Happy weekend, baseball fans. How ‘bout them Giants? They’re cruising! Try to forget that the Cactus League is mostly meaningless, and live in a happy world of dominant Giants baseball.
Sami usually writes the BPs, but a combination of sickness and birthday celebration has put me on the duty for a few days. But, had she stayed in good health, her plan was to write about Giants birthday memories.
My birthday is right before Spring Training, so I’ve never had the joy of watching the Giants play on my increasingly terrifying special day (though today is my brother’s birthday, so everyone wish him a happy day please). But I can share Sami’s with you. Her lone notable Giants moment for her early-March birthday is an unfortunate one: Hunter Pence breaking his wrist in a Cactus League game.
And just like that, I’m no longer sad about not having a baseball birthday (I have, however, had the Super Bowl land on my bday a few times, for better and for worse).
Many of you are in the same boat as me, but the baseball season — especially if you include Spring Training — fills more than half the calendar. So the bulk of you should have baseball birthdays. A few of you might even have World Series memories from your annual celebration.
So what are you favorite Giants birthday memories?
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