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.

A graduate of Saint Louis University, Trupiano called games for MLB's Houston Astros and Montreal Expos, the World Hockey Association's Houston Aeros and the National Football League's Houston Oilers before joining Joe Castiglione in the Red Sox' radio booth in 1993.

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. [1]

On September 27, 2006, the Boston Herald reported that Trupiano's contract would not be renewed [2] and noted that Trupiano might end up with the St. Louis Cardinals. Trupiano denied that any talks with the Cardinals had taken place. He later expressed bitterness over his termination because he believed that the manner in which it was first announced, and the organizations delaying the official termination until mid-December, hurt his chances to get another job.^[1]

On December 15, 2006, the Red Sox announced that Dave O'Brien and Red Sox VP of communications Glenn Geffner will join Joe Castiglione in the Red Sox broadcast booth next season. According to redsox.com the broadcasts will not have a three-man booth. Castiglione is on tap to do all 162 games, with O'Brien and Geffner to split games in a fashion yet to be determined.