Mike Krukow called his final San Francisco Giants game Sunday, ending a 36-year broadcasting run as fans paid tribute. The Giants lost 5-1 to the Dodgers in 10 innings; Krukow is retiring because his degenerative muscle disease makes broadcasting unsafe.
Krukow's final game was alongside longtime partner Duane Kuiper. The Giants renamed the television booth the “Kruk and Kuip broadcast booth” in a ceremony after the first inning, followed by an hour-long postgame ceremony.
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie designated Friday as “Kruk and Kuip Day” across the city. Fieldwork brewery unveiled a “Grab Some Pine, Meat!” West Coast IPA honoring Krukow, with proceeds going to a Reno-area children's cancer charity he supports.
