Hank Greenwald

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Hank Greenwald (born June 26, 1935) is a former Major League Baseball announcer, best known for his two tenures as the lead play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco Giants. His first stint with the Giants began in 1979 and ended in 1986. He was part of the New York Yankees radio broadcast team for the next two seasons, but returned to San Francisco in 1989, when the team reached the World Series, and remained with them until 1996, when he announced his retirement. In subsequent seasons, Greenwald returned for a few games per year, but never returned to the franchise on a full-time basis. The franchise hired former Baltimore Orioles and ESPN announcer Jon Miller as Greenwald's replacement.

In 2004, Greenwald was hired as a television play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics working about 1/3rd of the team's telecasts with analyst Ray Fosse.

Greenwald also has called play-by-play for the Golden State Warriors with legendary announcer Bill King and the University of San Francisco Dons.

Greenwald's son, Doug, is currently the play-by-play announcer of the Fresno Grizzlies, the Giants' AAA affiliate.

Perhaps Hank Greenwald's most memorable call was his emotional description of the final out in Game 5 of the 1989 National League Championship Series (which sent the San Francisco Giants to the World Series for the first time since 1962).

Twenty-seven years of waiting has come to an end! The Giants have won the pennant!