I feel like there’s a Phillies radio post every other week.

Recently, it was the departure of Kevin Frandsen and the announcement that he’d be replaced by a platoon of four former players. Today, we got word from the Phils that Larry Andersen is going to reduce his role with the broadcast, essentially halving his workload:

Phillies color analyst Larry Andersen has decided to further reduce his role for the 2022 season by calling 40 of the team’s 81 home games. Andersen will work alongside play-by-play announcer Scott Franzke for weekend games at Citizens Bank Park. He had previously reduced his role in 2018 to covering only home games for the team.

“After 50 years in the game, Larry has decided that he would like to have more personal time to enjoy life outside of baseball,” said Phillies Executive Vice President David Buck. “This was a tough, emotional decision for Larry, but we are happy that he has chosen to continue calling weekend games in Philadelphia.”

“The Phillies have been very understanding and accommodating in my desire for a scaled-back schedule. This was not an easy decision for me, but I believe my new schedule is a nice middle ground that is a win-win for me, the Phillies and the fans,” said Andersen. “For the past 15 years, Scott Franzke and I have developed an incredible relationship. We kid each other a lot, but he is one of the main reasons why this decision was so difficult and why I don’t want to completely walk away at this point.”

“Selfishly, I want Larry to work the broadcast with me forever. However many games he can be with me, whether it’s one or 100, it’s always a privilege and a treat,” said Franzke. “He’s meant the world to me, on and off the air, and that’s probably not a big surprise to anyone. I want Larry to get exactly what he wants out of life and baseball, because he’s earned it.”

The remaining 122 regular season games will be called by four former Phillies who will rotate working alongside Franzke as announced by the team earlier this month. The rotating crew will be Michael Bourn, Chad Durbin, Erik Kratz and Kevin Stocker.

Not much to add. LA is the best. He started on the Phillies broadcast back in 1998, so he’s been doing this for a while now. He turns 69 in May, if Wikipedia is to be believed. The baseball season is a slog, and cutting back his workload makes sense. I’m just glad we’re getting any number of LA games at all. It can be 10 games, 20 games, whatever. Just give me some amount of Franzke and LA.