The Giants’ legendary broadcaster Duane Kuiper on Wednesday was named a finalist for the 2023 Ford C. Frick Award, “introduced yearly for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Fame and Museum.”
Kuiper, wrapping up his thirty sixth season behind the microphone in San Francisco, was additionally a finalist in 2014. Thirty-two of these have come alongside Mike Krukow, his former teammate who was additionally a finalist in 2017, teaming as much as make one of the crucial beloved broadcasting duos within the Bay Space.
Whereas Kuiper and Krukow now have three finalists between them, Kuiper stated on the NBC Sports activities Bay Space pregame present that he needs there have been a strategy to share the distinction.
“I suppose greater than something I want they may bend the principles a bit bit and have each of us be nominated … on the identical time,” Kuiper stated. “Simply because we’ve spent a lot time collectively as teammates and as companions. That may be the right world for me. However it’s nice to be nominated. We’ll see what occurs.”
Wryly, Kuiper added, “Mike and I've already misplaced as soon as, so we all know that feeling. If it occurs once more, that’s effective.”
This yr, Kuiper was nominated alongside 9 others: Dave Campbell (ESPN/Padres), Joe Castiglione (Pink Sox), Gary Cohen (Mets), Jacques Doucet (Expos/Blue Jays), Tom Hamilton (Guardians), Jerry Howarth (Blue Jays), Pat Hughes (Cubs/Brewers/Twins), Ernie Johnson Sr. (Braves) and Steve Stone (White Sox/Cubs).
The winner can be introduced at this yr’s Winter Conferences, on Dec. 7, and the winner can be honored in Cooperstown in July as a part of the 2023 Corridor of Fame weekend.
In accordance with the Baseball Corridor of Fame, the award is an honor for “dedication to excellence, high quality of broadcasting talents, reverence inside the sport, recognition with followers, and recognition by friends.”
Jon Miller, the opposite voice of the Giants, received the Frick award in 2010. Krukow was additionally a finalist in 2017.
Kuiper, 72, overcame chemotherapy in 2021 and the sudden demise of his spouse in February to return to the KNBR and NBC Sports activities Bay Space broadcast cubicles this yr.
Requested to weigh in on the distinction for his longtime buddy and broadcasting accomplice, Krukow started by saying, “You’re gonna get a particularly biased opinion.”
“The best factor in regards to the Ford Frick (award), being a nominee, is you take a look at the opposite guys you’re on the record with and that alone makes you are feeling fairly particular,” Krukow stated. “I simply suppose my accomplice is the most effective. I believe he’s wonderful and I believe he’s deserving of the distinction. I’m preserving my fingers crossed. I've an excellent feeling about this one. …
“He’s a Corridor of Famer in my e-book.”