Glen Kuiper to name first MLB sport since firing over racial slur

Glen Kuiper is again on the air.

Almost three years after showing to say a racial slur throughout a broadcast, the previous A’s announcer will return to the radio sales space when the Giants play Staff USA throughout spring coaching on March 3.

Kuiper, who’s the youthful brother of San Francisco’s longtime play-by-play announcer Duane Kuiper, will even fill in for 10-15 Giants broadcasts through the common season, in accordance with the San Francisco Chronicle.

Oakland Athletics broadcaster Glen Kuiper poses next to the Ray Fosse backdrop in the TV booth at the Coliseum before a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants on Aug. 6, 2022, in Oakland, Calif. — Oakland Athletics broadcaster Glen Kuiper poses subsequent to the Ray Fosse backdrop within the TV sales space on the Coliseum earlier than a baseball sport in opposition to the San Francisco Giants on Aug. 6, 2022, in Oakland, Calif. AP

The incident occurred through the pregame protection of an A’s-Royals sport on Might 5, 2023. Kuiper, together with broadcast companion Dallas Braden, mentioned their go to to Kansas Metropolis’s Negro League Museum, which Kuiper appeared to journey over and use the N-word as a substitute.

Kuiper apologized through the sixth inning of the sport after studying of the utterance, though he was suspended by NBC following the sport.

“Somewhat bit earlier within the present, I mentioned one thing, didn’t come out fairly the way in which I needed it to and I simply needed to apologize if it sounded totally different than I meant it to be mentioned. I simply needed to apologize for that,” Kuiper mentioned through the broadcast.

A man in a light blue polo shirt and headset, sitting in a broadcast booth, gestures while looking to his right. — Broadcaster Glen Kuiper Jr. of the Oakland Athletics works from the pressbox through the sport in opposition to the Chicago White Sox at Hohokam Stadium on March 8, 2015 in Mesa, Arizona. Getty Pictures

A few weeks later, Kuiper, who had labored because the A’s play-by-play man since 2006, was fired by the community.

“Following an inside overview, the choice has been made for NBC Sports activities California to finish its relationship with Glen Kuiper, efficient instantly,” NBC Sports activities California mentioned in an announcement on the time. “We thank Glen for his dedication to Bay Space baseball over time.”

After his firing, Kuiper expressed frustration with the choice, writing in an announcement that he had a “exhausting time understanding how one mistake in a 20-year broadcasting profession is trigger for termination” and that “racism is under no circumstances part of me.”