{"id":633736,"date":"2026-03-20T15:35:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/633736\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T15:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T15:35:19","slug":"howie-rose-sends-message-to-mets-fans-following-retirement-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/633736\/","title":{"rendered":"Howie Rose sends message to Mets fans following retirement decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

After legendary Mets broadcaster Howie Rose announced his retirement<\/a> Thursday, he took to social media to send a message to fans in Queens.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeriously, I am absolutely overwhelmed by your kind words and thoughts. I cannot even begin to articulate how deeply you\u2019ve touched me, not just yesterday but over all these years. Let\u2019s have a great time this season. You truly are the best. Much love,\u201d Rose wrote Friday morning in a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"AHowie Rose has emceed events at Citi Field, such as number retirement ceremonies, in past years. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n

Rose, 72, will retire after the 2026 season and is scheduled to work only Mets\u2019 home games this season, barring a postseason run.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s previously served as an emcee for certain on-field events and could remain in that capacity as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrust me, I did not arrive at this decision to retire easily,\u201d Rose said in a video posted by the Mets<\/a> on Thursday. \u201cI have been going back and forth in my mind about it for the last few years. But the simple reality is that I am 72 years old and my wife Barbara, who has sacrificed so much for so long, deserves to have her husband around a little more often \u2014 whether she likes it or not.<\/p>\n

\u201cTime is getting short for that, at least as far as I\u2019m concerned\u2026I have got to hit the gas here, but there is only so much that I can control,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Rose also revealed in the video that he won\u2019t be making a \u201cclean break\u201d and wants to stay involved with the organization after this season.<\/p>\n

For Gary Cohen, the Mets\u2019 lead voice in its SNY booth since 2006, the news hit hard, even though the two had conversations about Rose\u2019s retirement in recent years.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt still hit like a ton of bricks because it\u2019s such a huge piece of the Mets\u2019 firmament that will be going away,\u201d Cohen said.<\/p>\n

\"AHowie Rose will still call Mets home games and Subway Series games this season before he officially retires. Robert Sabo for NY Post<\/p>\n

Rose has been a part of Mets broadcasts since 1987, eventually switching to radio in 2004.<\/p>\n

He also called the NHL\u2019s New York Rangers and Islanders at different points earlier in his career<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Across his career, Rose had numerous iconic calls<\/a>, from Mike Piazza\u2019s home run following the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001 to Pete Alonso\u2019s go-ahead long ball against the Brewers in the 2024 Wild Card series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After legendary Mets broadcaster Howie Rose announced his retirement Thursday, he took to social media to send a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,3358,41514,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,185,4298,7486],"class_list":{"0":"post-633736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-gary-cohen","10":"tag-howie-rose","11":"tag-mets","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-new-york","14":"tag-new-york-mets","15":"tag-newyork","16":"tag-newyorkmets","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-sports-entertainment","19":"tag-sports-media"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116262242207346397","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}