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That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast: How Murray’s departure for football affects the A’s; Phillies’ big offer on table, will Harper sign?; How opening the season in Japan affects MLB clubs; plus more

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On That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast:

#1 Does Kyler Murray’s decision to leave the Oakland A’s for the NFL Draft or will he be a two sport player much like Bo Jackson and Dieon Sanders?

#2 How serious are the Philadelphia Phillies about pursuing Bryce Harper and does Amaury think they’ve got the best chance of acquiring him?

#3 How much does it take out of ball clubs when they open the season in Tokyo because of the distance the A’s open this season in Japan. Do the players enjoy the trip and do they find it productive and challenging?

#4 San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner is still in the shopping sweepstakes. No deals yet, but plenty of interest.

#5 Manny Machado has an seven-year deal on the table that could be as huge as 13 years at $325 million from the Chicago White Sox. Will it be too good to pass up?

#6 White House treated the Clemson Tigers to lunch with hamburgers boxes from Wendy’s, McDonalds, and Burger King on silver platters with paper napkins and plastic containers of mustard, mayo, and ketchup. Could Trump have served better food for lunch.

Amaury does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: Jed Lowrie Takes His Show to the Big Apple

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By: Amaury Pi-Gonzalez

The last time Jed Lowrie played in New York was October 3, 2018 when the A’s visited the Yankees and got eliminated by a score of 7-2 in the AL Wild Card Game. Lowrie signed a 2-year, $20 million deal with the other New York team, the Mets. The Mets picked up a versatile, switch-hitting veteran who came out of his best year in home runs with 23, playing second base for the A’s. He can play all over the infield, but during his last two very productive years with the A’s, he was basically a second-baseman. In 2018, he was selected to his first MLB All-Star Game.

Lowrie peaked last year and now he is going to play in one of the toughest markets in the country. However, he is going to a team that recently also traded for the 8-time All Star Robinson Cano, who still remains as one of the best all-around second-baseman in the game.

During his last two years, Lowire has elevated the ball consistently and also hitting it harder. That are some of the reasons he has enjoyed his success at ages 33 and 34. He A’S also got younger at second base with the acquisition of Jurickson Profar, who will make the young A’s infield even better this coming season.

In 2017, Lowrie showed solid defense when he made 132 starts at second base, and in 2018, when he made 133 starts. He also played shortstop and briefly third base last season when A’s manager Bob Melvin asked him to take over for the injured Matt Chapman. I remember Melvin praised Lowrie for his dedication and professionalism and taking over the third base responsibilities without a problem, always ready to help the team anyway he could. A’s fan thanked Jed Lowrie for the great job he did during his tenure at the Coliseum, establishing a new record for doubles by an A’s second baseman and one of the most steady players in the young A’s in recent years.

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: Maybe the Warriors’ Main Goal Is to Conquer the Moon

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By: Amaury Pi-González

The Warriors are such a good team who are doing nothing but winning. So maybe they are bored with their success, and when that happens, and you are on top of the world like the 1970s A’s and Raiders, 1980s 49ers and 2000s Giants, this is bound to happen. A player will say something outrageous that will make news outside the sports world. Actually after winning three NBA titles, the Warriors’ only goal might be to conquer the Moon.

Stephen Curry said recently that man has never been to the Moon. Since then, Curry clarified his comments saying it was “a joke.” Nonetheless, NASA is offering Curry and the Warriors a tour of their facilities next time they visit the Houston Rockets. NASA offers to school Curry on moon landing, to show him some rocks that the astronauts brought from the Moon. Obviously, since NASA can’t offer Curry any advice of how to improve his game. Earlier this year, NBA star Kyrie Irving said flat Earth claims were an experiment and he was just having a little entertainment.

It is all fun, but in today’s social media world–every statement,every word is dissected, especially by famous people like Curry. I have no doubt if you take a poll across this country you will find a percentage of people that believe we never went to the Moon, that it was done inside a Warner Brothers studio, that 9/11 was an inside job by the US government to send us to war, and that Elvis still alive.

Recently, Virgin Galactic–Richard Branson’s outlet–flies its first astronauts to the end of space, taking one step further to space tourism and taking the lead over Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. Today is the private world, entrepreneurs (not NASA and the government) that is taking the lead in space. In the future, Curry might be able (he sure can afford it) to actually take a trip to the Moon and tell his grandkids someday.

It is going to happen like Frank Sinatra’s huge hit in 1964: “Fly Me To the Moon.”

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: Of Course, Kyler Murray Will Play Baseball

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By: Amaury Pi-González

Kyler Murray just won the Heisman Trophy, the biggest award in college football. He has repeatedly said that he is going to play baseball with the Oakland Athletics, the team that selected him. And I believe him as there are many factors why he chose baseball over football.

But let’s start with the facts. His agent the great Scott Boras just said the same again: “He is under contract to play baseball. That is not a determination to make. It’s already done.”‘

So to us, non-attorneys, that means legally he will play baseball, and we will see him in Spring Training.

Baseball is a much tougher sport to dominate than football. Moreover, you can play longer and make much more money. Many professional baseball players have careers of 20 years and more in MLB, which seldom happens in the NFL aside from the rare exceptions. The human body receives punishment in both sports, but the punishment you get in football is really brutal, compared to baseball. Two totally different sports, one like baseball, where is more finesse and strategy, while football depends much more on physical strength. In football, you try to get to the quarterback and sack him, put him down. In baseball, you trying to hit the ball from a pitcher who throws it.

Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson was a terrific football player (running back) when he graduated from Oakland Technical High School in Oakland, Calif. in 1976. He also played baseball, basketball and additionally ran track. Rickey received over 12 scholarships to play football, but his mother knew better and steered him towards baseball.. He played for 25 years in the MLB, and in my opinion, he was the best ever A’s player. You can go on and on in baseball in the “over 20 years-of-play-club” in guys like Nolan Ryan,Brooks Robinson,Willie Mays, Hank Aaron–yes, they are all superstars, but in the NFL, very few superstars can play for that long. We shall not forget, Bartolo Colón, who is still throwing strikes and he will turn 46 next May.

There is only one George Blanda (Oakland Raiders quarterback and kicker) who played for 26 seasons in the NFL until he was 48 years old. He is a Hall of Famer. Another future Hall of Famer is quarterback Tom “All World” Brady, who is 41 years old and doesn’t want to talk about retirement. Those two are extraordinary athletes,seldom seen in the NFL with this durability and excellence.

Not to mention that a baseball career is much more profitable than a football career. Again, there are some exceptions, but overall if you can chose between the two, baseball is the best option. There have been athletes like Bo Jackson, Brian Jordan and Deion Sanders, that have played in both MLB and NFL. Danny Ainge played in MLB and NBA. At the end of the day, there are not many more athletes that have that on their resumes.

Murray is a talented two-sport athlete. Just hours after he won the Heisman Trophy, he had to apologize for his anti-gay comments he made in 2011-12. The same happened with comedian Kevin Hart this weekend. Hart was scheduled to host the Oscars in 2019, but in his case, refused to apologize for very similar anti-gay comments he made years ago, saying he already had apologized years ago. That is the way in our country today as you can lose your job for something you said 10 years ago. I wished they did that with a speeding ticket I got years ago. No chance.

I can’t wait to see Murray in Mesa, Ariz. next Spring Training. The younger A’s are getting even younger. Murray will be there with a bat and a glove.

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: Luis Valbuena and José Castillo Dead in Car “Accident” in Venezuela

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By: Amaury Pi-González

This Thursday, a car crash claimed the lives of two former MLB players in Venezuela. But officials are reporting that it could have been a gang of thieves that engineered the accident in order to rob Luis Valbuena and Jose Castillo, who were teammates in the Venezuelan Winter League. They were traveling with teammate Carlos Rivero when the vehicle suddenly slammed into a large rock in the middle of the road. Authorities believe the rock have been purposely placed in hopes it would lead to an accident to allow the thieves to rob the vehicle occupants.

The vehicle was destroyed in the wreck. Both Valbuena and Castillo were not wearing seat-belts and died instantly as they were thrown out of the car. Rivero survived. The Toyota they were driven was looted right there at the place of the “accident.”

The Cardenales de Lara, the team that both Valbuena and Castillo had played for, called the accident a terrible tragedy.

“We are saddened by the tragic news that Luis Valbuena and former major leaguer Jose Castillo have died in a car accident,” MLB wrote in a tweet.

“We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former Angel Luis Valbuena and former MLB infielder José Castillo. Our thoughts and prayers are with their loved ones during this time of grief,” Los Angeles Angels wrote in a tweet.

Valbuena was a very happy guy who was smiling most of the time and ready to play, every time I talked to him he would found a way to mention he was humble and grateful to be playing in the major leagues. The veteran was released in August 2018 by the Angels. Valbuena, 33, played 11 seasons in the majors after beginning his career in 2008 with the Seattle Mariners. He also played for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros and the Angels.

Castillo, 37, played in the majors from 2004 to 2008 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Francisco Giants and Astros.

They were two players who really loved the game, and like many Latino players, they go back to their countries to play winter ball.

Today, Venezuela today is suffering a national calamity with an economy that is basically non-existent, a government that has basically destroyed what once was, but one of the richest countries in Latin America with great oil reserves. Moreover, the population is suffering from malnutrition and violence. Over 1 million Venezuelan citizens fled to Colombia to live in exile.

Many reports report that by 2021, as many as 4 million Venezuelans would be living in neighbor Colombia if the situation continues to deteriorate in Venezuela. Venezuela, under Hugo Chávez and now Nicolas Maduro, have followed the socialistic ideas of Cuba.

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast: Cora will hold his nose and honor White House invitation; Cano heads back to N.Y. as a Met; plus more

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On That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast:

#1 The Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora said that he and the Sox would appear at the White House in spite of his political difference with Trump. Cora from Puerto Rico disagreed on the amount of people that were left dead from Hurricane Maria in 2017. Cora called Trump’s comment’s disrespectful, but regardless plans to put his differences aside and take the team to the White House to honor their World’s Championship in 2018.

#2 Robinson Cano and closer Edwin Diaz were traded from Seattle to the New York Mets. Cano is a former New York Yankee from 2005-2013 and comes back to the Big Apple this time as a Met. Cano hit .304, with 10 HRs and 50 RBIs. Diaz’s pitch was 0-4 but had an ERA 1.96, 73.1 innings pitched struck out 124, 41 hits and 17 runs.

#3 On ESPN’s show Pardon the Interruption, the subject of the San Francisco Giants trading Madison Bumgarner came up. Bum has been getting hung up and also lost some games that was not Bumgarner fashion last season. Bumgarner was 6-7 and had a 3.26 ERA.

#4. Kyler Murray will not choose football, despite having a Heisman contending year for Oklahoma University. Had Murray stayed with football, it is very likely he would have been a first round draft pick. Instead, Murray will report to Spring Training with the Oakland A’s. Murray hit .296, 13 doubles, with 10 home runs last season for the Sooners. Did Murray make the right choice to play baseball?

#5 Finally, can you see Bryce Harper signing with the Chicago Cubs? The money is there and all the benefits that go with it, can it happen?

Amaury does That’s Amaury each Tuesday at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: Concussions, Protests and Domestic Violence…Where Is the NFL Headed?

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By: Amaury Pi-Gonzalez

The NFL is the second youngest of the four main professional sports leagues in the country. It was founded in 1920.

The NFL is also the richest sports league in the world with revenues above everybody else in the world of sports, and television ratings that beat just about everything that is on television. Not to mention the Super Bowl, which has become the most watched single sporting event on Earth.

Nonetheless, not everything these days is rosy when it comes to the NFL. They still have a problem with players suffering concussions (although the league have worked on the reduction of injuries), changing certain rules on the field to protect players and having a very big domestic violence problem. It seems like every week a player is suspended or fired from his team because he beat his wife or girlfriend. This is a bigger problem than the concussions on the field. Personal responsibility and behavior cannot be controlled by the team because when you take off your uniform and go home or to a bar, you are not playing football, you are just like any regular Joe out there and you are responsible for your action in your community like everybody else.

This past week, Kareem Hunt of the Kansas City Chief and Reuben Foster of the San Francisco 49ers were the latest two players accused of domestic violence and nobody can escape that these days. It goes online and millions of people can see what happened.

There have been protests, mostly fueled by the initial action of ex-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick to take a knee during the playing of the National Anthem. This action immediately went viral in our social world, left the sports arena and went directly into the political realm. Obviously, this did not help the NFL. Kaepernick lost his job, but it planted the seed for a lot of division among the fans that pay to watch an NFL game. Two things that should unify all of us is the flag and the national anthem, and if we cannot respect that for three minutes, we are in trouble as a country. To the credit of the players association and some owners, these protests also brought more players and owners together in the need to help communities in their respective cities in many social issues–and that is a good thing.

All these problems have spooked a lot of their TV audience and attendance to the games. We live in a different world today, and the NFL better be careful not to continue going down that road, because is not headed to a good place.

A good friend or mine recently told me: “If Kaepernick had been accused of domestic violence, he would probably still be playing in the NFL, but he took a knee and that cost him his career. Yes, it is sarcasm, but it says something about the NFL today. And many people are talking about all these ‘issues.'”

In conclusion, the NFL can do a lot about injures and reduce the concussions in the sport, but the other stuff actually is hard to control. We can protest anything we want, after all this is America, and we have the right under our Constitution. When Kaepernick took his first knee I respected his right to do so, even though I wrote and talked about it. Back then, he was getting paid to play football and he could have called a press conference and said what he what he wanted.

Domestic violence is something that should never be tolerated by the NFL, any other sports franchise or anyplace else. But, then again, this behavior happens usually off the field, so it falls into the category of individual responsibility and accountability. This behavior is in our society, and this is the toughest problem this league has today.

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: 46 Years Later, Roberto Clemente’s Legacy Lives On

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By: Amaury Pi-Gonzalez

El Cometa de Carolina (translation: The Carolina Comet).

Roberto Clemente was born in Carolina, Puerto Rico August 18,1934. His father, Don Melchor Clemente, was a sugar cane worker; his mother, Luisa, was a laundress. On December 31, 1972, an airplane he chartered to bring food and other relief supplies to survivors of a recent earthquake in Managua, Nicaragua crashes shortly after takeoff from San Juan, P.R. It was 46 years ago that five people were killed in the crash, including Clemente, whose body was never recovered. Many of you reading this, were not born 46 years ago; but Roberto Clemente was more than a superstar trailblazer baseball player.

There are 33 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and Clemente is one of those athletes adored and recognized in all of them. His name represents the best of Latin America and is a unifying force for all of us who were born in Latin America.

A great life of a humanitarian and world recognized figure. MLB’s The Roberto Clemente Award (previously known as the Commissioner’s Award) is given annually to the MLB player who best exemplifies the game of baseball sportsmanship, and community involvement and the individual’s contribution to his team. This award has been given each year since after the untimely death of the superstar. The statistics of this legendary baseball player are well documented as listed at National Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, N.Y.

Al Campanis was managing winter ball in Cuba when he went to Puerto Rico and saw Clemente play as an 18 year old and graded Clemente an A or A+ in most categories. There were a lot of moves by management, and at the end Clemente signed with Montreal (Dodgers’ minor league club), but the Dodgers didn’t even wanted to contemplate the possibility of the young future superstar playing with N.Y. Giants in the same outfield with another great young player, by the name of Willie Mays. At the end, Clemente started his glorious career with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

How much is Roberto Clemente revered? During an exhibit of the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum and Hall Of fame at the main library in San Francisco,California, many people of Puerto Rican descent and prayed, right in front of the famous #21 history and memorabilia display.

United States postage stamps honor those whose memories and accomplishments mark an enduring legacy. Postal service policy states that individuals (excepting U.S. Presidents) may only be considered for this honor a decade after their death. This is a tremendous feat and Roberto Clemente Walker has been honored twice. The first stamp honoring Roberto appeared August 17,1984, and then he was selected again in 2000 for the U.S. Postal Service Legends of Baseball series. Clemente enlisted in the US Marines Corps Reserves after the 1958 season and spent six months in active duty at Parris Island, South Carolina and Camp LeJeune in North Carolina. He served until 1964 and was inducted into the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame on 2003.

Clemente was the first Hispanic player to win a World Series as a starter, be named league MVP, be named World Series MVP and be elected to the Hall of Fame. He was the first to win a World Series as a starter, be named league MVP, be named World Series MVP and be elected to the Hall of Fame. Some in the media called him Bob or Bobby. He did not like that and said he wanted to be called by his name Roberto (Bob is Spanish for Roberto).

He suffered discrimination, according to NBC News, he once said “I don’t believe in color.”

During one game I was covering at Candlestick Park for El Mundo News of Oakland, Calif., the Pirates were visiting the Giants. Towards the end of his career, I remember he struck out and a writer in the press box shouted “send him back on a banana boat” and some other reporters laughed at it, like it was a joke. He began his career in the major leagues in 1955, just eight years after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier. Players of color including Latinos of dark skin at that time were “tolerated,” but still not really accepted. I know Roberto would be very proud today to see that almost 30% of all players in the majors are Hispanic/Latino.

There might be more statues of Clemente (around 12) in P.R., U.S. and Nicaragua than any other athlete in history, including Diego Armando Maradona, Pelé and Muhammad Ali. Before he wore #21, Clemente wore #13 during his first season in the majors in 1955. His full name Roberto Clemente Walker has a total of 21 letters.

Clemente collected his 3,000 career hit in his final at-bat, during the last week of the 1972 MLB season on September 30,1972 at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. A double against the left field wall from Mets lefty Jon Matlack. The recordings of this historic moment is at the archives of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at Cooperstown, N.Y. in the voices of Bob Prince, longtime Pirates announcer and my colleague, mentor and friend, the great Cuban-born announcer Rafael “Felo” Ramírez in Spanish. Little did we know that would be the last hit of Clemente’s life. Clemente gave everything he had on the field playing baseball and ultimately he gave his life to help others unknown to him, in another country. In my opinion,this is the best quote that actually did justice to this great man.

“I want to be remembered as a ballplayer who gave all he had to give.”
— Roberto Clemente.

Happy Holidays!

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast: Can snake-bitten Warriors shake off recent skid in upcoming four-game homestand?

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mercurynews.com photo: Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green, left, listens to coach Steve Kerr during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Houston Rockets Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, in Houston. The Rockets won 107-86.

On That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary podcast:

#1 Amaury, you recently wrote that the Warriors, who were talent deep, have hit a brick wall and injuries have played a part in their three-game skid with Draymond Green and Stephen Curry both sitting out last game.

#2 Things have gotten so bad. The Warriors are depending on DeMarcus Cousins to save them if Kevin Durant bolts for another team after his contract runs out at the end of the season.

#3 How much did Green’s tirade on Monday, Nov. 12th in Oakland at Durant calling him a bitch multiple times and saying to Durant that if he wants to “leave than just leave.” Did this embarrassing display bring the Warriors down from that point?

#4  Steve Kerr said that the team is turning the ball over too much, can’t hit the free throws and are disastrous on the three pointer.

#5 Golden State opens a four-game homestand starting Wednesday night can they string wins against Oklahoma, Portland, Sacramento, and Orlando to put this losing streak behind them or is the residue from the Green-Durant spat still with this team?

Amaury Pi Gonzalez does News and Commentary each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

That’s Amaury’s News and Commentary: The Last Story–A Tribute to a Broadcaster’s Broadcaster

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By: Amaury Pi-González

SAN FRANCISCO — The worst air quality in the history of San Francisco could not stop a wall-to-wall packed Perry’s at Union Street to render tribute to Hank Greenwald on this Friday November the 16th. Greenwald passed on October 22. He was 83. Perry’s is one of the most popular bar and eateries in S.F., founded in 1944.

And it was Perry’s at Union Street, one of Greenwald’s  favorites places, where he always enjoyed a great cheeseburger, were a bevy of Bay Area sports media, broadcasters, engineers, agents, baseball executives, players, manager, friends and the family of Greenwald, gathered for this emotional tribute. His wife Carla, son Doug. Also, a baseball play-by-play man, and daughter Kelly spoke to a totally packed Perry’s, as well as Giants top executive Larry Baer, along with Giants’ broadcasters Dwayne Kuiper, Mike Krukow and Jon Miller.

Greenwald began his career at his alma mater, the University of Syracuse, broadcasting their football games. He would go on to do the play by play of former NBA team, the Syracuse Nationals. In the 1960’s he called the games of the Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League.

Greenwald was a baseball story-teller with great wit and delivery. He also called games for the Warriors with Bill King, but baseball was his passion and main sport. He called Giants games from 1979-86 and left after a disagreement with radio station management. Went to work for the New York Yankees for the next two years. He came back with the Giants in 1989 when the team reached the World Series and were swept by the Oakland A’s and  remained in S.F. until 1996 when he retired. He called 2,798 consecutive games. In his book This Copyrighted Broadcast, wrote about his disagreement with Giants Vice President Larry Baer as the reason for his retirement. In 2004, Hank was the television play-by-play announcer for the A’s with Ray Fosse doing color. In 2004 and 2005, he was the lead announcer for the A’s.

Greenwald did not work during the “glory years” of the Giants World Series run from 2010-14. His only World Series was the 1989 Earthquake series. Hank had the ability to make an 8-0 lost for the Giants an interesting broadcast as his tremendous knowledge of the history of the game was his specialty. At Perry’s tonight, Krukow said that although he was a baseball player he learned a lot listening to Greenwald talk about the history of the game. Kuiper got his start working with Greenwald. Truth be said, Greenwald could tell a baseball story as good as anybody.

One of Greenwald’s most memorable calls was his great description of the final out in Game 5 of the 1989 National League Championship Series, which sent the Giants to the World Series for the first time since 1962. “27 years of waiting have come to an end! The Giants have won the pennant!

I am honored to have known Greenwald, and for a few years, traveled with him on the road with the Giants. He could talk baseball before during and after the game and it was always a pleasure to listen to him. I remember on a trip to Cincinnati, just around the hotel as I was walking I ran into Greenwald who was smoking a Cuban cigar and told me there was a great Cuban cigar store just around the corner. I told him I didn’t smoke Cuban cigars (although I was born in Cuba and I remember my father did smoke those Cohibas), Greenwald went to tell me a lot about Cuban cigars, more that I ever heard from my father. Among other experiences, I remember on a trip we where on the charter plane flying out of Pittsburgh and it was raining and lightning “big time.” He asked “Do we really have to take-off like this?” We did and the take-off what a white knuckle ride. At Candlestick Park we often talk behind the bating cage during batting practices. During night game around 5:00 PM or so, the wind was swirling all over the place, he once looked at me and said, “So many places they blow up, and we still have this place here where they play baseball.” Candlestick was not his favorite place, but can you blame anybody for that?

I will remember Greenwald as a Broadcaster’s Broadcaster. Always prepared, always ready with lots of notes, a great memory and recollection of events always ready to share with his audience, which he loved. One time after a night game, I was leaving Candlestick Park after another Giants’ terrible loss. (Hank was still in the press box doing the postgame), when a fan outside yelled “Hey Hank,we’ll get ’em tomorrow!” thinking I was Hank. He got a kick out of that, as it happened quite regularly. I told him I was “his double.”

The Bay Area broadcast booth in the sky now features: Bill King, Lon Simmons, Hank Greenwald.