- Frank Pastore
Frank Pastore (born
August 27 ,1957 inAlhambra, California ) is a former professional baseball pitcher for theCincinnati Reds from 1979 until 1985, and for theMinnesota Twins in 1986. He then began a long schooling, earning degrees in business administration, philosophy of religion and ethics, political philosophy, and American government from various universities. [http://www.kkla.com/personalities.asp]In January, 2004 Pastore became a talk show host on the radio station KKLA 99.5 FM, a Christian talk station in
Los Angeles .On November 5, 2004, an opinion piece he authored, entitled "Christian Conservatives Must Not Compromise" was published in the
Los Angeles Times . In it, he references Leftism as "this evil ideology" and says that "the Left must be defeated in the realm of ideas," and has provoked a strong reaction on some message boards.Trivia
Pastore held the official record for completing the 72-ounce steak meal challenge at the
Big Texan steakhouse inAmarillo, Texas , having eaten the entire meal in 9½ minutes in May, 1987 (this was his 7th successful completion of the feat) until March 24, 2008 whencompetitive eating champion, Joey Chestnut, finished the meal challenge in 8 minutes & 52 seconds.Pastore is a graduate of
Damien High School , La Verne, California. His nephew, Nick Pignotti now plays soccer at the University of La Verne just down the street.External links
* [http://kkla.com/personalities.asp KKLA Pastore Profile]
* [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.frankpastore.com/runsheetarchives/runsheet-2004-11-05.html Free, archived text of "Christian Conservatives Must Not Compromise"]
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