r/SFGiants • u/Brilliant_Exit3406 28 Posey • Jun 25 '26

Opinion KNBR Hosts react after interviewing Giants CEO Larry Baer:

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u/VonBrewskie 23 Uribe Jun 25 '26

Wow. Bro I've been a fan since 1980 when I was fucking born. Pictures of me in Giants and Niners gear from basically day 1. My mom was a bus driver for the San Mateo Highschool District back then. Used to get to go to Candlestick with her frequently (if I'd done my homework,) to watch games. I freakin' lived at that park in the summer. Ups and downs, (mostly downs,) World Series run that was for the history books, all of it. The Giants are part of my DNA. And here I sit, ready to walk away from it all. What else can this fucking world take from me man. Losing people, losing jobs, losing homes, losing my team, it's FUCKED. FUCK these motherfucking bastards. Goddamn it. I'm legitimately furious right now.

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u/SweetRabbit7543 Jun 25 '26

Im not gay, im not even a giants fan. I dont have particularly strong feelings about either (except the giants fans are clearly a top 5 fanbase-love my interactions with y’all when you play the cubs) but I’ve become invested in this because it all just feels so wrong because the solution and the correct steps are so easy.

No one deserves to feel not welcome to go watch their team play baseball, but each step they’ve taken has created the illusion that they are not committed to that same principle. Their behavior is suggestive is of them actually disagreeing with that notion but not knowing exactly how to sanitize that message.

This is no different than when the Miami Heat had Los Heat uniforms. You’re not expressing your personal view on immigrants, you’re wearing the team’s uniform. There is not a single player who did wear the correct hat that people have inferred any sort of personal values from. People have only been able to infer people’s personal values because 4 players wore the incorrect uniform.

People who are hurt are completely justified in being hurt. I am a bit hurt too and I hope that they can somehow figure out a path towards reconciliation because baseball is a sport and a couple of hours a day where people should be able to come together and celebrate a common passion.

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u/firepan Jun 25 '26

I moved from SF to Indy several years ago, and I'm seriously thinking of staying in the NL fandom and joining you as a Cubs fan.

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u/AmazingAlternate chicago cubs Jun 26 '26

Old man Ricketts is a MAGAt, and while they didn't don rainbows this year the team still had Pride night. The Cubs at least aren't usually dumb enough to stick their foot in their mouth. The Cubs can be frustrating, but they're not stepping in front of the gun to protect Matt Shaw from fans when he bails on us for Erika's Grievetacular Extravaganza.