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Jerry Trupiano is a Saint Louis, MO native and is well-known for his career as the Boston Red Sox play-by-play radio announcer. Trupiano shared insight about his career and the experiences he had.
At nine years old, Jerry Trupiano already had his career in mind. “I’ve always wanted to be in baseball”, Trupiano stated while discussing his career aspirations. In his first year at Saint Louis University, Trupiano served as a broadcaster for his college’s club hockey team and worked with the KMOX radio station in Saint Louis. While working at the station, Trupiano was fortunate enough to meet many successful announcers, two of whom being Joe Buck and Jim Nantz, who both built a strong and connected relationship with him.
As a sports director at a radio station in Houston, Trupiano was credited for giving Jim Nantz his first job. After knowing Joe Buck’s dad, Jack Buck, Joe became close with Jerry and Jim. Joe continued to regularly communicate with Jerry thanks to the strong foundation he built with them for many years and counting.
After joining the Red Sox, Trupiano felt appreciation and love right away. When asked to share his favorite memory as an announcer with the Sox, he credited a couple in a meaningful story he told.
One night, Trupiano went out to a restaurant in Boston by himself. He overheard kind words and appreciation about himself, from a couple at a table nearby. Trupiano felt appreciated by those who tuned into the radio broadcasts and described the experience as complementary.
Trupiano has always been a firm believer in having knowledge and smartness. He feels privacy should be respected, especially in public. When it comes to experience, whether in a career or life, he believes that building the foundation of awareness and information on a subject is key to a better chance of succeeding and being liked.
Trupiano has called many big games and moments with the Red Sox, including a call that placed him on the All-Time MLB best-calls list at twenty-five.
Trupiano would later be asked to work at Dean College and accepted the job. He saw himself and the school as a great fit and currently teaches in the Dean School Of Business. At Dean, he teaches sport classes involving sport writing. Along with being a professor, Turpiano serves as an academic coach for the Arch students at Dean. Jerry is fond of his career, as he has labeled it as a good one.
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