Oakland A’s NBC Sports Bay Area broadcasters Dallas Braden (left) and Glen Kuiper (right) in the pre game segment where Kuiper used the N word in reference to the Negro League Baseball Museum in Kansas City where they had visited before the Oakland A’s at Kansas City Royals game on Fri May 5, 2023 (NBC Sports Bay Area screen grab)
On the A’s podcast with Shooty:
#1 Shooty you know and have worked with Glen Kuiper who did A’s TV on NBC Sports Bay Area since he arrived. He knows what the landscape of doing a live broadcast is all about and what kind of language to use. How surprising was it to learn he used the N word on live TV on Friday night.
#2 Kuiper said he was sorry and that was not the word he intended to use. Kuiper recorded the segment which included the word while talking about his visit to the Negro League Museum and used the wrong word.
#3 Shooty the A’s as an organization are in damage control over this. The A’s in a statement said that his is unacceptable. Did you expect to see Kuiper suspended or worse?
#4 How bad of a look is this for the A’s right now and many have said that Kuiper had a slip of the tongue and that was not what he intended to say on camera. Also Kuiper who used the word in the pre game show did not apologize on air until the sixth inning.
#5 Kuiper is the brother of San Francisco Giants NBC Sports Bay Area TV broadcaster Duane Kuiper who helped his younger brother in working at NBC will no doubt will be met with questions before Saturday’s game at Oracle Park where the Giants are hosting the Milwaukee Brewers. Will this put Duane in a compromising position to have to deal with such scrutiny from his co media memebers?
Shooty Babbitt was is a former Oakland A’s second baseman and is an analyst on Oakland A’s baseball for NBC Sports Bay Area at http://www.sportsradioservice.com
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