Lanny Frattare Goes On The Record About Former Alcohol Abuse

In an exclusive interview with WPXI's John Fedko, former Pirates announcer Lanny Frattare talked for the first time on television about his alcohol abuse problem.

Frattare retired from the Pirates broadcast booth suddenly last fall after 33 years of Pirates play-by-play work, and it was after his retirement that he started to abuse alcohol.

In late November of last year, Lanny's 27-year-old daughter Megan decided to confront Lanny about his problem, and it led to Frattare going into a rehab center in Ohio.

Lanny told WPXI that he is now completely sober, and he has never felt the inner peace he now feels in his life.

Frattare told WPXI that walking away from the broadcast booth saved his life, because thanks to his rehab experience and his family, he has found God and found sobriety.

Lanny said he cannot go back to PNC Park to be honored this season for many emotional reasons, and he will never return to the broadcast booth in Major League baseball.