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It’s Kruk and Kuip Day in the City and County of San Francisco! Today we will proudly honor the Giants legends ahead of their final game together in the broadcast booth this Sunday.  Mike Krukow and Duane Kuiper became teammates with the San Francisco Giants in 1983, beginning a friendship and partnership that would come to define generations of Giants baseball.  After their playing careers, Kruk and Kuip took that partnership to the broadcast booth, where for more than three decades they have brought Giants baseball into the homes, cars, and lives of fans across San Francisco and the Bay Area. Through their humor, friendship, knowledge of the game, and unmistakable calls—from Kruk’s “Grab some pine, meat!” to Kuip’s “It is outta here!”—they made the whole city feel like their teammates. Kruk and Kuip gave voice to some of the greatest moments in San Francisco Giants history, including Barry Bonds’ record-breaking 756th home run, Matt Cain’s perfect game, and three World Series championships in 2010, 2012, and 2014. For generations of San Franciscans, the sound of Kruk and Kuip has been the sound of Giants baseball—a familiar voice at the end of a long day, a connection between generations of fans, and a reminder that when you turned on the game, you were home. Together, Kruk and Kuip have become one of the most beloved broadcasting duos in baseball history, and to generations of Giants fans, they are simply the best to ever do it.