{"id":614977,"date":"2026-03-09T14:02:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/614977\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T14:02:04","slug":"glen-kuiper-excited-grateful-for-opportunity-to-call-giants-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/614977\/","title":{"rendered":"Glen Kuiper ‘excited, grateful’ for opportunity to call Giants games"},"content":{"rendered":"

In February, we found out that former Oakland A\u2019s play-by-play announcer Glen Kuiper would be returning to a Major League Baseball booth for the first time since his controversial exit in 2023, calling 10-15 San Francisco Giants games this season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It had previously been reported that Kuiper would be calling spring training games for the Giants<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n

Last week, Kuiper spoke about the opportunity for the first time during a live broadcast<\/a> of The Glen Kuiper Show on YouTube.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been hired by the San Francisco Giants to be part of their broadcast team for 2026,\u201d Kuiper said to open the show. \u201cExcited, grateful to the Giants for this opportunity.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd listen, I have a pretty good understanding of the responsibility and the expectations that come with being a Giants broadcaster. I mean, you think about fans who have been listening to Giants baseball, whether on TV or on the radio, really, since they came to San Francisco in 1958. You had Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons to start all through the \u201960s. Both those guys are in the Hall of Fame. But you think about guys who went on to become national broadcasters: Al Michaels, Lindsey Nelson, the great Lindsey Nelson. Most people remember him. Hank Greenwald.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd the guys now, they\u2019re the best broadcasting team in all of baseball. It\u2019s pretty well known. Jon Miller is a Hall of Famer. Duane Kuiper should be a Hall of Famer. Mike Krukow should be a Hall of Famer. Dave Flemming is one of the best broadcasters out there. And to be joining that group, honestly, it\u2019s quite an honor. And again, I\u2019m very thankful.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will say this to Giants fans, I will take that responsibility of being a San Francisco Giants announcer very, very seriously, and I will do a good job when given the opportunity. I\u2019m very excited about it, and I just wanted to share it from me to you, even though you probably knew about it already, but I did want to share it personally. Good stuff, and I\u2019m very proud to say that I am now a San Francisco Giants broadcaster.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kuiper didn\u2019t directly reference the\u00a02023 incident, when he misspoke and\u00a0accidentally used a racial slur<\/a> while\u00a0referring to the Negro League Museum, which led to his dismissal<\/a>, though he did add that \u201cit\u2019s an exciting time for me, and I\u2019m sure you guys can understand why.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Giants are committed to inclusion, respect, and earning our fans\u2019 trust,\u201d Rachel Heit, the Giants\u2019 chief marketing officer, told the San Francisco Chronicle<\/a> in February. \u201cWe had numerous conversations about the requirements for excellence we expect from our broadcasters. Glen\u2019s addition to the broadcast team is reflective of how he\u2019s approached his growth and what he\u2019s demonstrated from an accountability perspective.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe Glen took full responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kuiper joins a TV broadcasting team that was\u00a0ranked in the top spot<\/a>\u00a0in the 2025 Awful Announcing MLB radio rankings, with Miller and Fleming handling most of the play-by-play duties, and\u00a0third on the TV side<\/a> with Glen\u2019s brother, Duane Kuiper, and Krukow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In February, we found out that former Oakland A\u2019s play-by-play announcer Glen Kuiper would be returning to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2408],"tags":[5,162,77435,4,378,66,4343,4340,4344,4341,4342],"class_list":["post-614977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-francisco-giants","tag-baseball","tag-giants","tag-glen-kuiper","tag-mlb","tag-san-francisco","tag-san-francisco-giants","tag-sanfrancisco","tag-sanfranciscogiants","tag-sf","tag-sf-giants","tag-sfgiants"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116199590773192892","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}