Table of Content
- Giants Welcome Fans To Home Opener; 1st Fans At Oracle Park Since Start Of Pandemic
- Giants say home opener may be delayed by rain
- MLB Rumors: Michael Conforto, Giants Agree to Two-Year, $36M Contract
- The Opener: Christmas Signings, Correa, Dodgers
- Team Batting
- The SF Giants may not sell out their home opener for the first time since moving to 24 Willie Mays Plaza
Food and beverage will be ordered through a mobile app, and fans will pick up their orders in designated areas in their seating zone. The fans, the food, the good times, it all came back to life inside Oracle Park for the game against the Colorado Rackies, even though the pandemic continues to write most of the rules. Those who were lucky enough to be among the 9,000 fans allowed inside Oracle Park Friday were thrilled to attend the game. "We're just thrilled to welcome a limited number of fans back to the ballpark for our home opener," said Staci Slaughter, Giants Executive Vice President of Communications.
Broadcaster Mike Krukow gave a poignant, touching remembrance of the late managing general partner, Peter Magowan. Public address announcer Renel Brooks-Moon voiced a beautiful tribute to Hall of Fame first baseman Willie McCovey, who passed away last fall. The 2019 Giants gathered behind the mound as Bruce Bochy threw out the first pitch before his 25th and final home opener as a major league manager. But that 1997 team went on to win the NL West, just as construction was getting started on the ballpark they call home today. And for most of the first two decades, life was really good at 24 Willie Mays Plaza.
Giants Welcome Fans To Home Opener; 1st Fans At Oracle Park Since Start Of Pandemic
Though wet weather and morning showers threatened to delay or even postpone Friday’s opener, Mother Nature cooperated and gave the Giants a chance to do what they do best. Few organizations in all of sports honor legacy and tradition quite like the Giants, and that started with the dedication and appreciation for history displayed by Magowan. There was also Major League Baseball’s lockout of its players as they negotiated a new collective bargaining agreement , a 99-day affair that forced the first week of the regular season to be rescheduled. That postponement is why the Giants are starting their season at home for the first time since 2009, a change that Daum said affects how the Giants typically market their home opener. The Giants have not revealed any contingency plans if Friday’s game is postponed due to rain, but this weekend marks the only time the Tampa Bay Rays are visiting San Francisco this year.
The Giants plan to honor retiring manager Bruce Bochy and team greats who passed away during the offseason, including Willie McCovey. The Giants made clear at the beginning of the offseason that they needed to add thump to their lineup. Perhaps they weren’t “begging to give out a third of a billion dollars,” but they said they were willing to pay whatever it takes to sign at least one of the top free agents. This was the second time in two weeks that the Giants appeared to have secured a superstar free agent, only to lose him to a New York team. The first one came fourteen days earlier, when the New York Post’s Jon Heyman erroneously reported on Twitter that “Arson Judge appears headed to Giants.” The hilarious typo wasn’t the only error.
Giants say home opener may be delayed by rain
Please note that players may not be in the uniform of the correct team in these images. July 31, 2019 – The Giants acquired 2B Scooter Gennett and cash considerations in a trade with the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for a player to be named later. July 26, 2019 – The Giants traded LHP Derek Holland to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for cash considerations. February 13, 2019 – The Giants acquired RHP Trevor Gott in a trade with the Washington Nationals in exchange for cash considerations. January 5, 2019 – The Giants acquired IF/OF Breyvic Valera in a trade with the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for cash considerations.
Matt Williams drove in five runs with homers in his first two at bats, and John Burkett pitched seven shutout innings. The new season is finally here, and there’s no better way to celebrate the return of Bay Area baseball than with great tickets for the 2023 San Francisco Giants Home Opener! Carlos Rodon, Joc Pederson, and the rest of Los Gigantes will take on the visiting Kansas City Royals early this April, and they can’t start the year off with a perfect home record without a little help from their biggest fans.
MLB Rumors: Michael Conforto, Giants Agree to Two-Year, $36M Contract
Road trip packages to Houston, Washington, D.C., and Chicago include game tickets, deluxe hotel accommodations, unique excursions, optional airfare and more. The chance to have a restriction-less season — and a packed house for the opener — has many inside the organization excited. After no fans could attend in 2020 and fewer than 8,000 fans were clustered into pods for the 2021 opener, the Giants can welcome a full house to Oracle Park for Friday’s opener. We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. LOS ANGELES–The Giants have plans to pay tribute to many of the franchise’s beloved figures during Friday’s home opener at Oracle Park. "It's not too many games played yet, so hopefully we can turn that around."
The next morning Aaron Judge agreed to re-sign with the Yankees for nine years and $360 million, the same offer the Giants reportedly had extended. One day is not enough to erase the pain of loss or the concerns the franchise must confront about its future, but the Giants took a step forward on Friday. The Giants did not rally to win against the Rays, but pregame festivities went off without a hitch and the team made the game interesting at the end. Even a roster that offered few glimpses of hope in a series loss in San Diego to open the season improved its efforts in recent days. The Giants lost their series against the Dodgers to return home at 2-5, but they were outscored just in three closely-contested games against the six-time reigning National League West champions.
The Opener: Christmas Signings, Correa, Dodgers
It wasn’t long ago that the collective baseball world was wringing its hands over the stagnant nature of MLB’s hot stove. It was less than four years ago when, heading into the 2019 season, it took until February for Manny Machado to sign with the Padres. Bryce Harper didn’t sign his deal with the Phillies until March, which meant a long, cold winter waiting for the blockbusters to come through. The Giants thought they had signed Aaron Judge and Carlos Correa this offseason, only to be spurned by the financial giants in New York. That's how Emma Baccellieri begins her column following the news, which was first reported by Stephanie Apstein, that Bauer’s suspension was reduced from 324 games to 194 games, time which he has already served.
March 24, 2019 – The Giants acquired C Erik Kratz in a trade with the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for minor leaguer IF C. J. Hinojosa. This season at Giants home games, fans will also get a chance to commemorate an unforgettable moment in the team's history. Carlos Correa reportedly underwent his physical with the Mets yesterday, a necessary step toward finalizing their 12-year, $315MM deal. This is a typical, routine step in a new deal with a club, but it has taken on added significance in this case.
The Rays play in Chicago against the White Sox on Monday, which would complicate plans if the Giants wanted to do a day-night doubleheader on Sunday when there’s only a 10 percent chance of rain. The Giants have scored more than three runs just twice in seven games, so when Dereck Rodriguez gave up two doubles and two homers with two outs in the first, the buzz was taken out of the day. The lineup has made a habit of trying to stage comebacks late, but fighting back against good late-innings arms is no way to go through life. The park was filled with 58,000 fans as the Giants beat the Pirates 8-0.
Buster Posey is among several Giants who spent the offseason recovering from injuries and are back in action. The Giants won their fourth straight home opener, as Matt Cain pitched a nearly perfect game against the Pirates, giving up only one hit and striking out 11 in the 5-0 victory. The Giants’ first home opener in San Francisco began with an 8-0 drubbing of the Los Angeles Dodgers at Seals Stadium. Rubén Gómez pitched a complete-game shutout, and the Giants’ first home run in San Francisco was hit by shortstop Darryl Spencer. Weather.com says there is a 90 percent chance of rain in San Francisco at points Friday morning, but that chance decreases to 15 percent by 2 p.m. The Giants said the current restrictions and attendance capacity are expected to evolve during the season as health conditions improve and as more people receive their COVID-19 vaccinations.
Pillar singled in the seventh and came home on pinch-hitter Pablo Sandoval's double. The Rays (6-2) got four straight two-out hits in the first against Dereck Rodriguez (1-1). Given a 4-0 cushion, Tyler Glasnow (2-0) pitched six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and striking out six. After Rays righty Tyler Glasnow tossed six shutout innings, the Giants broke through with a pinch-hit RBI double from Sandoval, who has been one of the team’s best hitters thus far despite being limited to a bench role.
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