who is greg papa?

Answer 1

Greg Papa
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Greg Papa is a sports broadcaster in the San Francisco Bay area, providing on-air coverage of most professional sports franchises in the market in recent years, including the Oakland Raiders, Oakland Athletics, Golden State Warriors, and San Francisco Giants. His work with the Raiders alongside former coach Tom Flores is very much in the tradition of his predecessor Bill King. Like King, his touchdown calls are punctuated by '"TOUCHDOWN, RRRRAID-ERS!!!"'

Papa's best calls to date arguably are Tyrone Wheatley's 26-yard run in the Raiders 1999 finale v. the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium ('Wheatley won't go down!!!') along with describing the events during the [1]'Tuck Rule' game, when the Raiders seemingly had won a 2001 playoff game in a blinding blizzard after forcing a late fumble, only to see referee Walt Coleman reverse the call after consulting instant replay. The New England Patriots went on to win the historic, controversial contest in overtime.

Greg Papa is frequently criticized by Giants fans for being the least skilled of the 4 man team of Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Dave Flemming, and Jon Miller.

When Flemming's microphone went dead when the ball was in the air for what turned out to be Barry Bonds' 715th career home run on May 28, 2006, Papa took over the broadcast, apologized to listeners, and explained what happened on the field.

Papa also appears regularly on network broadcasts.

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Answer 2

Announcer

Answer 3

A Sports Announcer. He use to do some games on espn.

Answer 4

I am Greg Papa........can i help you grass hoppa?

Answer 5

After 14 years as the television voice of the Oakland A's, veteran announcer Greg Papa is moving across the Bay to join the Giants broadcasting team next season. Papa, who has also announced for three NBA teams, is currently the radio play-by-play man for the Oakland Raiders.
Papa recently spoke with MLB.com about his new job, which will see him broadcast selected Giants games on television and radio when Jon Miller is busy with his ESPN Sunday Night Baseball duties.

MLB.com: What do you think is going to be the most exciting part of your new assignment?

Papa: Working with my new partners. I'm very familiar with Mike [Krukow] and Duane [Kuiper] and have been big, big fans of theirs and I'm really excited about just talking baseball, watching baseball with them. I obviously have tremendous respect for Jon Miller and what he does. I think he is the best in all of baseball in both TV and radio. I'm just honored and privileged to be able to jump in there when he's not able to be there. And [new broadcaster] Dave [Flemming] is someone I'm looking forward to meeting. I had a chance to hear him a little bit last year and I thought he was terrific. I know people who worked with him and spoke very highly of him.

But above all that, it's just going to be exciting to go to that ballpark every day and announce in front of a sold-out crowd. And going on the road with this team and just being a part of the Barry Bonds roadshow -- it's very exciting. I've been around some good teams in all the different sports over the years, but what this man is about to do is something that very few of us -- I can think of maybe Milo Hamilton when he was doing the Braves games in the early '70s -- have had the chance to be a part of. Approaching 660 is going to be obviously huge, but then once he passes 660 and begins to approach the previously unreachable 700 -- now you're in a whole different realm, so as a baseball historian, that was fascinating to me and will be.

MLB.com: Do you have any concerns that Giants fans may not be as receptive of you because of your previous job?

Papa: You mean they may not like me because I used to announce the other guys? (laughs) Yeah -- when the job was first brought up, one of the first things I thought of was how will I be perceived by Giants fans? I was very concerned about that. All I can say is, from talking to a lot of people ... I think when people hear my name, they don't necessarily associate [it with] the Oakland A's. I'm probably the worst one to judge, but when I ask for advice, they say people probably think of you first and foremost with the Oakland Raiders, and then maybe secondly, the Golden State Warriors, and then probably third it was the A's. It's probably even more so to Giants fans, because I don't think they watch the A's as much as much as other people.

I'm going to do the very best job I can with this team. I've worked for a number of different teams in different sports; in basketball I worked for three different teams, the Pacers, the Warriors and the San Antonio Spurs, and this will be the second baseball team I've worked for. In my business, change is inevitable. It's not quite as fluid as being a player or manager or something, but it is inevitable in my industry. So it's just the kind of thing you roll with. I hope Giants fans give me a chance. I'm going to do the very best I can for them.

MLB.com: What is your sense of what next year's Giants team is going to be like?

Papa: I already like the move with A.J. [Pierzynski]. I thought Benito [Santiago] did a nice job the last couple of years, but I've had a chance to see Pierzynski up close in the American League, and I think he's a terrific player.

I think the position players, they're going to find a way to have a good lineup and score around Barry being the centerpiece, and then it's just a question of how bold an offseason they can have in free agency. This is a plentiful free agent crop; I can't recall one quite as good as this one. And I think there's a lot of cache to hitting in a lineup around Barry, either in front of him or behind him. Not just cache, but it helps your baseball card a lot. You're going to be up with guys on base if you hit behind him -- it's the premier spot probably in baseball.

What excites me most about the Giants is Jerome Williams and a couple of the young pitchers and how they're able to develop. There was a real change in that team last year, going to a young starting staff. The excitement part is in what's going to be the composition of the starting staff, beyond Jason Schmidt, obviously. I love watching that guy pitch. He's almost like a young Roger Clemens, the way he just comes at hitters -- even more so, just the way he goes at them with a high-90s, mid-90s fastball and throws it by the guy. It's extremely exciting.

MLB.com: And you've seen some good pitchers ...

Papa: None that threw like him! This guy's got closer stuff as a starter.

MLB.com: What should fans most be looking forward to when they listen to a Greg Papa broadcast?

Papa: To be informed and to have fun -- that's the way baseball should be. There's so many different layers of fandom out there. You've got people who want all the little nuggets, who watch every single game, every single pitch. And then you've got people who are just casually popping it on and want to have a good time. I think you've got to meet in the middle. You've gotta throw enough nuggets at people to satisfy the real hardcore and then have enough fun to satisfy everybody else. There's a real middle ground there.

That's why it's exciting to work with Duane and Mike, because they find that middle ground as well as any two announcers in baseball. They have a light, fun approach, but it's also very informative. You gotta laugh and you gotta learn.

MLB.com: Is there anything else fans should know about you?

Papa: I look good in black -- much better in black than in green.

Chris Shuttlesworth is an editorial producer for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs
Greg Papa is a sports broadcaster in the San Francisco Bay area, providing on-air coverage of most professional sports franchises in the market in recent years, including the Oakland Raiders, Oakland Athletics, Golden State Warriors, and San Francisco Giants. His work with the Raiders alongside former coach Tom Flores is very much in the tradition of his predecessor Bill King. Like King, his touchdown calls are punctuated by '"TOUCHDOWN, RRRRAID-ERS!!!"'

Papa's best calls to date arguably are Tyrone Wheatley's 26-yard run in the Raiders 1999 finale v. the Kansas City Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium ('Wheatley won't go down!!!') along with describing the events during the [1]'Tuck Rule' game, when the Raiders seemingly had won a 2001 playoff game in a blinding blizzard after forcing a late fumble, only to see referee Walt Coleman reverse the call after consulting instant replay. The New England Patriots went on to win the historic, controversial contest in overtime.

Greg Papa is frequently criticized by Giants fans for being the least skilled of the 4 man team of Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Dave Flemming, and Jon Miller.

When Flemming's microphone went dead when the ball was in the air for what turned out to be Barry Bonds' 715th career home run on May 28, 2006, Papa took over the broadcast, apologized to listeners, and explained what happened on the field.

Papa also appears regularly on network broadcasts.

This biographical article relating to sports is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Papa"