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

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

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

Bob Costas last called the ALDS between the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals on TBS earlier this month.

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.

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.