Years of battling health issues from diabetes didn’t bring down Cesar S. “Jay” Miranda Jr.’s positive outlook or enthusiasm for life and sports in Butler County.

The chronic disease claimed Miranda’s life Thursday, Oct. 23, when he died at age 60 at UPMC Passavant.

A 1983 graduate of Butler High School, Miranda was also a graduate of Duquesne University, where he majored in communications.

He began announcing sports in 1998 as a volunteer at the Little League fields in Center Township. He moved on to announcing high school, college and Butler BlueSox baseball games for more than 25 years at Pullman Park. He also announced Butler High School football games at Art Bernardi Stadium from 2009 to 2021, and Butler High School varsity wrestling matches from 2004 to 2023.

The positive voice he

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