Lanny Frattare

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Lanny Frattare
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SportMajor League Baseball

Lanny Lawrence Frattare (born March 23, 1948) is an American semi-retired

Baseball Hall of Fame for broadcasting excellence.[2]

Frattare attended

WBBF (AM). During his time in Rochester radio he expanded his on-air role to include work as a sportscaster and lead play-by-play broadcaster for the American Hockey League's Rochester Americans. As the radio broadcaster for the Pirates' AAA affiliate Charleston Charlies in 1974 and 1975, he was mentored by the hall of fame Pirates' broadcaster Bob Prince, who invited Frattare to Pittsburgh after the Charlies' seasons concluded and allowed him to take over the microphone on occasion.[citation needed
]

He moved to Pittsburgh and joined the Pirates major league broadcasting crew on radio (

Greg Brown
, as the Pirates evolved toward a transition that came with Frattare's retirement on October 1, 2008. Frattare announced he was retiring and would not return for the 2009 season.

Frattare was the lead announcer on the ESPN broadcast of the February 23, 1985, college basketball game between Indiana University and Purdue University during which Indiana coach, Bob Knight, threw a chair across the court, a moment which was frequently replayed on television.[citation needed]

Frattare has two children and two grandchildren from his first marriage. He remarried to the former choir director of Upper St. Clair High School, but they separated in late 2007.[citation needed] Over the past twenty years,[when?] he has hosted the Family Links Golf Classic which has raised over $1.6 million in support of mentally challenged individuals and their families.[citation needed]

In March 18, 2009, Frattare joined Waynesburg University as an assistant professor in communications in the Department of Communication and the faculty adviser of the university radio station, WCYJ-FM, while also doing some work with University Relations.[3]

In 2010, he hosted the inaugural Sports Announcing Camp at Waynesburg University, with a week of programs and instruction for high school students interested in broadcasting.

Frattare is also a broadcaster with the TribLive High School Sports Network, providing play-by-play coverage and color commentary for WPIAL high school sporting events.

Lanny is currently the TV voice of the West Virginia Mountaineers home baseball broadcasts on ESPN+.

See also

  • Pittsburgh Pirates broadcasters and media

References

  1. Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved October 1, 2008.
    - "Pittsburgh Pirates play-by-play announcer Lanny Frattare to retire after 33 seasons"
    (Press release). Pittsburgh Pirates. October 1, 2008. Retrieved October 1, 2008.
  2. ^ Smizik, Bob (October 8, 2008). "Frattare reflects on tough call to quit the booth". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 8, 2008.
  3. ^ "Pittsburgh broadcasting icon joins Waynesburg sports information staff". June 16, 2023.
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