Editing Jon Miller (section)

==Early life==
Jon Miller was born on [[Hamilton Air Force Base]] in [[Novato, California]],<ref name="Beitiks">{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Childhood-dream-fulfilled-for-Bay-Area-native-3114420.php |title=Childhood dream fulfilled for Bay Area native Miller |first=Edvins |last=Beitiks |date=November 5, 1996 |work=San Francisco Examiner |quote=Miller, 45, did not get a solid offer from Baltimore when his contract expired following the '96 season...}}</ref><ref name="Ainsworth">{{cite news |url=http://www.marinij.com/general-news/20090404/marin-snapshot-blind-comedian-cant-wait-to-hear-crack-of-the-bat |title=Marin snapshot: Blind comedian can't wait to hear crack of the bat |first=Brent |last=Ainsworth |date=April 4, 2009 |work=Marin Independent Journal}}</ref> and grew up in [[Hayward, California|Hayward]], listening to Giants announcers [[Russ Hodges]] and [[Lon Simmons]] on the radio.<ref name="Jenkins2010">{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Jon-Miller-s-passion-takes-him-to-Hall-of-Fame-3181734.php |title=Jon Miller's passion takes him to Hall of Fame |first=Bruce |last=Jenkins |date=July 18, 2010 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> He attended his first baseball game in 1962, a 19–8 Giants' victory over the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] at [[Candlestick Park]].<ref name="Slusser1997">{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/ON-THE-AIR-Giants-New-Voice-Steeped-In-Local-2858852.php |title=ON THE AIR -- Giants' New Voice Steeped In Local Ties / Jon Miller moves home, surrounded by history |first=Susan |last=Slusser |date=January 14, 1997 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref> As a teenager, Miller played [[Strat-O-Matic]] and recorded his own play-by-play into a tape recorder, adding his own crowd noise, vendors, and commercials.<ref name="Jenkins2010"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/hallfame/2010-07-21-jon-miller_N.htm |title=Radio made Jon Miller raconteur in TV booth |first=Jorge L. |last=Ortiz |date=July 21, 2010 |work=USA Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.expressionsofexcellence.com/ARTICLES/big_inning_jon_miller.htm |title=In the Big Inning there was Story! Jon Miller interview on Storytelling |first=Craig |last=Harrison |publisher=Expressions of Excellence}}</ref>