The Everlasting Bond Between Baseball Fans and Broadcasters

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Some time between a fly ball whizzing over my head and another trudge back to the bench after striking out, I knew I wouldn't grow up to be a Major League Baseball player.

That was OK. After all, other aspects of the game intrigued me more. Maybe I'd be an umpire. Managing seemed like a good gig, too. But growing up in the Bay Area, I could never shake the wonder of what it would be like to be Kruk & Kuip.

The San Francisco Giants television broadcasters, Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow are not mentioned individually. They're a package deal. And for more than 25 years the duo has exemplified the unmatched bond baseball fans can have with their team's announcers.…