Jon Miller

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|team = San Francisco Giants

|position = Broadcaster

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|birth_place = Novato, California, U.S.

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As Broadcaster

Oakland Athletics (1974)
Texas Rangers (1978–1979)
Boston Red Sox (1980–1982)
Baltimore Orioles (1983–1996)
ESPN (1990–2010)
San Francisco Giants (1997–present)

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Ford C. Frick Award (2010)
National Radio Hall of Fame (2014)

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Jon Miller (born October 11, 1951){{cite web |title=1999 - Jon Miller |url=https://nationalsportsmedia.org/awards/hall-of-fame/1999-jon-miller#:~:text=Born%20in%20San%20Francisco%2C%20California,Baseball%20telecasts%20for%2020%20years. |website=nationalsportsmedia.org |publisher=NSMA |access-date=3 August 2022}} is an American sportscaster, known primarily for his broadcasts of Major League Baseball. Since 1997, he has been employed as a play-by-play announcer for the San Francisco Giants. He was also a baseball announcer for ESPN from 1990 to 2010. Miller received the Ford C. Frick Award from the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100201&content_id=8005880&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=Giants' Miller honored with Frick award|access-date=2010-02-02|last=Singer |first=Tom |date=2010-02-01 |work=MLB.com}}

Early life

Jon Miller was born on Hamilton Air Force Base in Novato, California,{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Childhood-dream-fulfilled-for-Bay-Area-native-3114420.php |title=Childhood dream fulfilled for Bay Area native Miller |first=Edvins |last=Beitiks |date=November 5, 1996 |work=San Francisco Examiner |quote=Miller, 45, did not get a solid offer from Baltimore when his contract expired following the '96 season...}}{{cite news |url=http://www.marinij.com/general-news/20090404/marin-snapshot-blind-comedian-cant-wait-to-hear-crack-of-the-bat |title=Marin snapshot: Blind comedian can't wait to hear crack of the bat |first=Brent |last=Ainsworth |date=April 4, 2009 |work=Marin Independent Journal}} and grew up in Hayward, listening to Giants announcers Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons on the radio.{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Jon-Miller-s-passion-takes-him-to-Hall-of-Fame-3181734.php |title=Jon Miller's passion takes him to Hall of Fame |first=Bruce |last=Jenkins |date=July 18, 2010 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}} He attended his first baseball game in 1962, a 19–8 Giants' victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers at Candlestick Park.{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/ON-THE-AIR-Giants-New-Voice-Steeped-In-Local-2858852.php |title=ON THE AIR -- Giants' New Voice Steeped In Local Ties / Jon Miller moves home, surrounded by history |first=Susan |last=Slusser |date=January 14, 1997 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}} As a teenager, Miller played Strat-O-Matic and recorded his own play-by-play into a tape recorder, adding his own crowd noise, vendors, and commercials.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/hallfame/2010-07-21-jon-miller_N.htm |title=Radio made Jon Miller raconteur in TV booth |first=Jorge L. |last=Ortiz |date=July 21, 2010 |work=USA Today}}{{cite news |url=http://www.expressionsofexcellence.com/ARTICLES/big_inning_jon_miller.htm |title=In the Big Inning there was Story! Jon Miller interview on Storytelling |first=Craig |last=Harrison |publisher=Expressions of Excellence}}

Broadcasting career

=Early work=

After graduating from Hayward High School in 1969, Miller took broadcasting classes at the College of San Mateo. He began his broadcasting career at the college's FM radio station (KCSM-FM) and UHF/PBS TV station (KCSM-TV), which reached much of the Bay Area. His first baseball broadcasts were from CSM games.{{cite news |url=http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2014-11-03/the-golden-years-of-broadcast-kcsm-marks-50th-anniversary-as-sale-of-tv-station-draws-near/1776425132658.html |title=The golden years of broadcast: KCSM marks 50th anniversary as sale of TV station draws near |first=Dave |last=Newlands |date=November 3, 2014 |work=San Mateo Daily Journal |access-date=October 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725155453/http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2014-11-03/the-golden-years-of-broadcast-kcsm-marks-50th-anniversary-as-sale-of-tv-station-draws-near/1776425132658.html |archive-date=July 25, 2016 |url-status=dead }} At age 20, Miller joined KFTY-TV in Santa Rosa to work as their sports director.{{YouTube|yNvw2GzDF_w|KFTY newscast from 1972 featuring a young Jon Miller}} During this period, he would sit in the press box at Candlestick Park and record play-by-play of an entire game on his tape recorder. Miller submitted one of these tapes to broadcaster Monte Moore, who helped Miller get his first baseball play-by play job in 1974, calling that year's World Series champion Oakland Athletics.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/hof10/news/story?id=4877543 |title=Miller wins Ford C. Frick Award |date=February 1, 2010 |work=ESPN.com}} Miller was dismissed by the Athletics following the 1974 season.{{cite news |url=http://blog.sfgate.com/thebigevent/2012/07/13/jon-millers-tough-rookie-year-with-1974-photo/ |title=Jon Miller's tough rookie year (with 1974 photo!) |first=Peter |last=Hartlaub |date=July 13, 2012 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}

For a brief period in the 1970s, Miller broadcast for the California Golden Seals of the National Hockey League. He also spent the early part of his career announcing San Francisco Dons and Pacific Tigers men's college basketball (1976–1980), the Golden State Warriors (part-time, 1979–1982) and Washington Bullets (part-time, 1984–1985) of the NBA, and the original San Jose Earthquakes of the North American Soccer League. Jon Miller's first network exposure came in 1976, when he was selected by CBS-TV to broadcast the NASL Championship Game. From 1974 to 1976, Miller did play-by-play for the Washington Diplomats of the NASL. He also announced the Soccer Game of the Week for nationally syndicated TVS from 1977 to 1978.{{cite web |url=http://www.itsabouttv.com/2011/06/jon-miller-then-and-now.html |title= Jon Miller, then and now |publisher=It's About TV |first=Mitchell |last=Hadley |date=June 23, 2011}}

Miller was hired by the Texas Rangers shortly before the 1978 season to replace the ill Dick Risenhoover after the Rangers were unable to lure Fred White from Kansas City.{{cite news |url=http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/texas-rangers/rangersheadlines/2010/06/01/Hot-Air-Lure-of-7366 |title=Hot Air: Lure of 'baseball town' took broadcaster Jon Miller away from Rangers |date=June 1, 2010 |work=The Dallas Morning News}} After two seasons with Texas (1978–79), he was hired by the Boston Red Sox (1980–82). "The lure of doing baseball in Boston was too much to pass up," Miller recalled.

=Baltimore Orioles=

Following the Baltimore Orioles' 1982 season, their longtime announcer Chuck Thompson moved from the WFBR radio booth to do television broadcasts full-time, and WFBR president Harry Shriver brought in Miller to handle the radio play-by-play duties with veteran broadcaster Tom Marr. In his first year in Baltimore, Miller called the Orioles' World Series championship run, including the last out of Game 5:{{cite book|author=Curt Smith|title=Mercy!: A Celebration of Fenway Park's Centennial Told Through Red Sox Radio and TV|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Pi6tIRIFPwC&pg=PT126|year=2012|publisher=Potomac Books, Inc.|isbn=978-1-59797-936-8|pages=126–}}

{{cquote|The cheering you hear is from Oriole fans. Everybody else is in muted silence. The pitch! Line drive! Ripken catches it at shortstop! And the Orioles are champions of the world!}}

He eventually signed a contract directly with the Orioles and, while the broadcast rights eventually moved to rival station WBAL, Miller remained their primary announcer through 1996.{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2012/05/22/jon-miller-hasnt-given-up-his-connection-to-baltimore/ |title=Jon Miller hasn't given up his connection to Baltimore |first=Steven |last=Petrella |date=May 22, 2012 |work=The Baltimore Sun}}{{YouTube|0j40hUOlXDc|Video of Miller during his time as Baltimore Orioles broadcaster}} At the end of that season, Orioles owner Peter Angelos, displeased with Miller's often candid commentary on the Orioles play, declined to renew his contract, citing a desire for a broadcaster who would "bleed more orange and black."{{cite web |url=http://curtsmith.mlblogs.com/voices_of_the_game/2006/09/jon_miller_wows.html |title=Jon Miller Wows Hall of Fame Audience |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018205458/http://curtsmith.mlblogs.com/voices_of_the_game/2006/09/jon_miller_wows.html |archive-date=2006-10-18 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1996/11/11/going-going-gone-broadcaster-jon-miller-replacing-voice-of-the-orioles-a-tall-order/ |title=Going, going, gone Broadcaster Jon Miller: Replacing 'voice of the Orioles' a tall order. |date=November 11, 1996 |work=The Baltimore Sun}} Miller returned to the Bay Area and joined his hometown Giants.

=San Francisco Giants=

Since 1997,{{cite web |url=http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/team/broadcasters.jsp?c_id=sf |title=Broadcasters - San Francisco Giants |work=SFGiants.com |access-date=October 18, 2015 |archive-date=June 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629040253/http://sanfrancisco.giants.mlb.com/team/broadcasters.jsp?c_id=sf |url-status=dead }} Miller has been the primary play-by-play voice of the San Francisco Giants (replacing Hank Greenwald), calling games on KNBR radio as well as KTVU (1997–2007) and KNTV (2008–2021) television. In February 2007, he signed a six-year extension to remain the voice of the Giants through the 2012 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/10/SPGU2O26CE1.DTL |title=6-year extension for Giants' Miller| last=Schulman| first=Henry| work=San Francisco Chronicle| date=2007-02-10}}

==Barry Bonds' 71st MLB home run in 2001==

On October 5, 2001, Miller made the call of Barry Bonds' record-breaking 71st home run:

{{cquote|There’s a high drive deep into right-center field, to the big part of the ballpark … NUMBER 71! And what a shot, over the 421-foot marker! The deepest part of any ballpark in the National League and Barry Bonds is now the home run king! Number 71 and it was impressive!}}

On May 27, 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 Rubén Rivera. When Rivera was finally thrown out at home plate trying to score what would have been the winning run, Miller declared,{{cite web |url=http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2013/05/27/video-of-the-day-happy-10th-anniversary-ruben-rivera-baserunning-blunder/ |title=Video of the Day: Happy 10th Anniversary Ruben Rivera baserunning blunder |first=Craig |last=Calcaterra |date=May 27, 2013 |work=NBC Sports}}{{cite web |url=http://inthesun.typepad.com/blog/2007/06/for-old-times-sake.html |title=Audio clip of Jon Miller's call of Ruben Rivera's infamous baserunning gaffe}} {{cquote|That was the worst base running 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. He did a similar call on the radio during Game 3 of the 2004 World Series, when Jeff Suppan made a baserunning mistake.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

==Barry Bonds' 756th career MLB home run==

On August 7, 2007, Miller made the call of Barry Bonds' record-breaking 756th home run on KNBR:{{cite AV media |medium=audio |url=http://www.kemmetmueller.com/baseball/collection/baseballs/miller_jon.htm |title="Barry Bonds 756 Home Run Radio Call - 8/7/07"}}

{{cquote|Three and two to Bonds. Everybody standing here at 24 Willie Mays Plaza. An armada of nautical craft gathered in McCovey Cove beyond the right field wall. Bonds one home run away from history. (crack of the bat) and he swings, and there's a long one into right center field, way back there, it's gone! A home run! Into the center field bleachers to the left of the 421 foot marker. An extraordinary shot to the deepest part of the yard! And Barry Bonds with 756 home runs, he has hit more home runs than anyone who has ever played the game!}}

On July 16, 2010, the Giants organization, including fellow broadcaster Dave Flemming, honored Miller at AT&T Park in a pregame ceremony about one week before Miller received the Ford C. Frick Award.{{cite web |url=http://m.giants.mlb.com/news/article/12312516 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122216/http://m.giants.mlb.com/news/article/12312516 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |title=Giants pay tribute to broadcaster Miller |date=July 16, 2010 |work=MLB.com}} Before the game started, Miller threw out the ceremonial first pitch.{{cite AV media |medium=video |url=http://m.mlb.com/video/v9972839/giants-broadcasting-legend-jon-miller-honored |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304071926/http://m.mlb.com/video/v9972839/giants-broadcasting-legend-jon-miller-honored |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |title=Giants honor broadcaster Miller |date=July 16, 2010 |work=MLB Advanced Media}} On September 4, 2010, Miller called his first game for CSN Bay Area as a substitute for Dave Flemming, who was broadcasting a Stanford football game on the radio.{{cite AV media |medium=video |url=http://m.mlb.com/video/v11721457/sflad-guillen-throws-out-loney-after-he-slips |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075018/http://m.mlb.com/video/v11721457/sflad-guillen-throws-out-loney-after-he-slips |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |title=Guillen throws out Loney |date=September 4, 2010 |work=MLB Advanced Media}}

==Pablo Sandoval 2012 World Series Game 1 Third Homer==

On October 24, 2012, Miller made the call of Pablo Sandoval's third home run in Game 1 of the 2012 World Series:{{cite web | url=https://www.si.com/more-sports/2012/10/25/pablo-sandoval-hits-three-home-runs-world-series | title=Hot Clicks: Pablo Sandoval hits three home runs in World Series game | date=October 25, 2012 }}

{{cquote|The one-one pitch. He swings and he belts one, deep center-field, [Austin] Jackson is going back, and, GONE! A HOME RUN! Number three for Pablo Sandoval! His first three at bats in this World Series. And Pablo Sandoval looks like The Babe himself has come back to life.}}

==2014 World Series clincher==

On October 29, 2014, Miller made the radio call on KNBR of the final out of the 2014 World Series, the Giants' third title in five years. His call also mentions the pitching performance of Madison Bumgarner through the playoffs. Miller's call went like this:{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM6rXYlcEh0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/pM6rXYlcEh0 |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=2014 World Series Final Call on KNBR}}{{cbignore}}

{{cquote|Madison Bumgarner trying to wrap up this World Series for the Giants. He's ready. He throws, swing and a POP-UP! [Pablo] Sandoval down the line in foul ground, he's got plenty of room, and he's got it! And the Giants have won; they have won the World Series for the third time in five years. And Madison Bumgarner has firmly etched his name on the all-time World Series record books as one of the greatest World Series pitchers the game has ever seen!}}

==2016 home opener==

On April 7, 2016, Miller accidentally called a grand slam by Hunter Pence for Buster Posey, but corrected himself mid-sentence:{{cite AV media |url=https://www.mlb.com/video/giants-radio-call-of-the-night-c578321283 |title=Voice of Giants calls Pence's grand slam |date=April 7, 2016 |work=MLB Advanced Media}}{{cite web |url=http://www.knbr.com/2016/04/08/%e2%96%b6%ef%b8%8e-jon-miller-relives-his-creative-hunter-pence-homerun-call/ |title=▶︎ Jon Miller relives creative Hunter Pence home run call |date=April 9, 2016 |publisher=KNBR.com |access-date=March 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316031203/http://www.knbr.com/2016/04/08/%e2%96%b6%ef%b8%8e-jon-miller-relives-his-creative-hunter-pence-homerun-call/ |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |url-status=dead }}

{{cquote|Swing and there's a high drive, deep into left-center field, it's on its way... adios pelota! A grand slam for Buster Posey...'s good friend, Hunter Pence.}}

Both Pence and Posey later referenced the call on their social media accounts,{{cite web |url=http://www.knbr.com/2016/04/08/hunter-pence-changes-twitter-bio-after-jon-millers-home-run-call/ |title=Hunter Pence changes Twitter bio after Jon Miller's home run call |date=April 8, 2016 |publisher=KNBR.com |access-date=March 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316025659/http://www.knbr.com/2016/04/08/hunter-pence-changes-twitter-bio-after-jon-millers-home-run-call/ |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.mlb.com/cut4/jon-miller-calls-hunter-pence-buster-posey-s-friend-in-home-run-call-c171169200 |title=Hunter Pence changes Twitter bio to joke with Giants radio broadcaster Jon Miller over HR call |first=Mike |last=Bertha |date=April 8, 2016 |work=MLB.com}} and Miller himself used the phrase intentionally a week later when Pence hit another home run.{{cite news |url=https://www.mlb.com/cut4/jon-miller-calls-hunter-pence-buster-posey-s-friend-again-c172074834 |title=Giants broadcaster Jon Miller doubles down on Hunter Pence home run call mishap |first=Mike |last=Bertha |date=April 13, 2016 |work=MLB.com}}

=National baseball work=

From 1986 to 1989, Miller did backup play-by-play for NBC's Saturday Game of the Week telecasts, paired with either Tony Kubek or Joe Garagiola. He also called regional telecasts for The Baseball Network in 1994–1995.

From 1990 to 2010, Miller did national television and radio broadcasts of regular-season and postseason games for ESPN, most prominently alongside Hall of Famer Joe Morgan on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball telecasts. Among his ESPN assignments, Miller called 13 World Series and 10 League Championship Series for ESPN Radio.{{cite news |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dailypitch/post/2010/11/giants-loss-is-national-radios-gain-with-broadcaster-jon-miller/1 |title=Giants' loss is national radio's gain with broadcaster Jon Miller |first=Steve |last=Gardner |date=November 1, 2010 |work=USA Today}} During Game 3 of the 2000 World Series, Miller was forced to leave the booth after the top of the first inning due to an upper respiratory infection. Charley Steiner, who was serving as a field reporter for the network, filled in on play-by-play for the rest of the game; Miller resumed his duties in Game 4 of the Series. In November 2010, it was announced that Miller and Morgan would not be returning to the Sunday night telecasts for the 2011 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/sports/baseball/09sportsbriefs-espn.html|title=Miller and Morgan Done on Sunday Night|work=The New York Times|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|date=2010-11-08}} Miller was offered, but declined, a continued role with ESPN Radio.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/sports/23miller.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss|title=Miller Declines ESPN's Radio Offer|work=The New York Times|last=Sandomir|first=Richard|date=2010-11-22}}

In June 2021, Miller teamed with Mike Krukow, John Kruk, and Jimmy Rollins for the Phillies vs Giants series on Peacock.

In May 2022, Miller teamed with Shawn Estes and Barry Larkin to call the national telecast of a Giants-Reds game for MLB Sunday Leadoff on Peacock, substituting for regular play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti.{{cite web|url=https://awfulannouncing.com/peacock/jon-miller-filling-in-for-jason-benetti-on-peacocks-mlb-sunday-leadoff.html|title=Jon Miller filling in for Jason Benetti on Peacock's MLB Sunday Leadoff|website=Awful Announcing|last=Rigdon|first=Jay|date=May 26, 2022|accessdate=May 29, 2022}}

=Other appearances=

Miller's voice can be heard in the Season 1 Cheers episode "The Tortelli Tort", during a scene where the gang at the bar is watching a Red Sox game on the television. He also is briefly heard in the films 61* and Summer Catch and in the English release of the animated movie My Neighbors the Yamadas, and appears as himself in two episodes of the HBO series Arliss.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0588662/ |title=Jon Miller |work=IMDB}}

In 1998, Miller wrote a book with Mark S. Hyman titled Confessions of a Baseball Purist: What's Right—and Wrong—with Baseball, as Seen from the Best Seat in the House ({{ISBN|0-8018-6316-3}}), in which he expounded on the then-current state of the sport.{{cite book|author1=Jon W. Miller|author2=Mark Hyman|title=Confessions of a Baseball Purist: What's Right, and Wrong, with Baseball, as Seen from the Best Seat in the House|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ftCc5ZNO6dAC|year=2000|publisher=JHU Press|isbn=978-0-8018-6316-5}}

Miller guest-starred as Jordan in the episode "Little Octi Lost" of the 2016 reboot of the Cartoon Network original series The Powerpuff Girls.

=Awards and honors=

Miller received numerous honors for his ESPN work, including six CableACE Award nominations (winning the award in 1991 and 1996) and several Emmy Award nominations. The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association inducted him into its Hall of Fame in 1998, the Baseball Hall of Fame selected him for its Ford C. Frick Award in 2010, and the National Radio Hall of Fame inducted him in 2014.{{cite press release |url=https://www.mlb.com/news/national-radio-hall-of-fame-announces-class-of-2014/c-78388600 |title=National Radio Hall of Fame announces class of 2014 |publisher=MLB.com |work=National Radio Hall of Fame |date=June 5, 2014}} Miller was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame in 2010, with Dan Odum, his broadcasting professor from the College of San Mateo, serving as his presenter.{{cite press release |url=http://bayarearadio.org/site/hof/2010-hof/ |title=Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame Announces Class of 2010 }}

=Commentating style=

Miller's delivery is notable for his easygoing, sometimes humorous manner and measured use of hyperbole, particularly in banter with his sportscasting partners. He livens up many broadcasts with a few Hawaiian and Japanese phrases spoken with impeccable{{peacock inline|date=March 2017}} pronunciation, and has been known to announce a half inning totally in Spanish.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}} It is notable that Miller generally pronounces foreign language names with the source language pronunciation, in contrast with broadcasters who "Anglicize" foreign-named players.{{cite news |url=https://www.sbnation.com/2009/6/5/1643914/jon-miller-on-300-wins-spanish |title=Jon Miller on 300 Wins, Spanish Accents and FJM |first=Dan |last=Steinberg |date=June 5, 2009 |work=SBNation.com}} Miller is also known for his meticulous scorekeeping, having scored over 5,500 games since he started broadcasting.{{cite news |url=http://m.mlb.com/news/article/1996895/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083212/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/1996895/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |title=Scorekeeping remains an art form |first=Becky |last=Regan |date=June 1, 2007 |work=MLB.com}}

Miller will occasionally quote lines from Shakespeare plays during radio broadcasts.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1991/07/22/124597/what-voice-through-yonder-mike-doth-speak-tis-the-orioles-jon-miller-the-bard-of-baseballs-play-by-play-men |title=What Voice Through Yonder Mike Doth Speak? |first=Franz |last=Lidz |date=July 22, 1991 |magazine=Sports Illustrated}} He is well known for his foul ball call, "That ball is fooooul", and his emphatic cries of "Two!" for a successful double play and "Safe!" (which he pronounces like an umpire's "Hafe!" call) on close baserunning plays.{{cite news |url=http://www.prosportsblogging.com/2010/08/05/jon-miller-to-cooperstown-with-ya/ |title=Jon Miller — To Cooperstown With Ya |first=Joseph |last=Davis |date=August 5, 2010 |publisher=ProSportsBlogging.com}} Early in his career, Miller would punctuate home runs with the signature call, "Tell it goodbye!" (in emulation of longtime Giants announcer Lon Simmons), and he continues to refer to a home run as a "big fly". His home run call for Hispanic batters is now punctuated, "Adios, pelota!" (a phrase he occasionally uses for home runs hit by non-Hispanics as well).{{cite news |url=http://static.espn.go.com/mlb/columns/stark_jayson/551977.html |title=Keep the homer calls coming |first=Jayson |last=Stark |date=May 30, 2000 |work=ESPN.com}}{{cite news |url=http://www.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2010/10/25/world-series-run-radio-through-the-tv-banish-joe-buck-and-tim-mccarver |title=World Series: Run Radio Through the TV -- Banish Joe Buck and Tim McCarver! |first=Joe |last=Eskenazi |date=October 25, 2010 |work=SF Weekly}}

Miller is noted in baseball circles for his impersonation of Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqe8uq9BWVc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/Sqe8uq9BWVc |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Jon Miller's Vin Scully Impression |medium=audio |date=July 22, 2012 |first=Cole |last=Kuiper |publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/PROFILE-Jon-miller-Giants-voice-living-a-2864210.php |title=PROFILE / Jon miller / Giants' voice living a dream in booth / Voice of Giants can't get enough baseball |first=Brian |last=Murphy |date=October 30, 2001 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}} Miller also imitates Harry Caray, Chuck Thompson, Jack Buck, Al Michaels, Babe Ruth, Bob Sheppard, and Harry Kalas, among others.{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0TG6Ba6noo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/r0TG6Ba6noo |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Jon Miller Impersonates Al Michaels and Harry Caray |first=Donny |last=Baarns |publisher=YouTube |medium=audio}}{{cbignore}}{{cite AV media |url=https://www.npr.org/2013/03/02/173259151/sportscaster-jon-miller-plays-not-my-job |title=Sportscaster Jon Miller Plays Not My Job |date=March 1, 2013 |work=NPR}} Asked how he got into broadcasting play by play of baseball games, he recalled being in stands at Candlestick Park as a child and looking into the broadcast booth. In the middle of the at-bat, he watched as the broadcaster consumed a handful of fries and a drink between pitches, thinking, "That is the life for me."{{cite news |url=http://www.americansportscastersonline.com/JonMillerReceivesFrick.html |title=ASA Board Member Jon Miller Receives Ford Frick Award |date=July 25, 2010}}

While calling games on the radio for the Giants, Miller occasionally introduces himself and his fellow broadcaster(s), followed by the phrase, "your Giants broadcasters". The same is repeated when Miller is on TV, except he replaces the word "broadcasters" with "telecasters." (Miller is referred to by fellow Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow as "The Big Kahuna".) He would use similar terminology for his Sunday Night Baseball telecasts on ESPN ("your Sunday night telecasters") and his World Series broadcasts for ESPN Radio ("your World Series broadcasters").

Personal life

Miller was married to Roberta Creeron for seven years in the 1970s; they have two daughters. In 1986, he re-united with childhood friend Janine Allen, who had also married and divorced and had one daughter. The couple married in 1987 and have one son together. They resided in Moss Beach, California, for many years, before moving to an apartment near Oracle Park. Jon's daughter Emilie Miller is an actress who appeared in a 2014 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/08/sports/baseball/ballpark-upbringing-creates-lifelong-fan.html |title=Ballpark Upbringing Creates Lifelong Fan |first=Emilie |last=Miller |date=April 7, 2012 |work=The New York Times}}{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2961438/ |title=Emilie Miller |work=IMDB.com}}

References

External links

[https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/frick/jon-miller Jon Miller] Ford C. Frick Award biography at the National Baseball Hall of Fame
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