San Francisco – The Giants retained themselves on the pump and the circumstances when Brandon Crawford played his last match with Orange and Black on October 1, 2023. Crawford, at the time, had not announced his retirement, leaving a cloud of uncertainty suspended this afternoon.
On Saturday, Crawford will receive a good celebration, because the Giants will welcome the “Brandon Crawford celebration day” in honor of one of the greatest stops in the history of the franchise after his retirement during the offseason.
The decision to welcome the celebration on April 27 is not a coincidence. This weekend, the Giants welcome the Texas Rangers led by Bruce Bochy, allowing the Crawford manager of 2011-19 to be present for the festivities. The president of Baseball Buster Posey, who played alongside Crawford for 10 seasons, will also be present.
The game begins at 1:05 p.m., but fans are encouraged to be in their place before 12:20 pm for the pre-match ceremony on the field. Crawford’s parents will serve as honorary captains while Crawford children will be the “game ball” children. The first 15,000 fans present will receive a Brandon Crawford graphics t-shirt.
“I am very grateful that I am here to see his retirement tomorrow,” said Bochy. “This man has done a lot for us, helping us to win championships. A great player, a gifted defender, but also a clutch striker. Many good memories will pass my head when I see him there tomorrow.”
The same can be said for the thousands of fans of giants who will be present.
Crawford spent 13 seasons with his hometown team and helped the giants capture two World Series titles in 2012 and 2014. His curriculum vitae presents a Silver Slugger prize, three entirely star appearances and four gold gloves, its 1617 stops for the Giants are the most in the history of the franchise.
“He was so creative how he could find pieces,” said Bochy. “There was not (there was not) a room that he did not think (not) that he could not do – that is what you liked at home. There are times when he found a way to play the game.”
With its distinctions and figures – 1,404 strokes, 147 circuits, 748 products produced – Crawford orchestrated some of the most emblematic moments in the history of the franchise. During the NL Wild Card 2014 match, Crawford’s Grand Chelem off Edinson Volquez de Pitsburgh silenced the noisy crowd of PNC Park and propelled the Giants in the next round. In match 7 in this year’s World Series, Crawford and the second base player Joe Panik became an emblematic and crucial double game.
“The one who will always stand out is the double game of the World Series, with what was at stake,” said Bochy. “He and Panik, what a beautiful chemistry these two have had and how much this game worked.”
Crawford, born in Mountain View and raised in Pleasanton, was all the more loved because of his status as a child in the hometown.
On September 27, 1992, which was almost the last giant match in San Francisco, a five -year -old crawford was photographed alongside a sign indicating: “Mr. White: Do what is good! Keep the giants in SF. “
The Giants stayed in San Francisco thanks to a last -minute sale to a group led by the late Peter Magowan, and two decades later, Crawford brought two championships to the city.
Originally published:
California Daily Newspapers
