community.post-gazette.com - 12/18/2008
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By Dejan Kovacevic | 10:37 a.m. Thursday The Pirates this morning chose Tim Neverett as their new broadcaster, filling the vacancy left by Lanny Frattare's recent retirement. Neverett, 42, previously worked for FSN Rocky Mountain as a pregame and postgame host on Colorado Rockies games. He also ...
postgazette.com - 12/18/2008
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The Pirates this morning chose Denver's Tim Neverett
to replace Lanny Frattare in the broadcast booth and...
do play-by-play, along with Greg Brown. Neverett, 42, previously worked for FSN Rocky Mountain as a play-by-play man on Colorado Rockies games ...
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Pirates pick new play-by-play announcer
pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com - 12/18/2008
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pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com —
PITTSBURGH -- They won't be the highest profile
of names, but there are a number of relievers...
that Pirates general manager Neal Huntington continues to pursue as he looks to add to his bullpen options for 2009. Currently, the Pirates have most of ...
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Pirates on lookout for bullpen help | pirates.com: News
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Tim Neverett: New Play-by-Play Announcer
Raise the Jolly Roger —
The Pirates announced today that Tim Neverett will be Lanny Fratarre’s replacement as play-by-play announcer. [PG]
Neverett has done play-by-play for FSN Rocky Mountain for the Colorado Rockies’ games, and has also worked for Versus and the Mountain West Sports Network while calling college baseball and football games. He also has some experience in broadcasting the Olympics.
I can’t find much else on him at the moment. We’ll get used to him, but Lanny Fratarre, [who retired at the end of the season], will be missed. It will be ...
Wake me up when the winning starts
Honest Wagner —
Dejan Kovacevic reports the Pirates have hired a new radio voice, Tim Neverett.
This is big news for those of us who listen to a lot of games.
A little research shows that Neverett is well qualified for the job. He wrote this, for example, about the Rockies in May 2008:
The Rockies might just add to the suffering with their terrible start and shambles of a pitching staff. The injury to Troy Tulowitzki doesn’t matter, honestly, because he was not even hitting the weight of a high school sophomore when he went on the disabled list. Jeff ...
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