SAN FRANCISCO — Since the Giants opened a state-of-the-art waterfront ballpark in 2000, the franchise has cycled through three managers, four stadium names and several hundred players.
There’s been just one public-address announcer. Renel Brooks-Moon has introduced every one of those players.
“First of all, my mind is still blown that I’m here two decades,” Brooks-Moon said.
As the first and only female African-American public address announcer in Major League Baseball — and still just one of two in MLB — Brooks-Moon is revered as a trailblazer. Now she’s leading other women on the trail.
“Renel doesn’t even know how much she has impacted not just women breaking down barriers, but any sort of minority in this field,” Giants’ in-game host Therese Viñal said.