Later Years
After the Yankees let Messer go following the 1985 season (with Bobby Murcer becoming a fixture as play-by-play man and analyst for TV broadcasts), Messer worked for the Chicago White Sox and called CBS Radio Network Game of the Week broadcasts. He continued to emcee Old-Timer’s Day ceremonies through 1997. One of his most poignant jobs was introducing Mickey Mantle at the 1994 event, just after Mantle had completed treatment for alcoholism.
Even after John Sterling and Michael Kay took over the introduction of players in the late 1990s, Messer was still the event "host" through 2000, greeting the Stadium fans before turning over the rest of the show to his successors.
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