Jerry Trupiano
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Jerome Michael Trupiano (born 13 October 1947 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a radio sportscaster and the former play-by-play voice of the Boston Red Sox. Trupiano is a graduate of Saint Louis University where he began his broadcasting career as a disc jockey on the college radio station.
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[edit] Career
Trupiano hosted a talk show for fourteen years in Houston and called games for MLB's Houston Astros (1985-86), the Montreal Expos (1989-90), the World Hockey Association's Houston Aeros (1974-78), the National Basketball Association's Houston Rockets(1978-80), the National Football League's Houston Oilers (1980-89), Southwest Conference Football (1978-88) and called three games on CBS Radio Game of the Week in 1991 before joining Joe Castiglione in the Red Sox' radio booth in 1993.[1]
Trupiano called the Red Sox' 2004 World Series-winning game at Busch Stadium. Ironically, the Red Sox radio team was forced to an auxiliary press box due to all of the media coverage and Trupiano called the game from the booth he had used for practice broadcasts nearly three decades earlier.[2]
[edit] Family
Until his departure from the Red Sox, Trupiano lived in Franklin, Massachusetts, with his wife, Donna, and two children. In 2006, his son Brian played for the Brockton Rox, part of the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball.[3]
[edit] Departure from Red Sox
On September 27, 2006, the Boston Herald reported that Trupiano's contract would not be renewed [4] and noted that Trupiano might end up with the St. Louis Cardinals. Trupiano denied that any talks with the Cardinals had taken place.[5] He later expressed bitterness over his termination because he believed that the manner in which it was first leaked to the press, stating he might be going to Saint Louis, and the organizations delaying the official termination until mid-December, hurt his chances to get another job.[6][7]
On December 15, 2006, the Red Sox announced that Dave O'Brien and Red Sox VP of communications Glenn Geffner would join Joe Castiglione in the Red Sox broadcast booth for the 2007 season. Castiglione called most of the 162 games, with O'Brien and Geffner splitting games in order to accommodate O'Brien's duties as play-by-play announcer of ESPN's Monday Night Baseball. That ended after the 2007 season when Geffner left to be the number 2 announcer for Florida Marlin broadcasts. Jerry did not have a regular baseball job in 2007, although he was involved in some promotions for Minor League Baseball.
[edit] Current activities
On May 16, 2007, Trupiano was joined by his son Brian to call a game between the Brockton Rox and the Oil Can Boyd's Traveling All-Stars. The All-Star team features retired major league players Dennis 'Oil Can' Boyd, Bill Lee, Marquis Grissom, Delino DeShields and Ken Ryan. The game was broadcast on a taped delay by two local cable access stations.[8]
[edit] References
- ^ Jerry Trupiano. WQUN - Quinnipiac University. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
- ^ Loftus, Mike (2006-09-29). Making name for himself: Sox broadcaster’s son looks for playing time with Brockton Rox. The Patriot Ledger. Retrieved on 2006-06-08.
- ^ Bickelhaupt, Susan (2006-09-29). It may be the last call for Trupiano. Boston Globe. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
- ^ Raposa, Laura (2006-09-27). It may be the last call for Trupiano. Boston Herald. Retrieved on 2006-09-28.
- ^ Scott, David. "Way Back" Troop is Way Bummed. Boston Sports Media Watch. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
- ^ Trupiano on the lookout. Brockton Enterprise (2007-01-27). Retrieved on 2007-01-27.
- ^ Borges, David (2007-01-27). Papelbon says he's ready. The Taunton Gazette. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
- ^ OIL CAN AND TRUPIANO ARE BACK - WAAAAY BACK!. Brockton Rox Press Release (2007-05-07). Retrieved on 2007-05-10.
[edit] External links
- Jerry Trupiano at the Internet Movie Database
- Jerry Trupiano Bio at Sons of Sam Horn
