he called minor league games for the great falls white sox, jacksonville suns, billings mustangs, and select games for the final two seasons of the montreal expos. block served as a post-game host for the los angeles dodgers on the radio. he was the radio studio host and backup announcer for the new orleans hornets and handled play-by-play for various regional networks for college football and basketball before the brewers hired him. on january 30, 2016 he was hired to serve as play-by-play announcer for the pittsburgh pirates replacing tim neverett who left to become the radio play-by-play voice for the boston red sox. neverett replaced dave o'brien who switched over to tv for the red sox after don orsillo left the team to join the san diego padres.