Giants broadcast team at the top where they belong. Well deserved!
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We have our champion for this year, and it wasn’t particularly close. The percentage of As (219 of 312 votes, 70.2%) for this booth was incredibly high, and a big jump over their TV side (54.4%). That’s interesting, considering the heavy overlap between radio and TV for this team, with Miller and Flemming often working the TV side and Kuiper and Krukow sometimes transitioning to radio from TV. This booth drew 14 Fs, but that wasn’t enough to knock them out of first.
The comments here garnered significant praise for the whole group, despite the numerous moving parts. That included “No matter who it is when you tune in, it’s always one of the best booths in sports,” “If the Mets don’t have the best combined broadcast crews in the sport, it’s the Giants. Remarkable consistency and class on both ends on a nightly basis with this team,” and “The best announcing group there is in baseball.”
However, some drew more distinctions. Comments along those lines included “Miller and Flemming are both outstanding on both radio and TV. Kuiper better suited to TV only,” “Without Miller, a solid B. With Miller, an F” (on an F grade), “Jon and Dave are arguably the best. When they are not on, it drops to a C” (on an A grade), and “Kuiper and Krukow get an A. The rest of the crew needs a reset.” There were also suggestions that this booth could use less rotation, including “Same problem that Boston has, too many voices.”
The primary duo of Miller and Flemming drew considerable praise, including “as good as anyone,” “Miller the best, one of the best of all time,” and “Elite crew, Flemming and Miller are fantastic.” And there were also plenty of plaudits for Kuiper and Krukow in their radio appearances. Even many who offered high overall grades criticized Santangelo and Ritzo, though, with lines there including “Joe Ritzo and F.P. Santangelo are not as good as the other Giants’ broadcasters” (on a B grade), “Joe and FP are really bad and make it sound like minor league ball!” (on an A grade, with praise of the other announcers), and “The Big 4 are A+, but they miss too many games, sticking us with Ritzo and Santangelo” (on a B grade).
All in all, however, these comments aligned mainly with the numerical grade. Further praise this booth received included “Since Vin, without a doubt the best booth,” “The best all-around broadcast team in baseball,” “far and away the best radio broadcast in baseball,” and “The best in baseball, for YEARS!” And they take home the title as Awful Announcing readers’ top-voted radio booth for 2025.
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Not even a competition.
Now baseball just needs to put Kruk and kuip in the hall. This year if voting hasn’t already happened. They deserve to go in together while they are both still broadcasting.
Who the hell rates Jon Miller an F? What a sad life that person must live. 😔
I didn’t realize how good we got it until I had to move out of state for a job. 7 years I suffered before returning to the BA
We’ve been so spoiled for so long, but they’re all getting up there in age (except for Dave) so have to enjoy this while we can. I wonder how many of the people complaining about “too many voices” know that Kruk doesn’t travel anymore, Jon has scaled back some of his responsibilities, and Dave does lots of other sports during the season too. I’ve enjoyed Hunter and Javy Lopez as color guys, FP isn’t the best but not terrible either.
Flemming, arguably our “weakest” broadcaster, is top tier literally anywhere else. We are spoiled.
This WHOLE group, not even close, is the best. I think Ritzo has been critizied too harshly also.
I listen to some visiting broadcasts (for reasons, ahem) and they all seem to run out of stuff to talk about, so they’ll start talking about what they ate at the stadium. The Devers trade and them being surprised he’s not a complete loss at 1B feels like a constant topic of conversation. And they love the 30 HR stat.
Listening to Ritzo and FP recently I realized the reason I don’t like them isn’t because they’re bad, it’s because they’re not Kruk & Kuip.
Kinda like saying Jay Leno was bad as compared to Johnny Carson. He wasn’t. He was just different.
(Too soon?)
I adore Kruk and Kuip they fully deserve it.
We’re so lucky to have Miller, Flemming, Kruk and Kuip for as long as we’ve had. I’m going to be really heartbroken when they’re gone. They are the voices of my youth, teenage years and adulthood. So many great memories associated with them.
Just need to make another comment that Kruke and Kuip deserve to be enshrined in Cooperstown, and deserve to go in together. Rules are meant to be broken (only one announcer going in at a time).
What a shame it would be, if either of these broadcasting legends passed away, before they could be honored in such a fashion.
Being retired, I have baseball on all day here with MLB package. I marvel at how lucky we are listening to other team’s announcers.