Ken Korach

Kenneth Louis Korach (born January 30, 1952) is an American sports commentator for the Athletics of Major League Baseball and a published author.

Early life and education Korach was born in Los Angeles in 1952. He went on to attend San Diego State University for college, where he worked on the school's newspaper, before he transferred to the University of California, Santa Barbara. He graduated from UC Santa Barbara in 1975 with a B.A. in Social Sciences.

Broadcasting career Korach started his broadcasting career in 1980 for KTOB in Petaluma, California, where he was involved with high school sports. In 1981, he joined California League team Redwood Pioneers and broadcast on KSRO on a part-time basis, eventually becoming full-time with them in 1984. Korach was promoted to lead announcer for the Athletics after the 2005 season to replace King, who died in October 2005.

Korach is the author of Holy Toledo – Lessons from Bill King: Renaissance Man of the Mic , a biography of his former broadcasting partner Bill King. It was released in September 2013 by Wellstone Books, and features contributions from longtime San Francisco Giants lead broadcaster Jon Miller.

Beginning in the 2023 season Korach reduced his schedule, calling only home games and games on the West Coast.

Perfect game call On May 9, 2010, Korach was the commentator for the conclusion of A's pitcher Dallas Braden's perfect game. Korach told Las Vegas Review-Journal columnist Ron Kantowski that although everyone in the ballpark was aware of what was going on, the words "perfect game" weren't used in the broadcast until the eighth inning. He had previously heard of trouble at Oakland Technical High School, the alma mater of former A's outfielder and National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum member Rickey Henderson. In 2013, he was named the California Sportscaster of the Year for his work with the Oakland Athletics radio network and 95.7 The Game, beating out John Ireland.

In 2003, Korach was elected by the Nevada Broadcasters Association to the Nevada Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

In 2017, Korach was inducted into the Jewish Sports Hall of Fame of Northern California, and in 2019 the iconic Bay Area voice was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame.

Personal life In March 2012, Korach underwent left knee replacement surgery. As a result, he missed several weeks on the broadcast. He returned to the booth on May 23, 2015 after missing the first 46 games to the season. He resides in Henderson, Nevada.