It was my playground for two years. I saw a World Series game there. I saw Bonds hit several of his 73 homeruns there, including homer #601. It is the most magnificent ballpark in all of baseball. Yet, it doesn't really have a name. Sure, this year it is called AT&T Park. The year before, it was SBC Park. The year before, it was Pac Bell Park. But I agree with the good folks who are trying to get the Park permanently named:
Mays Field. Enough of this corporate crap! This ballfield is a treasure, a monument to the rich history of Giants Baseball, and it should be appropriately named for one of the best players to ever don the Giants uniform.
Giants fans, always the activists, are also on a quest to right the wrong that was bestowed on them when their beloved Crabby, the most ridiculous of all ridiculous mascots, faded into a memory. According to the
Rehab the Crab website,
The creature they unleashed was the now-legendary (and infamous) Crazy Crab. The idea was to poke fun at traditional mascots, and television commercials depicted manager Frank Robinson having to be restrained from attacking the crustacean. Fans were encouraged to boo and hiss the phony mascot, who was portrayed by actor Wayne Doba.
The prodding worked all too well. With a 96-loss season soothing no souls, Crazy Crab became the object of hatred and abuse. The crowd would hurl all sorts of things at the beast, both verbally and literally, and even players got into the act, dumping drinks and other things into the suit.
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It was my playground for two years. I saw a World Series game there. I saw Bonds hit several of his 73 homeruns there, including homer #601. It is the most magnificent ballpark in all of baseball. Yet, it doesn't really have a name. Sure, this year it is called AT&T Park. The year before, it was SBC Park. The year before, it was Pac Bell Park. But I agree with the good folks who are trying to get the Park permanently named: Mays Field. Enough of this corporate crap! This ballfield is a treasure, a monument to the rich history of Giants Baseball, and it should be appropriately named for one of the best players to ever don the Giants uniform.
Giants fans, always the activists, are also on a quest to right the wrong that was bestowed on them when their beloved Crabby, the most ridiculous of all ridiculous mascots, faded into a memory. According to the Rehab the Crab website, 
2 comments:
I loved the Crab, living in the Bay area at the time the A's and the Giants were stinking bad, and the Crab provided us with a little taste of the absurd, something the clubs gave willingly too.
It sure looks fun. Maybe the Nationals could do something similar this year, perhaps using a crooked Senator as a mascot and encouraging us to throw things at it, as this year is looking pretty dismal.
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