Longtime Oakland A’s play-by-play man Bill King passed away earlier today following complications from hip surgery.
King, who also called games for the NBA’s Warriors and NFL’s Raiders for two decades each, is an iconic figure in Bay Area Sports history. I’ll leave it to our Northern California friends to eulogize King properly, but suffice to say that even for an infrequent visitor to that region such as myself, his voice is inextricably linked to those clubs.
(Addendum : The Contra Costa Times’ Gary Perterson on Bill King)
First that fucking moron Ken Macha is retained, and now this.
Other than Vin Scully, Bill King is the greatest baseball announcer I’ve ever heard. And he is considered by many to be the greatest football AND basketball announcer who ever lived. “Legend” doesn’t do him justice. I am going to miss him terribly.