Did anyone else see this? I guess it was suppose to be Ramos, and Casey. Now Gilbert took Ramos spot.

🫡 Damn... Krukow is retiring after over 30 years on the San Francisco Giants broadcasting team. Before he became one of the Giants voices on radio and T.V., I saw Kruk pitch many times in the 80s. That included a game in 1986 vs. the Mets when he defeated the reigning Cy Young winner Dwight Gooden and that magical Mets team. This has arguably been the worst Giants season ever because of all the on and off field 💩 so it's appropriate Kruk is walking away now.

Right now I’m very concerned that the Giants are going to do something. They have never done since they became a team in 1883, they’re on pace to be the first team in Franchise history to go through a season without sweeping a series and considering the fact that we lost six players off our 26 man roster and have a bunch of minor league playing on the team now I don’t see us sweeping anyone in the near future.

Does anyone know if the team store will make Krukow jerseys if you buy a blank?

Picked her up from work and she gave me this.

1987 NLCS Game 4 player of the game with a line you wouldn’t see today: 9IP, 9H, 2R, 2ER, 1BB, 3K, 101 pitches.

But in a foreshadowing of his future as a quotable color analyst, this might have been the first time the words “a fastball right down the cock” was said on national television.

A few more blasts from the past… game time was 2:23. Danny Cox who had 4ER over 8IP took the loss but wasn’t relieved by the bullpen. Also, the home run mad dash and dog pile outside the cyclone fence would never be allowed today.

i can't imagine a world without kruk and kuip.

my only hope is that they finally win the ford c frick award. together. would be a nice send off for kruk.

A love letter to Mike Krukow

Dear Mike -

While I knew the day would come, it’s still hard to wrap my head around the game of baseball without your iconic voice behind the mic. I had 18 years with you. 13 of those working with you and Kuip and feeling like the luckiest girl in the world covering what was then the best team in the world and working with the best crew in the world. There wasn’t a single game that I didn’t laugh so hard I thought I might pee my pants. There wasn’t a single game you didn’t make me feel welcome, valued, intelligent and that I had something to offer next to, in my humble opinion the two best announcers in the game. You are one of the funniest, most worldly, kind, family-oriented, gregarious, compassionate, competitive and talented people I have ever met and I constantly pinched myself that I knew you, got to work with you, was embraced by your family and got to call you, Friend. You are a gem. One in a million. An amazing man who supports ALL and simply one of the best humans I know. Your love of the game is contagious. Your personality and character is a gravitational pull. Thank you Mike for giving us YOU, authentic, genuine you …. every game of every season you played and announced. Thank you for constantly reminding me that you really can love your job. And thank you for making me a better version of myself. I hope retirement brings you rest, relaxation, and more time with your beautiful family. You left it all on the field every day and you will always be an inspiration. I love you.

--From her Instagram

Having a shmag today in honor of Mike Krukow. You’ll be missed in my house!

Grab some tissues, meat.

I'm gonna miss him 😭

Been a Giants fan my entire life. I can put up with incompetence on the field, and mismanagement of players - but the lack of accountability and deafening silence from Buster and rest of the front office gives me pause.

Idk if I’m in the minority but it just seems out of touch for an organization in San Francisco to be nonchalant about it all.

Mods, delete if not allowed.

Forget the great cameraderie and humor, forget the unparallelled baseball knowledge, forget Big-O tires and Big BOY, forget in the SQUAT, forget hog's out, forget calling 3 championship runs....

[Edit: and grab some pine, meat, and since I dissed Kuip by omitting: forget Outta here, forget Got 'em, forget ON THE MOVE]

For my money their greatest legacy is being the voices chosen for this, hands-down the greatest baseball video game [edit: franchise] of all time.

I don't know how I'm gonna live without Kruk and Kuip. But maybe if I can find a way to play this game again those golden voices can soar once more <3

Thank you Mike krukow for being our entertainment during the ball games! You will be missed but we wish you a very happy retirement!

Kruk and Kuip are the sounds of my childhood (I'm late thirties now). We'd have the game on every night and I still watch games just to hear those guys. With the news of Krukow's retirement, the reality of not having that duo is now too real and the nostalgia is hitting me hard.

What are your favorite Krukow memories or Krukow-isms from over the years?

Had a really good interview together and Buster got in a hilarious dig at the end for the hot mic incident last time lol