Hank Greenwald

Hank Greenwald

Hank Greenwald (born June 26, 1935) is a former Major League Baseball announcer, known best for being a play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco Giants. Retrieved December 24, 2007 [http://en.allexperts.com/e/h/ha/hank_greenwald.htm "Hank Grennwald"] "All Experts" ]

Biography

Career in Syracuse

He began his broadcasting career calling games for his alma mater Syracuse University. He was also a broadcaster for the former NBA team, the Syracuse Nationals. [ Retrieved December 24, 2007 [http://www.autographedtoyou.com/Hank-Greenwald-biography.htm "Hank Greenwald"] "Autographed to You" ]

an Francisco Giants (first and second stints) and the New York Yankees

Greenwald began calling games for the Giants in 1979, but ended this stint in 1986, after Greenwald had a disagreement with station management. Schott, Tom, and Nick Peters. "The Giants Encyclopedia". Sports LLC, 2003. 264. ] After joining the New York Yankees radio broadcast team for the next two seasons, Greenwald returned to the Giants in 1989 when the team reached the World Series. Greenwald later expressed resentment toward Yankee's owner George Steinbrenner, saying "Steinbrenner is everything you've heard, maybe worse."

He remained in San Francisco until 1996, when he announced his retirement. At the time he retired, Greenwald had announced 2,798 consecutive games. In his book "This Copyrighted Broadcast", Greenwald cites disagreements with Giants' Vice President Larry Baer as his reason for retiring. Walsh, J. (1999, Oct 7) . Retrieved December 24, 2007 [http://www.salon.com/people/feature/1999/10/07/greenwald/ "Talking baseball with Hank Greenwald"] "Salon"] The Giants hired former Baltimore Orioles and ESPN announcer Jon Miller as Greenwald's replacement.

Perhaps Hank Greenwald's most memorable call was his emotional description of the final out in Game 5 of the 1989 National League Championship Series (which sent the San Francisco Giants to the World Series for the first time since 1962).

Oakland Athletics

In 2004, Greenwald was hired as a television play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics working about 1/3rd of the team's telecasts with analyst Ray Fosse. He announced games for the A's in the 2004 and 2005 seasons.

Other San Francisco Bay Area assignments

Greenwald also has called play-by-play for the Golden State Warriors with legendary announcer Bill King and the University of San Francisco Dons.

Doug Greenwald

His son Doug, named after General Douglas MacArthur , is the play-by-play announcer for the Giants' AAA team, the Fresno Grizzlies. Jenkins, Bruce. "Doug Greenwald: Here Comes the Son." San Francisco Chronicle 26 Aug. 2003. 24 Dec. 2007 [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/08/26/SP272098.DTL] ]

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