GaryMrMets
02-02-2002, 10:43 AM
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News
1/31/2002 3:00 pm ET
Veteran broadcaster Joe Angel returns home, joins Giants crew
Giants Media Relations
SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Giants signed veteran announcer Joe Angel to a multi-year contract to broadcast the club's games on the flagship radio station KNBR-AM, team Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Larry Baer announced today.
Angel, who enters his 23rd season of Major League broadcasting, returns to the Giants -- the team he began his career with in 1977. The San Francisco Galileo High School graduate will bring the action from his boyhood team to Bay Area fans for all 162 contests of the 2002 campaign. He will team with with Jon Miller, Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper and Lon Simmons on the broadcasts.
"We're extremely excited to add a broadcaster of Joe's quality to our stable of broadcasters," Baer said. "Bringing Joe back to San Francisco puts an exclamation point on the finest local announcing crew in Major League Baseball."
The Bogota, Colombia native, who moved to the City when he was eight years old, teamed with Simmons on Giants broadcasts for KSFO radio in 1977-78. He also called games for the Oakland Athletics (1980-81), Minnesota Twins (1984-86), Baltimore Orioles (1989-90, '92), New York Yankees (1991) and Florida Marlins (1993-2000), before doing ESPN telecasts in 2001.
"I'm coming home," Angel said. "It took me 24 years to get my job back, but I've got it back. I'm a Giant again. I debuted as a Giant and with some luck will retire a Giant."
Simmons, who has served as a mentor to many Giants broadcasters, said, "Joe's the perfect choice and I'm excited about working with him again. He's excellent -- knows the game, has a sense of humor, is low key and will fit in with the group."
Angel will also be reunited with former Baltimore partner Jon Miller, who teamed with him in 1989-90 and '92 and became widely popular with Orioles fans.
"Joe's the perfect addition to our broadcast crew," said Miller. "Giants fans will feel early on that Joe has been a member of the crew for many years. He has a great passion for the game and his priority is to give the fans the game."
Added Angel, "I feel like I'm joining an All-Star team. I'm reuniting with Lon and Jon and have known Mike (Krukow), Duane (Kuiper) and Tim (McCarver) for many years."
The 54-year-old broadcaster served as the "Voice of the Marlins" from the birth of the franchise in 1993 through the 2000 campaign, covering the team in both the radio and television booths. In addition to baseball, he broadcast Stanford University football for five years and University of San Francisco basketball for four seasons. Angel began his broadcasting career in San Francisco both in radio and television and occasionally on San Francisco 49ers radio.
News
1/31/2002 3:00 pm ET
Veteran broadcaster Joe Angel returns home, joins Giants crew
Giants Media Relations
SAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Giants signed veteran announcer Joe Angel to a multi-year contract to broadcast the club's games on the flagship radio station KNBR-AM, team Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Larry Baer announced today.
Angel, who enters his 23rd season of Major League broadcasting, returns to the Giants -- the team he began his career with in 1977. The San Francisco Galileo High School graduate will bring the action from his boyhood team to Bay Area fans for all 162 contests of the 2002 campaign. He will team with with Jon Miller, Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper and Lon Simmons on the broadcasts.
"We're extremely excited to add a broadcaster of Joe's quality to our stable of broadcasters," Baer said. "Bringing Joe back to San Francisco puts an exclamation point on the finest local announcing crew in Major League Baseball."
The Bogota, Colombia native, who moved to the City when he was eight years old, teamed with Simmons on Giants broadcasts for KSFO radio in 1977-78. He also called games for the Oakland Athletics (1980-81), Minnesota Twins (1984-86), Baltimore Orioles (1989-90, '92), New York Yankees (1991) and Florida Marlins (1993-2000), before doing ESPN telecasts in 2001.
"I'm coming home," Angel said. "It took me 24 years to get my job back, but I've got it back. I'm a Giant again. I debuted as a Giant and with some luck will retire a Giant."
Simmons, who has served as a mentor to many Giants broadcasters, said, "Joe's the perfect choice and I'm excited about working with him again. He's excellent -- knows the game, has a sense of humor, is low key and will fit in with the group."
Angel will also be reunited with former Baltimore partner Jon Miller, who teamed with him in 1989-90 and '92 and became widely popular with Orioles fans.
"Joe's the perfect addition to our broadcast crew," said Miller. "Giants fans will feel early on that Joe has been a member of the crew for many years. He has a great passion for the game and his priority is to give the fans the game."
Added Angel, "I feel like I'm joining an All-Star team. I'm reuniting with Lon and Jon and have known Mike (Krukow), Duane (Kuiper) and Tim (McCarver) for many years."
The 54-year-old broadcaster served as the "Voice of the Marlins" from the birth of the franchise in 1993 through the 2000 campaign, covering the team in both the radio and television booths. In addition to baseball, he broadcast Stanford University football for five years and University of San Francisco basketball for four seasons. Angel began his broadcasting career in San Francisco both in radio and television and occasionally on San Francisco 49ers radio.