 Messer also called Baltimore Colts football during the 1960s including the 1964 NFL Championship Game with John Steadman.Messer's next major-league break came after the 1967 season, when Joe Garagiola left the Yankees broadcast crew to concentrate on the network jobs he also had at NBC Sports and NBC News.Messer took Garagiola's place for 1968, working with ex-Yankees Jerry Coleman and Phil Rizzuto.