NEW YORK (AP) — After 42 seasons, Bob Costas is retiring from baseball play-by-play. Costas had done games the past couple of seasons for MLB Network and TBS Sports. His final games were the American League Division Series between the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals.

Bob Costas is bidding farewell to baseball, the sport he is perhaps best known for, and retiring as an MLB play-by-play announcer.

Veteran American sportscaster Bob Costa is retiring from his play-by-play work with MLB after drawing heavy criticism for his Yankees commentary during Dodgers World Series

Legendary sportscaster Bob Costas will retire from calling Major League Baseball games, according to a report. Costas, 72, is set to call it quits on live play-by-play after calling his first major league game 44 years ago,

Legendary baseball broadcaster Bob Costas is retiring from play-by-play announcing, Andrew Marchand of The Athletic reports. Marchand writes that Costas has confirmed the news but said he would make his own announcement in the future.

Costas will continue to do some work for MLB Network on key events, including the Baseball Hall of Fame announcement.

Bob Costas is retiring as a Major League Baseball play-by-play caller, marking the end of a legendary run in which he became synonymous with the game over four decades that resulted in a place in the broadcasting wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame.