Background
Brown grew up in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
Brown grew up in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
He works with Steve Blass, Bob Walk, and John Wehner. Originally, Brown called games with Lanny Frattare until Frattare retired after the 2008 season. Brown enrolled at Point Park College and landed an internship with the Pirates" promotion department in 1979, where his duties included serving as the backup Pirate Parrot.
He then worked in the Pirates" front office for 10 years in a variety of roles for the sales, broadcasting and public relations departments.
He was the public address announcer in 1987 and did weekend sports anchoring at WFMJ-television in Youngstown, Ohio in 1988. Brown spent five seasons (1989-1993) doing play-by-play for the Pirates" Class American Automobile Association affiliate in Buffalo, New New York He also hosted a sports talk show on WGR radio.
Foreign three seasons (1991-1993), Brown was the color analyst on Buffalo Bills radio broadcasts and also hosted pre-game and post-game shows for the Bills games. He also called basketball games for the Buffalo Bulls.
He is also known to exclaim "Clear the deck, cannonball coming!" on home runs hit by the Pirates, as well as "lieutenant"s a trip-trip-triple!" when Pirates players hit triples.
Brown is known for his call "Raise the Jolly Roger" after every Pirates win. This is keeping in line with Pirate broadcasters, such as Lanny Frattare and Bob Prince, who also ended each Pirate win with a distinctive statement ("We had "em all the way!" for Prince and "There was no doubt about it!" for Frattare).
