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Lanny Lawrence Frattare (born March 23, 1948) is an American semi-retired sportscaster. For 33 years he was a play-by-play announcer for Major League Baseball 's Pittsburgh Pirates , the longest such tenure in the team's history. [ 1 ]
The following is a list of notable alumni from Waynesburg University. ... Lanny Frattare, Sports Broadcasting faculty, Pittsburgh Pirates announcer for 33 years;
Pages in category "Waynesburg University faculty" ... Lanny Frattare; K. Chuck Kinder This page was last edited on 11 August 2020, at 23:15 (UTC) ...
Upon Frattare's retirement after the 2008 season, Greg Brown took over the role as lead broadcaster. [7] Multiple people have held temporary positions as broadcasters, including former players Don Hoak , Dave Giusti , Willie Stargell , and Pittsburgh Penguins ' broadcaster Mike Lange .
On December 3, an estimated 500-plus fans visited the KSWA Arena, nearing the building's permissible capacity to see a glimpse of George "The Animal" Steele. Tony Norman, columnist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, appeared as a guest ring announcer along with Lanny Frattare. The Post-Gazette included an article written by Norman, detailing his ...
Howard Baldwin, Craig Patrick, Lanny Frattare, Marty Schottenheimer, Rod Woodson, Ambassador Dan Rooney, Art Rooney, Mark May, John Brown, Sal Sunseri, Hank Aaron, [49] Myron Cope, Lou Holtz, [50] Terry Francona, Pat Mullins, Dave Robinson, Len Dawson, Lou Groza, Bud Wilkinson, [51] Bob Prince, Governor Lawrence and Todd Blackledge [14] have ...
Broadcaster Lanny Frattare suggested that KDKA should launch a campaign to have Prince recognized with the Hall of Fame's Ford Frick Award. At about the same time, independently, station executives Rick Starr and Chris Cross decided Prince should have a role on the radio broadcasts.
Like fellow Pittsburgh sports announcers, the late Steelers announcer Myron Cope, the late Pirates announcer Bob Prince, former Pirates announcer Lanny Frattare, and current Pirates announcer Greg Brown, Lange uses a repertoire of distinctive colorful expressions, sometimes called "Lange-isms" by his fans.