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{{short description|American baseball player (1957–2012)}}
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| name = Frank Pastore
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| caption = Pastore with the [[Nashville Sounds]] in 1978
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| position = [[Pitcher]]
| birth_date ={{Birth date|1957|8|21}}
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| birth_place =[[Alhambra, California]]
| birth_place =[[Alhambra, California]], U.S.
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'''Frank Pastore''' ({{IPAc-en|p|ə|ˈ|s|t|ɔr|i}}; August 21, 1957 – December 17, 2012) was an American [[Major League Baseball|Major League]] baseball player and radio host. He [[pitcher|pitched]] for the [[Cincinnati Reds]] from 1979 until 1985, for the [[Minnesota Twins]] in 1986, and in the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] organization in 1987.
'''Frank Enrico Pastore''' ({{IPAc-en|p|ə|ˈ|s|t|ɔr|i}}; August 21, 1957 – December 17, 2012) was an American [[Major League Baseball]] player and radio host. He [[pitcher|pitched]] for the [[Cincinnati Reds]] from 1979 until 1985 and for the [[Minnesota Twins]] in 1986, and was in the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] organization in 1987.


==Playing career==
==Playing career==
Pastore was born in [[Alhambra, California]], and was valedictorian of the 1975 class of [[Damien High School]] in [[La Verne, California]]. That year Pastore went to the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the amateur draft.<ref>Frank Pastore http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pastofr01.shtml</ref> Despite less than overwhelming statistics (Pastore's career minor league record is 34-41 with a 3.28 ERA), he continued to be promoted within the organization and made his major league debut on April 4, 1979 at [[Riverfront Stadium]], pitching three scoreless innings in a loss to the [[San Francisco Giants]].<ref>Wednesday, April 4, 1979, Riverfront Stadium http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN197904040.shtml</ref> Though used equally as a [[Relief pitcher|reliever]] and [[Starting pitcher|starter]] during his rookie season, he moved full-time to the starting rotation in 1980.
Pastore was born in [[Alhambra, California]], and was valedictorian of the 1975 class of [[Damien High School]] in [[La Verne, California]]. That year, Pastore went to the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the amateur draft.<ref>Frank Pastore https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pastofr01.shtml</ref> Pastore continued to be promoted within the organization, with an impressive 3.28 ERA in the minor leagues. He made his major league debut on April 4, 1979, at [[Riverfront Stadium]], pitching three scoreless innings in a loss to the [[San Francisco Giants]].<ref>Wednesday, April 4, 1979, Riverfront Stadium https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN197904040.shtml</ref> Used equally as a [[Relief pitcher|reliever]] and [[Starting pitcher|starter]] during his rookie season, he then moved full-time to the starting rotation in 1980.


Pastore's best statistical season came in 1980 with the Reds, as he posted a record of 13 - 7 with an [[Earned run average|ERA]] of 3.27 in 27 appearances. Pastore was hit on the elbow with a batted ball on June 4, 1984. That injury caused him to appear in only 41 games in the 1984 and 1985 seasons combined. He was then released by the Reds in 1986 following spring training. However, Pastore quickly signed with the Minnesota Twins and spent the entire season coming out of the bullpen. Following the season, he signed with the Texas Rangers and was assigned to the AAA [[Oklahoma City 89ers]]. However, Pastore started four disappointing games with the team (compiling a 1-3 record and 8.46 ERA) before retiring.<ref>Frank Pastore http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=pastor001fra</ref>
Pastore's best statistical season came in 1980 with the Reds, as he posted a record of 13 - 7 with an [[Earned run average|ERA]] of 3.27 in 27 appearances. Pastore was hit on the elbow with a batted ball on June 4, 1984. That injury caused him to appear in only 41 games in the 1984 and 1985 seasons combined. He was then released by the Reds in 1986 following spring training. However, Pastore quickly signed with the Minnesota Twins, and spent the entire season coming out of the bullpen. Following the season, he signed with the Texas Rangers and was assigned to the AAA [[Oklahoma City 89ers]]. However, Pastore started four disappointing games with the team (compiling a 1-3 record and 8.46 ERA) before retiring.<ref>Frank Pastore https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=pastor001fra</ref>


==Later life==
==Later life==


After baseball, Pastore (a former [[Atheism|atheist]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/bigger-than-life-christian-radio-personality-frank-pastore-dies-86838/|title='Bigger Than Life' Christian Radio Personality Frank Pastore Dies|work=[[The Christian Post]]|date=December 18, 2012|author=Alex Murashko}}</ref>) went back to school, graduating magna cum laude with a degree in Business Administration from [[National University (California)|National University]] in 1989, then spent the next two years with the national leadership of Athletes in Action, the sports ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. He then attended the [[Talbot School of Theology]] at [[Biola University]], graduating ''summa cum laude'' with a MA in Philosophy of Religion and Ethics in 1994. In 2003, Pastore completed his second master's degree, in Political Philosophy and American Government, from [[Claremont Graduate University|Claremont Graduate School]].<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/ townhall.com on Frank Pastore]</ref>
After baseball, Pastore went back to school, graduating with a degree in business administration from [[National University (California)|National University]] in 1989. He then spent the next two years with the national leadership of Athletes in Action, the sports ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. He then attended the [[Talbot School of Theology]] at [[Biola University]], graduating ''summa cum laude'' with an MA in philosophy of religion and ethics in 1994. In 2003, Pastore completed his second master's degree, in political philosophy and American government, from [[Claremont Graduate University|Claremont Graduate School]].<ref>[http://townhall.com/columnists/frankpastore/ townhall.com on Frank Pastore]</ref>


On January 5, 2004 Pastore became the host of ''The Frank Pastore Show'' on [[KKLA-FM]] in [[Los Angeles]], which became one of the largest Christian talk shows in the United States.<ref name=HollywoodReporter>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frank-pastore-dies-motorcycle-accident-403765|title=Frank Pastore Dies After Motorcycle Accident He Predicted|author=Paul Bond|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2012-12-17|accessdate=2012-12-17}}</ref>
On January 5, 2004, Pastore became the host of ''The Frank Pastore Show'' on [[KKLA-FM]] in [[Los Angeles]], which became one of the largest Christian talk shows in the United States.<ref name=HollywoodReporter>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/frank-pastore-dies-motorcycle-accident-403765|title=Frank Pastore Dies After Motorcycle Accident He Predicted|author=Paul Bond|publisher=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2012-12-17|access-date=2012-12-17}}</ref>


In 2011, Pastore authored a book with [[Tyndale House]] titled ''Shattered: Struck Down, But Not Destroyed'',<ref>[http://www.tyndale.com/Frank-Pastore/bio Tyndale House on Frank Pastore]</ref> recounting how, during recovery from his 1984 injury, he became a [[Born again (Christianity)|born-again Christian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecross-photo.com/A_Big-League_Skeptic_Finds_Faith_At_The_Cross.htm|title=A Big League Skeptic Finds Faith At The Cross (excerpt from Tim LaHaye's Power of the Cross)|author=Frank Pastore|year=1998|accessdate=2012-11-20}}</ref>
In 2011, Pastore authored ''Shattered: Struck Down, But Not Destroyed'',<ref>[http://www.tyndale.com/Frank-Pastore/bio Tyndale House on Frank Pastore]</ref> a book recounting how he became a [[Born again (Christianity)|born-again Christian]] during recovery from his 1984 pitching arm injury.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thecross-photo.com/A_Big-League_Skeptic_Finds_Faith_At_The_Cross.htm|title=A Big League Skeptic Finds Faith At The Cross (excerpt from Tim LaHaye's Power of the Cross)|author=Frank Pastore|year=1998|access-date=2012-11-20}}</ref>


Pastore once held the record for the fastest time to finish eating the famous 72oz steak dinner "The Texas King" at [[The Big Texan Steak Ranch]]. Pastore's record of 9 minutes 30 seconds stood for 21 years, until being broken by [[Joey Chestnut]] in 2008.
Pastore once held the record for the fastest time to finish eating the famous 72-oz steak dinner, "The Texas King", at [[the Big Texan Steak Ranch]]. Pastore's record of 9 minutes 30 seconds stood for 21 years, until being broken by [[Joey Chestnut]] in 2008.


==Death==
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On November 19, 2012, Pastore was seriously injured on the [[Interstate 210 and State Route 210 (California)|Foothill (210) Freeway]] in [[Duarte, California]] when a 56-year-old woman from [[Glendora, California]], driving a [[Hyundai Sonata]], inexplicably collided with his [[Honda]] VTX 1800, throwing him off the motorcycle. He suffered serious head injuries and was hospitalized in critical condition.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_22192872|title=KKLA radio host Frank Pastore transferred to Upland hospital|publisher=DailyBulletin|date=2012-12-14|accessdate=2012-12-17}}</ref> Only hours before the accident, Pastore had made comments about how


On November 19, 2012, during his radio show while discussing how his faith affects his view of death, Pastore said:
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<blockquote>"I mean... look, you guys know I ride a motorcycle don’t you? So, at any moment, especially with the idiot people who cross the diamond lane into my lane, alright, without any blinkers -- not that I’m angry about it, but at any minute I could be spread out all over the 210 (Freeway). But that’s not me, that’s my body parts. That key distinction under-girds the entire Judeo-Christian worldview, and also your pursuit of reality."<ref>[http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/12/18/mlb-player-turned-christian-radio-host-who-eerily-predicted-his-own-motorcycle-accident-dies-and-here-is-his-last-email-exchange-with-theblaze/ Radio Host Who Eerily Predicted His Own Motorcycle Accident Dies] Retrieved 2016-05-12.</ref><ref>[http://drjamesdobson.org/popupplayer?broadcastId=c9eec73f-0352-4494-b5ee-199acb46b97e Podcast with Frank Pastore: When Life Throws You a Curve Ball] Retrieved 2016-05-12.</ref>

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<blockquote>...you guys know I ride a motorcycle, don’t you? So, at any moment, especially with the idiot people who cross the diamond lane into my lane, all right, without any blinkers -- not that I’m angry about it, but at any minute I could be spread out all over the 210 (Freeway).<ref>[http://drjamesdobson.org/popupplayer?broadcastId=c9eec73f-0352-4494-b5ee-199acb46b97e Podcast with Frank Pastore: When Life Throws You a Curve Ball] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809224615/http://drjamesdobson.org/popupplayer?broadcastId=c9eec73f-0352-4494-b5ee-199acb46b97e |date=2016-08-09 }} Retrieved 2016-05-12.</ref>
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That same day, he was critically injured on the [[Interstate 210 and State Route 210 (California)|Foothill (210) Freeway]] in [[Duarte, California]], when a woman from [[Glendora, California]], driving a [[Hyundai Sonata]], collided with his [[Honda VTX Series|Honda VTX]] 1800, throwing him off the motorcycle. He was hospitalized in critical condition with serious head injuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sgvtribune.com/2012/11/20/kkla-radio-personality-frank-pastore-injured-in-210-freeway-motorcycle-crash/|title=KKLA radio personality Frank Pastore injured in 210 Freeway motorcycle crash|author=Ruby Gonzales|publisher=The San Gabriel Valley Tribune|date=2012-11-20|access-date=2019-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_22192872|title=KKLA radio host Frank Pastore transferred to Upland hospital|publisher=DailyBulletin|date=2012-12-14|access-date=2012-12-17}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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Such statements led people to speculate that he had predicted his own death. On December 17, Pastore died from complications from pneumonia and potentially as a result of his injuries.<ref name=HollywoodReporter/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kkla.com/frankpastore.aspx|title=Frank Pastore Webpage|date=2012-12-17|accessdate=2012-12-17}}</ref> Pastore is survived by his wife, Gina, children Frank Jr. and Christina, and one grandchild.

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Less than a month later, on December 17, 2012, Pastore died from pneumonia and other complications of his injuries.<ref name=HollywoodReporter/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kkla.com/frankpastore.aspx|title=Frank Pastore Webpage|date=2012-12-17|access-date=2012-12-17|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120625161527/http://www.kkla.com/frankpastore.aspx|archive-date=2012-06-25}}</ref> Pastore is survived by his wife, Gina, children Frank Jr. and Christina, and one grandchild.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www2.kkla.com/frank-pastore/index.html KKLA Pastore ]
*{{Cite web |url=http://www2.kkla.com/frank-pastore/index.html |title=KKLA Pastore |access-date=2012-12-09 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20120319133120/http%3A//www2.kkla.com/frank%2Dpastore/index.html |archive-date=2012-03-19 |url-status=dead }}
*[http://www.frankpastore.com/ Pastore Homepage]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050831163311/http://www.frankpastore.com/ Pastore Homepage]
*[http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-pastore5nov05,1,3170258.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions Los Angeles Times Op-Ed Piece, ''Christian Conservatives Must Not Compromise'']
*[http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-pastore5nov05,1,3170258.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions Los Angeles Times Op-Ed Piece, ''Christian Conservatives Must Not Compromise'']
*[http://www.frankpastore.com/runsheetarchives/runsheet-2004-11-05.html Free, archived text of ''Christian Conservatives Must Not Compromise'']
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070808052553/http://www.frankpastore.com/runsheetarchives/runsheet-2004-11-05.html Free, archived text of ''Christian Conservatives Must Not Compromise'']
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*[http://www.tyndale.com/X_Products/details.php?isbn=978-1-58997-611-5 Book Detail Page for Shattered by Frank Pastore]
*[http://www.tyndale.com/X_Products/details.php?isbn=978-1-58997-611-5 Book Detail Page for Shattered by Frank Pastore] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100507171617/http://www.tyndale.com/X_Products/details.php?isbn=978-1-58997-611-5 |date=2010-05-07 }}
*[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/1844/ Sports Illustrated stats on Frank Pastore]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20030619115721/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/1844/ Sports Illustrated stats on Frank Pastore]


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Latest revision as of 22:36, 7 September 2024

Not to be confused with Frank Pastor.

Frank Pastore
Pastore with the Nashville Sounds in 1978
Pitcher
Born: (1957-08-21)August 21, 1957
Alhambra, California, U.S.
Died: December 17, 2012(2012-12-17) (aged 55)
Upland, California, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 4, 1979, for the Cincinnati Reds
Last MLB appearance
September 5, 1986, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics
Win–loss record48–58
Earned run average4.29
Strikeouts541
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Frank Enrico Pastore (/pəˈstɔːri/; August 21, 1957 – December 17, 2012) was an American Major League Baseball player and radio host. He pitched for the Cincinnati Reds from 1979 until 1985 and for the Minnesota Twins in 1986, and was in the Texas Rangers organization in 1987.

Playing career

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Pastore was born in Alhambra, California, and was valedictorian of the 1975 class of Damien High School in La Verne, California. That year, Pastore went to the Cincinnati Reds in the second round of the amateur draft.[1] Pastore continued to be promoted within the organization, with an impressive 3.28 ERA in the minor leagues. He made his major league debut on April 4, 1979, at Riverfront Stadium, pitching three scoreless innings in a loss to the San Francisco Giants.[2] Used equally as a reliever and starter during his rookie season, he then moved full-time to the starting rotation in 1980.

Pastore's best statistical season came in 1980 with the Reds, as he posted a record of 13 - 7 with an ERA of 3.27 in 27 appearances. Pastore was hit on the elbow with a batted ball on June 4, 1984. That injury caused him to appear in only 41 games in the 1984 and 1985 seasons combined. He was then released by the Reds in 1986 following spring training. However, Pastore quickly signed with the Minnesota Twins, and spent the entire season coming out of the bullpen. Following the season, he signed with the Texas Rangers and was assigned to the AAA Oklahoma City 89ers. However, Pastore started four disappointing games with the team (compiling a 1-3 record and 8.46 ERA) before retiring.[3]

Later life

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After baseball, Pastore went back to school, graduating with a degree in business administration from National University in 1989. He then spent the next two years with the national leadership of Athletes in Action, the sports ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. He then attended the Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, graduating summa cum laude with an MA in philosophy of religion and ethics in 1994. In 2003, Pastore completed his second master's degree, in political philosophy and American government, from Claremont Graduate School.[4]

On January 5, 2004, Pastore became the host of The Frank Pastore Show on KKLA-FM in Los Angeles, which became one of the largest Christian talk shows in the United States.[5]

In 2011, Pastore authored Shattered: Struck Down, But Not Destroyed,[6] a book recounting how he became a born-again Christian during recovery from his 1984 pitching arm injury.[7]

Pastore once held the record for the fastest time to finish eating the famous 72-oz steak dinner, "The Texas King", at the Big Texan Steak Ranch. Pastore's record of 9 minutes 30 seconds stood for 21 years, until being broken by Joey Chestnut in 2008.

Death

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On November 19, 2012, during his radio show while discussing how his faith affects his view of death, Pastore said:

...you guys know I ride a motorcycle, don’t you? So, at any moment, especially with the idiot people who cross the diamond lane into my lane, all right, without any blinkers -- not that I’m angry about it, but at any minute I could be spread out all over the 210 (Freeway).[8]

That same day, he was critically injured on the Foothill (210) Freeway in Duarte, California, when a woman from Glendora, California, driving a Hyundai Sonata, collided with his Honda VTX 1800, throwing him off the motorcycle. He was hospitalized in critical condition with serious head injuries.[9][10]

Less than a month later, on December 17, 2012, Pastore died from pneumonia and other complications of his injuries.[5][11] Pastore is survived by his wife, Gina, children Frank Jr. and Christina, and one grandchild.

References

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  1. ^ Frank Pastore https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pastofr01.shtml
  2. ^ Wednesday, April 4, 1979, Riverfront Stadium https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN197904040.shtml
  3. ^ Frank Pastore https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=pastor001fra
  4. ^ townhall.com on Frank Pastore
  5. ^ a b Paul Bond (December 17, 2012). "Frank Pastore Dies After Motorcycle Accident He Predicted". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
  6. ^ Tyndale House on Frank Pastore
  7. ^ Frank Pastore (1998). "A Big League Skeptic Finds Faith At The Cross (excerpt from Tim LaHaye's Power of the Cross)". Retrieved November 20, 2012.
  8. ^ Podcast with Frank Pastore: When Life Throws You a Curve Ball Archived 2016-08-09 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  9. ^ Ruby Gonzales (November 20, 2012). "KKLA radio personality Frank Pastore injured in 210 Freeway motorcycle crash". The San Gabriel Valley Tribune. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
  10. ^ "KKLA radio host Frank Pastore transferred to Upland hospital". DailyBulletin. December 14, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  11. ^ "Frank Pastore Webpage". December 17, 2012. Archived from the original on June 25, 2012. Retrieved December 17, 2012.
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