Pirates name new play-by-play man

The Pirates hired Tim Neverett as their new play-by-play announcer Thursday.

The 42-year-old Neverett worked for FOX Sports Net Rocky Mountain, serving as a pre- and postgame analyst and part-time play-by-play announcer for Rockies games. Neverett also served as an announcer for a number of other sports including college football, basketball and arena football.

"We conducted an exhaustive search that included more than 200 qualified candidates, many of whom are major league quality broadcasters," Pirates president Frank Coonelly said. "Tim's ability and experience, combined with his work ethic, passion for baseball and desire to make a positive impact in the community, made him the ideal addition to our broadcast team."

He also works as a college football and college basketball play-by-play announcer for Versus and The Mountain West Conference Sports Network.

He has worked the past four Olympic Games, has a talk show on ESPN Radio 560 and has been a talk show host on the Sporting News Radio Network.

Neverett, 42, began his baseball broadcasting career in 1985 with Pittsburgh’s Double-A affiliate in the Eastern League. He was 19 when he had the opportunity to fill in calling radio play-by-play of Nashua Pirates games.

Neverett and his wife, Barbara, have three sons ages 14, 12 and 9. He is a graduate of Emerson College in Boston where he lettered in baseball for four seasons.