I don’t miss much about San Francisco. I do miss the availability of Peet’s coffee, the shopping in Union Square, the Ferry Building Farmers Market, Arizmendi bakery, Golden Gate Park … and I miss the Giants.

I didn’t fully realize it til the season started and I found myself missing listening to the Giants broadcasting crew call the games. Even though the Giants are a fairly subpar team, I know I’m a real fan because I miss them anyway and wish I could still watch all their games.

I didn’t cough up for the mlb.tv package, but I paid $15 for a full season of radio streams, so I will still get to hear Kruk and Kuip, Jon Miller, and Dave Flemming. I am convinced this is the best baseball broadcast team in America. The Mariners crew pales in comparison, sorry.

These guys not only have smooth radio voices, but always have something smart, insightful, descriptive, or funny to say. I remember last season listening to Flemming just after a particularly awful performance of the national anthem, dryly commenting that he hoped the song didn’t make anyone drive off the road. Heh.

Yes, I am a huge baseball nerd, thanks for asking.

OMG! I’m a Giants fan for life!