Pastore…was a deep thinker with an agile mind. When challenged by his Christian teammates to investigate the claims of Christianity, he took them on. In his words, “he followed the evidence” and, to his initial surprise, the evidence led him right to Jesus Christ to whom he dedicated his life.

He became a student of Christian apologetics and eventually earned his Ph.D. He could discuss baseball managers and hermeneutics with equal facility. His talk show on KKLA in Los Angeles became the most popular show of its kind in the country. He described the show as “the intersection of faith and reason.” It was perfectly apt.

Frank was big, ebullient, and brilliant. You can see this in the two courses he did for Prager University — “The Four Big Bangs” and “Do You Have Free Will?” I’m grateful they exist. They are a witness to the man he was.

He was a great fighter for the Judeo-Christian values we hold dear. He was just coming into his prime as a spokesman for those values. One despairs to think of the things he had still had to accomplish.

The world is smaller without Frank Pastore in it. And I am personally broken hearted.

Good-bye, dear friend. May the God you so fervently and articulately defended guide you on your new journey.

Safe home, Frank Pastore.

juanito on December 17, 2012 at 11:28 PM

Clever!
May Frank’s writings guide others home as well.

Awful. I have an autographed picture of him I got when I was a kid. I was a huge Reds fan during the time he played.

Mark1971 on December 17, 2012 at 8:21 PM

I always have been and always will be a huge Reds fan. He was a very good pitcher back in the dark days for my team (early 80′s). A good man, he will be missed.

Just ordered the book….going fast..only 8 left on Amazon. It sounds like it will be an encouraging read.

His death was the result of complications from an injury due to a vehicle accident:

Pastore was seriously injured on the Foothill (210) Freeway, east of Buena Vista Street, in Duarte, California, at 7:33 PM (PT) on 19 November 2012 when a 56-year-old woman from Glendora, California, driving a grey Hyundai Sonata in the second lane eastbound, inexplicably collided with Pastore’s Honda Shadow motorcycle that he was riding in the carpool lane, throwing him off the motorcycle. He suffered serious head injuries and was hospitalized in critical condition at USC Medical Center. Pastore was transferred to a hospital in Upland, California[citation needed]. On 17 December 2012, KKLA reported on their website that Pastore passed away- WIKI

Prayers to Gina, his wonderful wife and their family, that God’s grace will get them through the difficulty of this at this time of year.

Yes, amen.

Our loss is Heaven’s gain.
See ya later, Frank.