WE SAY GOOD BYE TO HONORARY BREWER AND FRIEND, CARL BEANE

The Hub City Brewers lost a great friend today with the passing of Boston Red Sox public address announcer, Mr. Carl Beane.

Carl died Wednesday afternoon after suffering a heart attack while driving his car in Sturbridge, MA. Beane, 59, had been the “Voice of Fenway Park” since the start of the 2003 season.

The Brewers invited Carl to Moncton last June to be a guest speaker and the official voice of Kiwanis Park during Pink at the Park, a weekend dedicated to fundraising for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Carl not only accepted our invitation, he refused to accept any "appearance fee" and insisted that money be donated to the cause instead. From the moment he arrived in Moncton, he was an utmost gentleman, never refusing a photograph, autograph and even allowing all fans to try on his 2004 and 2007 World Series Rings.

When told of one of the Brewers and Red Sox biggest fans, Jacob Bastarache of the Field of Dreams program, Carl suggested we make a surprise visit to the Bastarache home to see Jacob's Red Sox themed room. After nearly an hour of story telling and picture taking, he and Jacob exchanged emails and stayed in touch.

Carl was born and raised in Agawam, MA. Before becoming the Voice of Fenway Park, Carl provided national sports updates for ESPN Radio, Sirius Satellite Radio, Westwood One, Associated Press, and MetroNetworks, and also worked for WBZ Radio in Boston, WBRK in Pittsfield (1974-76), WARE in Ware (1976-94), and WESO in Southbridge (1994-98).
He taught sports broadcasting and play-by-play classes at the Connecticut School of Broadcasting in Needham, MA. He has also been a national spokesman for The American Diabetes Association, and served as a narrator for Talking Books at the Perkins School for the Blind.

Every few weeks, Carl would email some members of the Brewers to get updates on the people he had met in Moncton and would always mention how he was lucky to have met such incredible people....Carl, we believe we are the lucky ones!!