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The have announced that long-time commentator Dave Wills died on Sunday morning at the age of 58.

Wills had been in the booth for the team since 2005, and called Saturday’s Spring Training game against the with regular broadcast partner Andrew Freed.

‘Yesterday was like every other day for the last 18 years.Sharing. Laughs. Baseball. Fun. No way to know it was the last time. Sadness beyond words today,’ Freed wrote on with a photo of the two in the booth.

‘It always felt like we were actual brothers.Will miss him forever. Love to him and his family. 

The Rays radio broadcast for Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles was canceled following the news of Wills’ passing. 

According to the Tampa Bay Times, berkah anak yatim Wills missed the final two weeks of the 2022 season with a heart arrhythmia after he was hospitalized in Toronto.

‘Shocking, sad, heartbreaking covers all of it,’ said Rays manager Kevin Cash, who the Times said visited Wills’ family Sunday before returning for the game. 

‘You have a choice to certainly think about the sadness of it, but you can also think about the person that he was and what he meant to all of us.’ 

Wills was a Chicago native who worked as part of the White Sox radio team for 11 years before joining the Rays organization.

‘Dave was an outstanding broadcaster, a great friend and an even better person,’ Rays owner Stuart Sternberg said in a statement.

‘He had a remarkable talent for bringing the game to life for our fans and was a vital part of the Rays family.We will miss him dearly and our thoughts and prayers are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time.’