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WWSW-FM broadcast Pirates' games on the radio during the 1940s and 1950s until KDKA became the franchise's flagship station in 1955. [9] In 2006, the Pirates switched to WPGB in an attempt to reach younger age brackets; under the contract WPGB carried Pirates' games though the 2011 season. [10]
The game was also notable for the play of Lee Mazzilli, providing the margin of victory. In his only All-Star appearance, Mazzilli tied the game in the eighth inning with a pinch hit home run off of Jim Kern of the Texas Rangers , and then put the National League ahead for good in the ninth, drawing a bases-loaded walk against Ron Guidry of the ...
He became a Pirates fan through the broadcasts on KDKA radio and would visit Pittsburgh each summer with his parents to see baseball games at Three Rivers Stadium. Brown enrolled at Point Park College and landed an internship with the Pirates' promotion department in 1979, where his duties included serving as the inaugural backup Pirate Parrot .
Five Pirates had 10 or more hits in this series, a World Series record. Chuck Tanner's mother died the morning of Game 5 (this was mentioned during the telecast by announcer Howard Cosell). 1960 World Series hero Bill Mazeroski threw out the first ball in Game 5. The Pittsburgh Pirates were the last team in the 20th Century to win Game 7 of the ...
The 1979 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1979 season.The 76th edition of the World Series was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Pittsburgh Pirates (98–64) and the American League (AL) champion Baltimore Orioles (102–57).
After the 1979 season, Hamilton left, calling it "living hell.” Lanny Frattare avoided the implied negativism toward Prince and worked as Hamilton's junior partner and occasional play-by-play while going on to broadcast Pirates games with some significant acceptance until 2008.
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Longtime NASCAR announcer Ken Squier died Wednesday. He was 88. Squier is the most recognizable voice and face in NASCAR television history. He was the announcer for the 1979 Daytona 500, the race ...