The Giants are cutting beer prices for one game of their final homestand, and KNBR’s morning hosts are claiming a win after pushing the idea on air for weeks.
Giants president and CEO Larry Baer first heard the pitch on July 23, when he appeared on “Murph & Markus” and was asked to consider a cheap-beer promotion tied to the station’s frequencies. Brian Murphy and Markus Boucher laid out the idea: beers at $6.80 for 680 AM and $10.45 for 104.5 FM. Baer didn’t sign off then, saying he’d take it under advisement.
On Thursday, he came back with the answer. The special will run for one day only on Wednesday, Sept. 23, when the Giants host the Twins. Coors Light will be sold for $6.80 and Corona for $10.45 at multiple spots around the ballpark and at 58 Social, the restaurant attached to Oracle Park where KNBR often does pregame broadcasts.
Baer didn’t give many specifics on the size or format of the beer being sold at those prices, and the Giants didn’t immediately respond to an inquiry for more information. He did say the lower-priced beers will be available until the team stops selling alcohol in the eighth inning.
The announcement also came with a funny slip. Baer twice called it the “Murph and Mac KNBR Special,” even though KNBR’s morning show hasn’t gone by “Murph and Mac” since late 2023, after longtime host Paul McCaffrey - “Paulie Mac” - was laid off. Murphy and Boucher were visibly cracking up on the YouTube livestream each time Baer said it.
After the announcement, Murphy asked if it could be called the “Murph and Markus” special. Baer said that was fine, adding that he didn’t “want to upset any of the top brass at KNBR.” Murphy and Boucher then kept poking fun at the mistake and said they’d invite McCaffrey to the game.
The beer prices are hardly cheap by normal standards. In 2026, the Giants sell 20-ounce domestic beers for $16.89 before taxes and “premium” beers - including craft beers and international options like Guinness - for $19.69 pre-tax. Those numbers have been a regular target for KNBR hosts over the years, even as Murphy has often credited himself with helping land the $9 “value” Coors beer that’s been available at the park since 2023.
Baer nodded to that long-running push, saying the hosts were “no dummies” in how they went about it. He also joked, “Was the pope involved in this?”
When Murphy fired back, “Wait till you see what we do to you next year,” Baer answered: “I’m a little concerned. You’re going to have a $300 million-a-year player you’re going to make us sign.”
Murphy and Boucher spent the rest of the morning sounding like they’d won the whole thing. Boucher called it his “best work ever,” and both hosts said they planned to show up for the beer deal - with talk of maybe even taking the next day off.
“It happened. We took on the behemoth.
We took on the billionaires,” Murphy said about an hour after the announcement. “We’re like those socialists who are running for all of these offices.
We’re like [New York Mayor Zohran] Mamdani and all of those guys.”
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