Duane Kuiper, we love you

Denver Post via Getty ImagesIn the last post-game wrap of the season (on KNBR), San Francisco Giants broadcaster Duane Kuiper told Jon Miller, Mike Krukow, and Dave Flemming that he loved them, and they were all clearly touched by his words. He wasn’t talking to us, of course, but I think it’s safe to say that most of us here love him.

It’s weeks-old news now, but he is a finalist for the Ford C. Frick Award. Duane Kuiper is absolutely, without a doubt, a Hall of Fame baseball announcer, and when you read the intention of the award, his qualifications should win over any skeptics:

To be considered, a candidate must have shown a “commitment to excellence, quality of broadcasting abilities,…