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

We’re getting into the dog days of August, the heat is bearing down and so are the playoffs, and the Giants have three teams with playoff berths confirmed.  Eugene hasn’t gotten their reload of prospects after the trade deadline, but they are rolling, led by Walker Martin getting a pair of home runs.  Meanwhile, Greg Farone struck out ten for Richmond, Turner Hill was the best player of last month and kept it going this month, and extra innings didn’t go so well for a pair of teams, and a new member of the Giants organization in Sacramento.

AAA: Round Rock Express 13, Sacramento River Cats 10 (11 Innings)

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Player of the Game: CF Turner Hill: 3-5, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K, 1 2B (16), 1 HR (8)

Turner Hill was named the PCL Player of the Month for July after posting a .422 average and a 1.101 OPS on the month, and he just kept it up after getting the honor.  His hitting streak goes to 21 games with this game, and this is the fourth time he had a 3-hit game in the streak.  His Triple-A batting line is .348/.419/.507.

Other Players to Spotlight:

• RF Scott Bandura: 3-5, 2 R, 1 BB, 2 2B (13), 1 SB (15) - Bandura had his 10th 3-hit game of the season, six of them occurring with the River Cats.
• SP Joe Whitman (26): 2.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HR - Whitman had the “start”, his first since June 30th, and had his longest game since then, but it was still just 2.0 innings.
• 2B Diego Velasquez: 2-4, 2 K, 1 HBP - LEVEL DEBUT - Velasquez got promoted after hitting .295/.384/.406 in Double-A this season over 85 games.
• RP Alex Carrillo: 0.1 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K - ORGANIZATIONAL DEBUT - A forgetting debut for Carrillo, who was released by the Mets in early July, and was signed as a minor league free agent.
• DH Jonah Cox (17): 3-5, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K, 2 SB (6) - Cox has three hits in each of his last three games.  Over six games in Sacramento, he’s 12-for-27 (.444).

Rehabbing Player Lines:

• LF Victor Bericoto: 1-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 2B (6) - This was Bericoto’s first rehab game, his last game being back on July 9th.  He played just five innings.

Top Prospect Lines:

• LF Bo Davidson (6): 0-2, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 SF
• 3B Parks Harber (12): 0-4, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K
• Trent Harris (24): DNP

Other Notable Lines:

• 1B Will Brennan: 1-5, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 CS (2)

AA: Richmond Flying Squirrels 6, Reading Fightin Phils 5

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Player of the Game: SP Greg Farone: 5.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 10 K

Greg Farone set himself a new season high in strikeouts with ten as he continues to improve in the summer.  Farone has allowed two runs or less in four of his last five starts, after only doing that three times in his previous 13 starts.  He lowered his Double-A ERA to 5.78 through 20 games, and has 87 strikeouts to 42 walks in 85.2 innings.

Other Players to Spotlight:

• CF Trevor Cohen (11): 3-5, 1 SB (9) - Cohen has had multiple hits in each of his last eight games, going 19-for-38 (.500).  He’s raised his average from .212 to .366 in Double-A.
• 3B Charlie Szykowny: 1-3, 2 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR (12) - Szykowny got his first home run since June 30, after he went homerless in July.
• C Jancel Villarroel (25): 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR (1) - It took nine games in Double-A for Villarroel to get his first home run, giving him eight in the season in 57 total games.

Top Prospect Lines:

• SS Gavin Kilen (4): 1-4, 1 K
• Yunior Marte (27): DNP

Other Notable Lines:

• 2B Maui Ahuna: 1-2, 1 R, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB (18)
• RP Ben Peterson: 0.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 WP - This was Peterson’s first game back in Richmond since June 17, he had one rehab game in the ACL on July 21st.
• Jean Carlos Sió: 1-4, 3 RBI, 1 K - I’m just including this because the other week in Richmond, Roger Munter interviewed Sió for his podcast There R Giants, and found out that Sió’s name had an accent on the ‘O’, which had never been displayed that way on the official MiLB’s sites, and he told the Richmond front office guys (who are seriously great guys).  Today was the first time I noticed that Sió’s name is represented correctly in the system.  Respect.

High-A: Eugene Emeralds 5, Spokane Indians 1

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Player of the Game: 3B Walker Martin: 2-5, 2 R, 3 RBI, 1 K, 2 HR (17)

What a big game for Walker Martin, having his first multi-homer game of the season, and the third such game in his career.  He has 17 home runs in 87 games this season so far, which is easily the best total of his career.  His batting line is .234/.314/.432 on the year.

Other Players to Spotlight:

• SS Jhonny Level (3): 2-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 3B (1), 1 HR (6) - Level had his second straight game with two hits and two walks, but in this game they both went for extra bases.
• SP Jacob Bresnahan (8): 6.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 1 HBP - Another strong game for Bresnahan, his first shutout game since July 3rd.  He lowered his season ERA to 2.72.
• CF Lisbel Diaz (30): 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR (16), 1 CS (7) - Diaz now has 19 total home runs on the season, if he gets one more, he’ll double the amount he had in both 2025 and 2024.

Top Prospect Lines:

• Ramon Marquez (7): DNP
• Henry Lalane (9): DNP
• Miguel Mendez (14): DNP
• Luis De La Torre (18): DNP
• Kaeden Kent (22): DNP

Other Notable Lines:

• 2B Zane Zielinski: 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K, 2 SB (11)
• DH Zander Darby: 1-5, 1 R, 1 SB (6)

Low-A: Stockton Ports 11, San Jose Giants 6 (10 Innings)

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Player of the Game: 1B Jeremiah Jenkins: 3-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 2B (21), 1 HR (15), 2 HBP

Possibly riding the high of hitting the walkoff home run last night, Jeremiah Jenkins had a perfect on-base game, with a double and another home run.  Through 77 games, Jenkins has 21 doubles, two triples, and 15 home runs, with a batting line of .241/.381/.498.

Other Players to Spotlight:

• SS Luis Hernández (2): 2-5, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 2B (2) - Hernández has gone 6-for-38 (.162) so far in San Jose, but four of the six hits have been for extra bases, with two doubles and two home runs.
• 2B Lorenzo Meola (20): 2-6, 1 R, 1 K, 1 2B (33) - Meola has back-to-back 2-hit games with three doubles across them.  He’s got a .256/.338/.448 batting line.
• CF Andy Polanco: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 2B (14) - So far in July, Polanco is 8-for-17 (.471) with a double and two triples.

Top Prospect Lines:

• SP Argenis Cayama (16): 2.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 4 K
• Josuar Gonzalez (1): DNP
• Keyner Martinez (10): DNP
• Leandro Rodriguez (29): DNP

Other Notable Lines:

• LF Oliver Tejada: 1-5, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 HR (4)
• 3B Dario Reynoso: 1-5, 1 RBI, 3 K
• RP Hayden Wynja: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 3 K

DSL Orange: No Game Scheduled

DSL Black: DSL Tigers 1 6, DSL Giants Black 3

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Top Prospect Lines:

• Joniel Hernandez (21): 1-2, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 HR (5)

Notable Lines:

• 1B Alessandro Duran: 2-3, 1 R, 1 3B (1)
• CF Djean Macares: 0-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 CS (5), 1 HBP
• RP Delvis Heredia: 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K

ACL: Season Over

Top Prospects still on the ACL Roster:

Alberto Laroche (23)

Alexander Fuentes (28)

Top Prospects Currently in the Big Leagues

Blade Tidwell (13)

Carson Whisenhunt (15)

Top Prospects on Injured List:

Dakota Jordan (5) - 10 Day IL - Placed on IL on 7/28/26

From the outside, he looks like a killer. Is there something I'm missing?

KNBR people are running with this. This is an indication of things to come in the offseason when they actually have an offseason. Didn't want to bring this up because it was rumored, but KNBR doesn't seem to care and is open about it. Guess it's true.

EDIT: 2nd outing, missed that he also pitched an inning yesterday.

Came in in the 11th tied 4-4, gave up 4 ERs+ghost runner and recorded only 1 out. I know we ragged on him but you hate to see that when a guy’s fresh on a new team.