After more than 35 years as a broadcaster and a half-century involved in Major League Baseball, YES Network’s Ken Singleton is set to retire from the Yankees booth following the 2021 season.
We’ve seen this headline before, with Singleton announcing plans to retire after the 2018 season. But later that summer, reports began to circle that Singleton would instead reduce his schedule and return to the booth in 2019.
According to Andrew Marchand of The New York Post, YES Network president of programming and production John Filippelli seems to believe the 73-year-old’s pending retirement is more of a sure thing this time around. In 2019, Singleton’s schedule was reduced from 55 to 24 games, and this season he’s expected to be on the call for only a handful of broadcasts.
One series that already has Singleton’s name on it is the Yankees final three-game set of the season against Tampa Bay in October. The series will give Singleton the opportunity to say goodbye after nearly two decades with YES, joining the network for their launch in 2002.
Singleton’s run as a broadcaster began as an analyst for the Toronto Blue Jays in 1985 shortly after his 15-year playing career came to an end. From 1987-1996, Singleton worked with the Montreal Expos, calling games on radio and TV, later joining the Yankees broadcast crew in ’97.
