Joe Block

Block works with Pirates play-by-play announcer Greg Brown; color analysts Michael McKenry, Bob Walk, Neil Walker, Matt Capps, Kevin Young, and John Wehner; and field reporters Hannah Mears and Dan Potash to complete the Pirates broadcast team.

[1] Block previously worked with veteran broadcaster and former Major League Baseball catcher Bob Uecker, as well as former MLB pitcher Steve Blass prior to his 2019 retirement.

He was the radio studio host and backup announcer for the New Orleans Hornets and handled play-by-play for various regional networks for college football and basketball before the Brewers hired him.

Neverett replaced Dave O'Brien who switched over to TV for the Red Sox after Don Orsillo left the team to join the San Diego Padres.

He graduated from Michigan State University in 1999 and resided on the east side of Milwaukee with his wife, Bethany, when he was with the Brewers from 2012 to 2015.