Jon Miller

Jon Miller (born October 11, 1951 in San Francisco, California) is an American sportscaster, known primarily for his broadcasts of Major League Baseball.

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October 11 - 1951 - San Francisco, California - American - Sportscaster - Major League Baseball

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Since 1997 Miller has been the primary play-by-play voice of the San Francisco Giants, replacing Hank Greenwald. Since 1990 he has done national television and radio broadcasts of regular-season and postseason games for ESPN alongside Hall of Famer Joe Morgan.

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1997 - Play-by-play - San Francisco Giants - Hank Greenwald - 1990 - Television - Radio - Postseason - ESPN - Hall of Famer - Joe Morgan

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A popular and respected broadcaster, Miller has received numerous honors for his play-by-play work, including a Cable ACE Award and several Emmy Award nominations. Among his assignments to date, he has called seven World Series on ESPN Radio.

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Cable ACE Award - Emmy Award - World Series

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After graduating from the College of San Mateo, Miller became a Santa Rosa televison sports director. Two years later, Miller served as a broadcaster the Oakland Athletics. After brief stints with the Athletics, the Texas Rangers, and the Boston Red Sox, he was hired by the Baltimore Orioles (succeeding the legendary Chuck Thompson) in 1983. In his first year in Baltimore, Miller called the Orioles' championship run.

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College of San Mateo - Santa Rosa - Oakland Athletics - Texas Rangers - Boston Red Sox - Baltimore Orioles - Chuck Thompson - 1983 - Championship

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:"Everybody else is in muted silence. The pitch! Line drive! Ripken catches it at shortstop! And the Orioles are champions of the world!" - Miller calling the final out of Game 5 of the 1983 World Series.

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Ripken - 1983 World Series

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He remained the Orioles' primary announcer through 1996, before moving to back home to the Giants. The reason why Jon Miller left Baltimore was due to personality conflicts with new owner Peter Angelos. Angelos accused Miller of not being enough of an "advocate" or the Orioles. From 1986-1989, Miller did backup play-by-play for NBC's Saturday Game of the Week telecasts, paired with either Tony Kubek or Joe Garagiola.

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1996 - Peter Angelos - NBC - Tony Kubek - Joe Garagiola

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Jon Miller's first network exposure came in 1976 when he was selected by CBS-TV to broadcast the North American Soccer Championship Game. From 1974-1976, Miller did play-by-play for the Washington Diplomats of the North American Soccer League. He also announced the Soccer Game of the Week for nationally-syndicated TVS from 1977-1978.

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1976 - CBS - Soccer - Washington Diplomats - North American Soccer League - TVS

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For a brief period in the 1970s, he broadcast for the California Golden Seals of the National Hockey League. Miller also spent the early part of his career announcing University of San Francisco basketball (1976-1980), the Golden State Warriors of the NBA (part-time, 1979-1982), and the original San Jose Earthquakes.

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1970s - California Golden Seals - National Hockey League - University of San Francisco - Basketball - Golden State Warriors - NBA - San Jose Earthquakes

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In 2003, during a game between the Giants and Arizona Diamondbacks, Miller called a play involving two defensive errors by the Diamondbacks and at least three separate baserunning mistakes by Giants outfielder Ruben Rivera. When Rivera was finally thrown out at home plate trying to score what would have been the winning run, Miller declared with mock indignation, "That was the worst baserunning in the history of the game!" The phrase was repeated numerous times on sports radio and highlight shows such as SportsCenter, and quickly became one of the most famous calls of Miller's long career.

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2003 - Arizona Diamondbacks - Ruben Rivera - SportsCenter

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In 1998, Miller wrote a book entitled, Confessions of a Baseball Purist: What's Right—and Wrong—with Baseball, as Seen from the Best Seat in the House (ISBN 0801863163) where he expounds on the current state of the sport.

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