There were many legendary baseball broadcasters during Joe Garagiola's time. But none of them were quite like him, with his unique style of storytelling and humor that complemented the action on the diamond and made him a celebrity beyond baseball as well.

On Sunday, MLB Network will debut its latest episode of "The Sounds of Baseball" with Bob Costas and Tom Verducci at 8 p.m. ET, focusing on Garagiola's Hall of Fame broadcasting career, which spanned more than half a century.

"The Sounds of Baseball" launched this past June with legends Vin Scully, Jack Buck, Bob Uecker and Al Michaels featured on the first four programs.

Garagiola, a Major League catcher who played for the Cardinals, Pirates, Cubs and Giants from 1946-54, regaled viewers and listeners with stories about Yogi Berra, who grew up on the same street as he did -- Elizabeth Street in St. Louis -- Earl Weaver, Casey Stengel and other legends of the game that were as enjoyable to fans as they were to the man telling them.

Having spent eight decades in baseball when it was all said and done, Garagiola weaved these charming tales into his broadcasts masterfully, and always had a pertinent anecdote for the myriad of nuanced elements of each game. And all of that is not to mention his versatility, able to deliver great play-by-play and color commentary on any given day.

Garagiola began his broadcasting career with KMOX, the flagship radio station of the Cardinals, shortly after retiring as a player. By the 1960's, he was on the radio for World Series games, and in 1965, he began providing play-by-play for the Yankees.

Garagiola then moved to television when NBC hired him to do play-by-play and provide color commentary for the "Game of the Week" alongside luminaries such as Scully, Harry Caray, Dick Enberg and Curt Gowdy.

Some of Garagiola's most famous calls include Mickey Mantle's 500th home run, Bernie Carbo's game-tying homer in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, and the final out of the 1980 World Series, when the Phillies won their first championship.

But that was just from Garagiola's play-by-play career. As an analyst and commentator, he was in the booth for Mookie Wilson's ground ball in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, and Kirk Gibson's miraculous home run in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.

Beyond baseball, Garagiola was well known for appearances on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" and for hosting various game shows, including "To Tell The Truth."

The final broadcasting stop in Garagiola's illustrious career was in the booth for the D-backs -- he was there from the franchise's inaugural season in 1998 through 2012.

Don't miss Garagiola's entire story from the time he entered the broadcast booth to when he left it in nearly 60 years later, on MLB Network's presentation of "The Sounds of Baseball" on Sunday at 8 p.m. ET.