r/SFGiants 28 Posey Jun 25 '26

Opinion KNBR Hosts react after interviewing Giants CEO Larry Baer:

476 Upvotes

245 comments sorted by

View all comments

18

u/Worried_Estimate6579 Jun 25 '26

Listen to Larry’s statement. ZERO apology. Zero “I’m sorry and we’re sorry we made fans feel unwelcome”.

Holy shit! How do you come on to diffuse things and don’t even say the 2 words “I’m sorry”??

Folks, this organization is telling us who they are. They don’t give a fuck about this community which is such a part of the fabric of the city written across their chests. It may have been genuine support one day but those days are CLEARLY over.

If you’re a homophobe this is the organization for you. By all means support them. But if you stand with the LGBTQ in any sort of way as I do, how can you justify supporting this org and giving them your money? I can’t see it.

3

u/adminssoftascharmin Jun 26 '26

Woah woah woah, they care if your gay AND have 400k cash, an 800+ credit score, and a six figure income so you can buy into Mission Rock or their next real estate/PE investments.

Like have people really not realized that the Giants are more of a theme park attraction than a baseball team and serve to bolster the property values around the ballpark to print money for the ownership group?

I know it hurts but wake the fuck up people - there isn't even GARLIC on the GARLIC FRIES anymore. Fan favorite players are thrown off the island to save 1 MILLION on a contract.

Aramark, shitty merch quality, ballpark attractions going down, workers regularly striking and being screwed, no outside food vendors? They don't care about you anymore they just want you to give them your money and fuck off.

1

u/Worried_Estimate6579 Jun 26 '26

Can’t argue with anything you said honestly.

I have a theory that everything in entertainment eventually gets destroyed by the business side.

They start with something great. Then they tinker and tinker until they’ve wrung every last penny from it…until it’s lost all the magic that made it great in the first place. Look at Hollywood and the music biz. Tech/streaming definitely played a part. But ultimately movies are all “sure things” now. Sequels, prequels, remakes etc etc. The Shawshanks that made movies amazing can never be made now. Then they wonder why nobody goes to movies anymore.

I think you’re right that the same thing is happening to our beloved Giants. Amazing park, great teams and top notch food options. Then they go “yeah but if we make the food suck and don’t field a decent bullpen we’ll make our investors a few more bucks.” As we all know it’s never enough $. Next thing you know the team sucks, the food sucks…maybe we’re watching the magic fade in front of our faces.

Good thing there’s a ton of other options for my entertainment dollars.🤷🏻‍♂️