- Hank Greenwald
Hank Greenwald (born
June 26 ,1935 ) is a formerMajor League Baseball announcer, known best for being aplay-by-play announcer for theSan 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, theSyracuse 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 ownerGeorge 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 formerBaltimore Orioles and ESPN announcerJon 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 analystRay 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 announcerBill King and theUniversity 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, theFresno 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] ]Footnotes
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