[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Page 17383]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



   RECOGNITION OF LANNY FRATTARE FOR HIS 25 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE 
                           PITTSBURGH PIRATES

 Mr. SANTORUM. Mr. President, I would like to take a few 
minutes of Senate business to recognize a man who I hold in the highest 
regard, Mr. Lanny Frattare. Mr. Frattare has been a tremendous figure 
and icon to the people of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has contributed 
energy and timeless hours to the Pittsburgh community through his 
involvement with the Pirates, the Parent and Child Guidance Center, the 
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Goodwill Industries, and Bob Prince 
Charities.
  Lanny Frattare is celebrating his twenty-fifth year as ``The Voice of 
the Pirates,'' announcing more than 3,500 games. Only Bob Prince has 
described the action of Pirate baseball longer, 28 years. Mr. Frattare 
was even gracious enough to let me join him in the announcer's box for 
several games over the years, which was definitely one of my greatest 
thrills as a Pittsburgher.
  A native of Rochester, New York, Frattare received has bachelor's 
degree in communications from Ithaca College in 1970. His baseball 
broadcasting career began in 1968 with the Geneva Senators, a Class A 
team in New York. Frattare's association with the Pirates organization 
began in 1974 and 1975 when he broadcast games for the Triple-A West 
Virginia team, the Charleston Charlies. He was also a radio DJ and 
Sports Director at WBBF in Rochester before joining the Pirates in 
1976.
  ``There was no doubt about it''--Lanny Frattare continues to make 
significant impact on his listeners and on the history of the 
Pittsburgh Pirates. I feel privileged to know him and see the 
contributions he's made to the Pittsburgh community.

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