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Pirates Hire Joe Block For Play-by-Play

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The Pittsburgh Pirates  announced on Saturday that they have hired Joe Block as the new play-by-play announcer, replacing Tim Neverett, who left for a job with the Boston Red Sox. Block has been with the Milwaukee Brewers since being hired in December, 2011. Prior to that, he worked briefly with the Montreal Expos, while also spending time with various minor league teams. He had called play-by-play for over 1,400 professional baseball games.

I’ve included a video of him talking about the time he got locked in the tv booth with Bob Uecker. Just so you can get familiar with the face and voice.

 

Pirates President Frank Coonelly had the following to say about hiring Block:

“Joe’s play-by-play ability, diverse experience, strong work ethic and desire to become a permanent part of the Pirates family and Pittsburgh community, made him our top choice.”

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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