Who is the best play-by-play announcer in the Bay Area? (contest post)

I actually don't root for most of the Bay area teams, but I do think they have outstanding announcers for the most part. The baseball guys are great. About the only guy on the list I can't really stomach is Fitzgerald. It is one thing to be a homer, but his lack of objectivity is over the top.

Ken Korach doesn't get enough credit for the phenomenal work he does.

Nobody I would rather listen to then Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow they are a partnership made in baseball heaven!

Speaking of Gary, I think I asked this before but, for anyone that looks at the simulcast of his show, does he look like he's falling asleep when he does his interviews? He lays his head down on his hand, when he's listening to the guest response over the phone, and it almost looks like he's sleeping. LOL

Then again,since he's twice said "I'm high on Vicodin"...it might explain why people think he's drunk. Oh sure Radnich laughs and says "I never drink" and then acts like where do viewers get that idea?..but he leaves out the pill popping.. He might have issues..

Or take up smoking and drinking while he still can..

After last week where Radnich insisted the 49er had won the Super Bowl?..he kept calling Catherine Heenan "Darya" Another senior moment. It might be time to give retiring some early planning.

I'll do a list for this as well. I think I'll rank them individually instead of as a team. Here is my list: 1. Jon Miller- Mainly for the reasons I, and others have already stated. 2. Ted Robinson- Ted Robinson and Eric Davis have been a great pairing calling the 49er games! I agree that Robinson can do it all, and I liked when he used to call Giants games too, but he really isn't a bad football announcer, even for college football games. 3. Greg Papa- Even though I'm not a Raider fan, Greg Papa does a great job calling Raider games. It's hard to believe at one time that he called Warriors, Raiders, and A's games at the same time. 4. Fitz- I agree that Fitz's show with Rod isn't that good, but he does a very good job calling Warrior games on TV, like him or not. Fitz seriously might be one of the better TV play-by-play guys in the NBA right now. Fitz does his HW, and is very knowledgable about every team in the NBA. He also did a good job in the Olympics too, calling games for Team USA. 5. Dave Flemming- Flemming is becoming a younger Greg Papa or Ted Robinson, as far as being able to call games for multiple sports goes. He does just as good of a job calling Giants games on KNBR 680, as he does calling Stanford football games on KNBR 1050, and college basketball games on ESPN. He is one of the better younger broadcasters right now. 6. Kuip- Kuip is definitely one of the better TV play-by-play guys in baseball. Him and Krukow have great insights, they're a joy to listen to, and like Miller and Flemming on the radio, you can listen to Kruk and Kuip while you're doing other stuff at the same time. 7. Tim Roye- Even though I don't listen to Warrior games on the radio that much, Tim Roye does a remarkable job calling Warrior games on KNBR. He actually did a nice job filling in for Fitz on the TV broadcasts the past few weeks when the Warriors were on the road, even though it was a radio/TV simulcast. It's kind of too bad that him and Barnett can't call more games together. Roye and Barnett is not a bad pairing, and at times, it seemed like they had better chemistry than Fitz and Barnett do. 8. Ken Korach- Even though I don't listen to A's games on 95.7, Korach does a great job calling A's games. The guy is enthusiastic. I agree he is underrated. He's almost like the A's version of Jon Miller. 9. Randy Hahn- Randy Hahn and Drew Rememda are a great TV pairing for Shark games. Others have mentioned this, but they are like the Sharks version of Kruk and Kuip. 10. Roxy Bernstein- Bernstein does a great job calling college basketball games on the Pac-12 network and ESPN. He actually isn't that bad of a fill-in host on 95.7 as well. 11. Dan Rusanowsky- I don't listen to Sharks games on the radio, but Rusanowsky does a great job as well. 12. Vince Controneo- I don't get a chance to hear Controneo that much, but from what I heard from him, he wasn't that bad. 13. Joe Starkey- Starkey was great back in the day calling 49er and Cal games, but I agree that he has slipped a bit. I wonder if he regrets keeping the Cal football gig over the 49er gig considering where both teams are now, even though for Cal, he doesn't have to travel outside of the West Coast as often. 14. Glen Kuiper- I'm sorry, but Glen Kuiper is kind of boring. Him and Fosse kind of make A's games unwatchable at times because they don't really have that same chemistry and back and forth that Kruk and Kuip do for Giants games. Maybe the low budget has something to do with it, as someone brought up earlier. I think Glen Kuiper did better when he filled in for his brother Duane Kuiper on Giants games back in the early 2000's, and when he used to do sideline stuff (the role that Amy G is in now) for Giants games. Sometimes I wonder if he liked working with his brothers Duane Kuiper and Jeff Kuiper (I think he produces Giants games, or does camera work for them. At least I think he used to) and being at Giants games instead, even though he has a full-time TV play-by-play gig with the A's. 15. Jim Kozimor- I don't really watch soccer, but Kozimor isn't too bad doing Earthquakes games, I guess. He's better on Chronicle Live though.

Stan, I'm cool with you on here, but I agree with Rick. This might not be the place to post that kind of stuff about Kate's personal life. She's very open about it, but I don't think she THAT open about it, unless she was just joking. As far as your rants on Gary goes, a lot of times I'm with you and I understand your criticisms of him at times, and sometimes you raise a good points regarding Gary but, I'm going to have to agree that your criticisms of Gary are a little much at times though. Did Gary hang up on your call in the past or blow you off at a sporting event? Why do you hate/dislike him so much?

Kate Scott said she and her wife got it on last night. Raddy and Kreuger didnt say much. Krueger just squirmed in his chair a bit. The producer played no "Yes!"..he was silent. I think Kate had Raddy's boasts lately of being super virile at 63 in mind. Nobody wants to hear it.

For me it's Jon Miller without a doubt! He tells great stories even during rain delays, and the guy has a wealth of baseball knowledge. He does a great job with play-by-play, and he's good to listen to, even if you have the game on in the background running errands or doing stuff at this house.

1. Dave Fleming - unbelievably great 2. Papa - TOUCHDOWN RAAIIDDEERRRRS ! 3. Ted Robinson - and I'm not even a Niners fan 4. Tim Roye - solid 5. Kuiper - too much "grab some pine" but very good 6. Fitz - hate his talk show, but he's good at Warriors duties 7. A's announcers. Very professional but the TV/Radio production is small budget and boring. 99. Jon Miller - self-absorbed wind bag, can't stand that guy. He's the worst

It really is laughable how spoiled we are here looking at that list. I moved to San Diego for a spell, and I sure realized how good both the sports talk,and announcers were back home in the Bay Area. Gotta go with Jon Miller, with Kuip a close second. baseball is my favorite sport, so it stays there. Ted Robinson was a really good baseball announcer w the Giants too.

Jon Miller for his fundamentals, voice and entertainment value. But Dave Flemming is climbing the ladder quickly.

WoW! I thumbed up 90% - because you could not gowrong with most of the choices. I've got Jon Miller, then several for 2nd place. Love to hear : Papa and Tolbert on Warriors. Starkey, Kate Scott and Steve Bratowski on Golden Bear Football Fleming, Kenny Lofton and Jim Plunkett on Stanford Football.

Gotta be Jon Miller. He can make even a long rain delay riveting radio.

1. Jon Miller. 2. and close second Ken Korach.

John Miller for sure, even though I liked Kuip a lot more during the post season. Ted Robinson and Greg Papa might be the two best football guys in the country.

Miller and Flemming, perfect duo, can't separate them.

Pat Olson

The Bay Area has been blessed with great announcers such as Bill King and Lon Simmons. I'll put my vote this way, the most underrated announcers in the Bay Area are Dave Flemming and Ken Korach. As a team, the Warriors have the least listenable broadcasting crew (except for Jim Barnett).

Giants hands down. I do love listening to Ted Robinson though.

Duane Kuiper for me. And Dave Fleming is a very close second. I enjoy Miller a lot, but those guys are for me better play by play guys. Miller is almost a "color" guy, but he's still great entertainment. Ted Robinson is also stellar, but there are only 16 (hopefully a few more with a good season) games to call, so the baseball guys win it for me, as they're part of the household for so much of the year.

Kuip.

Ken Korach has the most electric calls in the Bay Area, plus he gives the score on a regular basis.

Jon Miller, Duane Kuiper, & Dave Fleming. They bring Giants Baseball to life. As if you're at the game watching it play.

Ken Korach

Randy Hahn. It was a toss up between him and Miller but Miller gets a lot of love so I'll go with Hahn.

Once again, I'm biased as a Sharks fan, but I love Randy Hahn and Dan Rusanowsky. If you try listening to other teams' PBP guys in hockey, especially Mike Emrick, it really drives home how lucky we are to have those two. After that, Id' go... 2. San Francisco Giants: Jon Miller, Duane Kuiper, Dave Flemming. Jon is the gold standard for me. I could listen to him read the phonebook and he'd probably make it compelling listening. 3. San Francisco 49ers: Ted Robinson 4. Oakland A’s: Ken Korach, Glen Kuiper, Vince Cotroneo 5. Oakland Raiders: Greg Papa 6. I don't watch enough college or Quakes to form an opinion. 7. I'd rather hear Joe Buck before Fitz

Maybe its the Stockholm syndrome because Comcast broadcasts every Giants game...or maybe its the Pavlov dogs study because said Giants won two World Series in three years,and I liked it..but Kuiper has sort of grown on me. Then theirs Papa,trying to overcome a decade of Raider loserdom.,,perhaps finishing second because of that. Third,is the guy who yells Gooooooooooooooal in soccer.

1. Dave Flemming 2. Jon Miller 3. Ted Robinson 4. Joe Starkey 5. Duane Kuiper 6. Ken Korach 7. Greg Papa 8. Glen Kuiper 9. Tim Roye 10. Randy Hahn 11. Vince Cotroneo 12. Dan Rusanowsky 13. Bob Fitzgerald

1 - Jon Miller. End of conversation But, here is my rankings for the rest of my top 5: 2) Ted Robinson: I like him when he did Giants baseball in the 90s and he is great at every sport he does 3) Dan Rusanowsky: Hockey on the radio is tough, but he does a pretty awesome job. 4) Dave Flemming: amazing that this guy became so good so quickly in his career. 5) Joe Starkey: I would rate him higher if we were talking about "in his prime" but these days he has slipped a bit

Jon Miller