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Coastsider Miller will be admitted into baseball's Hall

Published/Last Modified on Wednesday, Feb 03, 2010 - 10:12:23 am PST

San Francisco Giants lead announcer and Moss Beach resident Jon Miller was named the recipient of the 2010 Ford C. Frick Award.

The award is given annually for a lifetime of contributions to baseball broadcasting. The award brings admittance into baseball’s Hall of Fame.

Miller began his baseball broadcasting career with a one-year stint with the Oakland A’s in 1974. He was also a broadcaster for the Texas Rangers, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles before taking on the duties as the Giants’ announcer in 1997.

He was a household name to baseball fans by that time, having been ESPN’s lead announcer for the cable network’s Sunday Night Baseball since 1990.

Miller will receive the honor during the Hall of Fame induction ceremony on July 25 in Cooperstown, N.Y.

The award was established in 1978. Miller joins former Giants announcers, and boyhood idols, Russ Hodges and Lon Simmons as award winners.

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