Glen Kuiper to return to MLB booth to call Giants' spring training game vs. Team USA

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Broadcaster Glen Kuiper, left, seen here with Bruce Bochy on the field before a Bay Bridge Series pre-season game between the San Francisco and the Oakland A's on March 28, 2014 in San Francisco, Calif. (Leah Millis/San Francisco Chronicle)


Glen Kuiper, the former A's TV announcer who was fired after using a racial slur on the air, will do radio play-by-play for the San Francisco Giants' exhibition game against Team USA on Tuesday at Scottsdale Stadium, the Chronicle has learned.

Kuiper, the younger brother of beloved Giants broadcaster Duane Kuiper and Giants TV producer Jeff Kuiper, will potentially fill in on radio broadcasts during the regular season, too, according to sources.

On May 5, 2023, Kuiper and broadcast partner Dallas Braden visited the Negro Leagues Museum in Kansas City. Later that evening, recounting that visit, Kuiper stumbled over the name of the museum, uttering a slur; NBC Sports Bay Area suspended him and during a subsequent investigation uncovered another such instance in August 2020, when Kuiper was discussing Negro League greats among the carboard cutouts that populated the stands during the pandemic. He was fired on May 22, 2023.

He and Duane Kuiper hosted shows at the Gotham Club at Oracle Park after Friday night home games last year, interviewing former players and coaches. Kuiper also hosts a Giants podcast, the Glen Kuiper Show.

This article originally published at Glen Kuiper to return to MLB booth to call Giants' spring training game vs. Team USA.

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