Editing Pittsburgh Pirates (section)

===Announcers===
'''Current'''

The Pirates have no set broadcast team for radio or TV; instead, all announcers and analysts take turns working in both mediums over the course of a season. The longest-tenured broadcasters are play-by-play announcer [[Greg Brown (broadcaster)|Greg Brown]] and analyst [[Bob Walk]], both of whom joined the broadcast booth in 1994. Former Pirate and Pittsburgh native [[John Wehner]] joined the crew in 2005 as an analyst,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/team/broadcasters.jsp?c_id=pit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070214054909/http://pittsburgh.pirates.mlb.com/team/broadcasters.jsp?c_id=pit|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 14, 2007|title=Broadcasters|access-date=December 29, 2008|work=Team|publisher=PittsburghPirates.com}}</ref> while [[Joe Block]] became the team's second play-by-play announcer in 2016 after previously working for the [[Milwaukee Brewers]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/pirates/team/broadcasters#:~:text=The%20Pittsburgh%20Pirates%20announced%20the%20additions%20of%20former,Joe%20Block%20will%20continue%20to%20handle%20play-by-play%20duties.|title = Broadcasters| website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref> Former Pirate players who have recently filled in as analysts include [[Matt Capps]], [[Kevin Young (baseball)|Kevin Young]], and [[Neil Walker]].

'''Past'''

Westinghouse Electric foreman [[Harold Arlin]] called the first-ever radio broadcast of a baseball game, an 8-5 Phillies victory over the Pirates on August 5, 1921. A rotating group of announcers would call games over the next 15 years until Rosey Rowswell joined the broadcast team in 1936. Rowswell did not travel with the team for road games, instead re-creating the action in Pittsburgh after it came in over the [[teleprinter]], usually an inning or so behind. After working solo for a decade, he was joined in the booth by [[Bob Prince]] in 1947; Prince would become the lead play-by-play man after Rowswell died in February 1955.<ref name=ref1986>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19860407&id=BcEcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-WIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3359,4380322 | title= ''Rowswell, Prince still casting long shadows''. The Pittsburgh Press, April 7, 1986}}</ref> Prince's broadcasting style made him immensely popular with fans, and his almost 30-year run with the club coincided with the Pirates' rise to a championship-caliber team.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=URweAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F2MEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3605%2C7342047 |work=Pittsburgh Press |last=Kohnfelder |first=Earl |title=Prince lauded as broadcaster, human being |date=June 11, 1985 |page=A1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=G9hRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U24DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3073%2C2296117 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |last=Golightly |first=John |title=Bob Prince dies, Bucs broadcaster |date=June 11, 1985 |page=1}}</ref> Nicknamed "The Gunner," Prince was known for his "Gunnerisms"—nicknames and quips—and created the [[Green Weenie]] in 1966. He also called the Pirates' championships in [[1960 World Series|1960]] and [[1971 World Series|1971]] as part of the national broadcast for [[NBC]].

Prince and his broadcast partner [[Nellie King]] were fired in 1975, which drew the ire of the Pirates' fanbase. [[Milo Hamilton]] and [[Lanny Frattare]] took over as the new broadcast team in 1976. Hamilton was unhappy in Pittsburgh; he didn't get along with Frattare and felt that he was being criticized for not being Bob Prince.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.altoonamirror.com/sports/local-sports/2015/09/mehno-coghlan-slide-into-kang-isn-t-dirty/|title=Mehno: Coghlan slide into Kang isn't dirty}}</ref> Hamilton left to join the [[Chicago Cubs]] after the 1979 season, and Frattare was elevated to the lead play-by-play announcer. Frattare would continue to call Pirate games through the 2008 season, becoming the longest tenured play-by-play man in team history. In turn, he was replaced by [[Tim Neverett]], who called Pirate games from 2009 through 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2015/12/28/Tim-Neverett-joins-Red-Sox-broadcasting-team/stories/201512280179|title=Pirates broadcaster leaves for Boston |publisher=Post-Gazette.com |date=December 28, 2015|access-date=March 3, 2016}}</ref>

Former analysts include [[Don Hoak]], [[Nelson Briles]], and [[Jim Rooker]]. Former Pirate pitcher [[Steve Blass]], who won Game 7 of the 1971 World Series, worked as a color analyst for the team from 1983 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/pirates/team/steve-blass |title=Steve Blass Tribute |work=mlb.com |access-date=January 19, 2020 |archive-date=January 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121131656/https://www.mlb.com/pirates/team/steve-blass |url-status=dead }}</ref>