season|1982]])
| after = [[Vin Scully]]
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| before = [[Fred Haney]]<br />[[Tony Kubek]]
| title = Lead color commentator,<br />''[[Major League Baseball on NBC]]''
| years = [[1961 Major League Baseball season|1961]]–[[1965 Major League Baseball season|1965]]<br />[[1983 Major League Baseball season|1983]]–[[1988 Major League Baseball season|1988]]
| after = [[Pee Wee Reese]]<br />[[Tom Seaver]]
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