Editing Jon Miller (section)

===Baltimore Orioles===
Following the [[Baltimore Orioles]]' 1982 season, their longtime announcer [[Chuck Thompson]] moved from the [[WJZ (AM)|WFBR]] radio booth to do television broadcasts full-time, and WFBR president Harry Shriver brought in Miller to handle the radio play-by-play duties with veteran broadcaster [[Tom Marr]].<ref name="sports.espn.go.com"/> In his first year in Baltimore, Miller called the Orioles' [[1983 World Series|World Series]] championship run, including the last out of Game 5:<ref name="Smith2012">{{cite book|author=Curt Smith|title=Mercy!: A Celebration of Fenway Park's Centennial Told Through Red Sox Radio and TV|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_Pi6tIRIFPwC&pg=PT126|year=2012|publisher=Potomac Books, Inc.|isbn=978-1-59797-936-8|pages=126–}}</ref>

{{cquote|''The cheering you hear is from Oriole fans. Everybody else is in muted silence. The pitch! Line drive! [[Cal Ripken Jr.|Ripken]] catches it at [[shortstop]]! And the Orioles are champions of the world!''}}

He eventually signed a contract directly with the Orioles and, while the broadcast rights eventually moved to rival station [[WBAL (AM)|WBAL]], Miller remained their primary announcer through 1996.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2012/05/22/jon-miller-hasnt-given-up-his-connection-to-baltimore/ |title=Jon Miller hasn't given up his connection to Baltimore |first=Steven |last=Petrella |date=May 22, 2012 |work=The Baltimore Sun}}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|0j40hUOlXDc|Video of Miller during his time as Baltimore Orioles broadcaster}}</ref> At the end of that [[1996 Baltimore Orioles season|season]], Orioles owner [[Peter Angelos]], displeased with Miller's often candid commentary on the Orioles play, declined to renew his contract, citing a desire for a broadcaster who would "bleed more orange and black."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://curtsmith.mlblogs.com/voices_of_the_game/2006/09/jon_miller_wows.html |title=Jon Miller Wows Hall of Fame Audience |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061018205458/http://curtsmith.mlblogs.com/voices_of_the_game/2006/09/jon_miller_wows.html |archive-date=2006-10-18 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1996/11/11/going-going-gone-broadcaster-jon-miller-replacing-voice-of-the-orioles-a-tall-order/ |title=Going, going, gone Broadcaster Jon Miller: Replacing 'voice of the Orioles' a tall order. |date=November 11, 1996 |work=The Baltimore Sun}}</ref> Miller returned to the [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]] and joined his hometown Giants.<ref name="Slusser1997"/>