Q&A: Jon Miller Hears Voices

摘要

With pennant races heating up and baseball's postseason promising a memorable last act, the spotlight will be on one of baseball's most gifted play-by-play men. Jon Miller broadcasts locally for the San Francisco Giants and nationally for ESPN, where he's teamed with former Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame second baseman Joe Morgan. As a kid, Miller would tape games then do his own announcing. But perhaps the moment that marked him as destined for the broadcast booth came during the first game he attended, when he saw Willie Mays hit a home run but "felt something was missing" because seeing it live meant he couldn't hear Giants announcer Russ Hodges' trademark call, "Bye-bye, baby." Miller spoke with B&C contributor Stuart Miller.