Opinion: SF Giants new Nike City Connect uniforms are unfortunately hideous
Dave Tobener
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A stock photo of the San Francisco Giants City Connect jersey.Courtesy: Nike
I imagine that during the design process for the San Francisco Giants’ “City Connect” jerseys, the conversation at Nike headquarters went something like this:
Nike exec: “Okay, we need to come up with a new Giants jersey. What’s something that people associate with San Francisco?”
Nike marketing guy: “Uhhh… fog?”
Exec: “Perfect! Fog. Now we need a new logo for the jersey.”
Marketing guy: “How about the letter G? It stands for Giants.”
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SAN FRANCISCO As part of their celebration of Juneteenth, the holiday marking the emancipation of those who have been enslaved in the United States, the Giants will wear special replica San Francisco Sea Lions uniforms during Saturday afternoon’s game against the Phillies at Oracle Park.
This year will mark the 75th anniversary of the Sea Lions, who played in the West Coast Negro Baseball Association for one season in 1946. The Sea Lions jerseys feature a bear cub, because they inherited their uniforms from a defunct club known as the San Francisco Cubs, and their navy blue caps contain no logo or emblem.
The women of the Negro Leagues
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Recounting the history of the Negro Leagues is an incomplete exercise without also including the women who were part of the many stories. The Negro Leagues were the first place that a woman could own and run a baseball team and it was the first professional baseball league where a woman took the field alongside men. But as the Negro Leagues were the result of MLB’s exclusionary practice, so too did the Negro Leagues exclude and diminish the impact of the women who were a part of them.
Arizona Diamondbacks
The D-backs Black Professionals & Allies Team Player Resource Group in collaboration with MLB’s Black Professionals BRG are hosting a virtual career showcase featuring African-Americans in baseball. Speakers will include D-backs scout James “Bump” Merriweather, Sports Agent Lonnie Murray, Former General Manager Dave Stewart, Jerry Hairston Jr., and additional guests to be announced.
Atlanta Braves
Braves social activation
Baseball Cards: Every Wednesday in February, the Braves will release seven baseball cards on their social platforms of the most prominent Black players in Braves history.
Braves Foundation – Braves.com/charity auctions
Black History Month-inspired online charity auction with proceeds benefiting the Braves Foundation and the Atlanta Braves RBI program.
Giants Mission Rock megaproject is taking shape across from Oracle Park
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A construction worker takes a break in a tractor at the Mission Rock development along Third Street in San Francisco.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Renderings of two of the buildings that began construction in 2020 at Mission Rock, a mixed-use project on the San Francisco waterfront.San Francisco GiantsShow MoreShow Less
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A rendering of the park planned for China Basin in San Francisco as part of Mission Rock, a mixed-use development by Tishman Speyer and the San Francisco Giants. The first phase began construction in 2020 and should begin to open by late 2022.San Francisco GiantsShow MoreShow Less