![]() One rumored reason for the switch was resentment against KSFO owner Gene Autry, who, as owner of the California Angels, had voted against the Giants sale to Canada’s Labatt Brewing, which would have resulted in the team’s move to Toronto. KSFO remained as the Giants radio flagship station through the 1978 season when the contract with the station expired. Angel, who was KSFO’s sports director at the time, would return to the team’s radio booth 25 years later as Jon Miller’s sidekick. Michaels’ departure created an opening for Joe Angel, who partnered with Simmons during the 19 seasons, the Giants’ final two years on KSFO. Simmons returned in 1976 to partner with Michaels, who subsequently departed for fulltime employment with ABC Sports.Īlready having built a solid national reputation, Michaels soared to prominence with his call of the shocking “Miracle On Ice” victory by the United States in ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Hodges, ill with cancer, left the Giants broadcast booth following the 1970 season, while Simmons - grieving after the death of his wife - departed after the 1973 season, replaced by Al Michaels and Art Eckman. (Hodges and Allen were the Yankees radio team from 1946 through 1948.) With the club’s radio broadcasts signed to a long-term contract with KSFO and the Golden West Radio Network, Hodges was teamed with KSFO’s sports director, Lon Simmons.Īs a double-play radio combo for a dozen years, Hodges and Simmons were with few peers in the history of the game, equaled only by the legendary Mel Allen and Red Barber, who paired up on Yankees radiocasts from 1957 through 1964. The Giants arrived in San Francisco from Manhattan in 1958, with the fabled Russ Hodges in tow as their primary play-by-play man. Game Four see-sawed before the Giants proved themselves deserving champions.Ĭabrera may have won a coveted Triple Crown and smashed a Game Four homer, but the Tigers' much-vaunted offense failed to dominate the Giants' unexpectedly effective pitching.Īnalysis from David Lengel and Hunter Felt and much more will be online on Monday.Russ Hodges, Lon Simmons and Bill Thompson Al Michaels ![]() The Giants had come through the playoffs the hard way - falling 0-2 behind the Cincinatti Reds in the NLDS before winning the next three to advance, and then falling 1-3 behind to the St Louis Cardinals in the NLCS before again winning the next three to reach the World Series.īut the World Series had been somewhat simpler: an 8-3 Game One slugfest victory before shutting out the Tigers in Games Two and Three in consecutive 2-0 victories. Posey added: "I think tonight was a fitting way for us to end it, because played hard. But it's 25 guys who all want the same thing." Giants manager Bruce Bochy said: "It's a team effort. Tigers manager Jim Leyland was magnanimous in defeat: "They beat us, they were the better team." Pablo Sandoval, who was 8-for-16 in the series and set the tone with his record-equalling three home runs in Game One, was named World Series MVP. San Francisco's closer Romo struck out Austin Jackson, Don Kelly and Cabrera and the World Series was won. In the top of the tenth inning Marco Scutaro doubled to drive home Ryan Theriot and leave the Tigers with three outs to save the Series. Neither side could gain an advantage in regulation and the game went to extra innings. San Francisco regained the lead in the top of the sixth with a two-run homer from Buster Posey.īut a Delmon Young homer in the bottom of the sixth tied the game back up at 3-3. But the Tigers came back with a two-run homer from Cabrera. The Giants took an early lead with a Brandon Belt RBI triple. It had been a fluctuating Game Four, with the Tigers needing to win to stay alive after being outplayed in the first three games of the Series. It is the Giants' second title in three years - San Francisco disposed of the Texas Rangers 4-1 in 2010. ![]() In a cruel twist, the Tigers' batting champion Miguel Cabrera was the last out - struck out watching a Sergio Romo pitch go past in a deathly quiet Comerica Park.
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