SFGiants Weekly: June 29-July 5

• The Giants will begin Training Camp workouts at Oracle Park starting this Friday, July 3 and will have 51 players in camp.

• During the month of June, you will have the opportunity to commemorate your special moment on the scoreboard at Oracle Park. Pick a theme such as graduation, Father’s Day, birthdays or Pride month and include your personalized message. Receive a downloadable photo and see your message running in the ballpark through our live stream scoreboard cam. For more info click to visit http://www.sfgiants.com/livescoreboard

Inside Giant Moments takes you behind the scenes of the most iconic moments in Giants history with the players who made these moments, memories. Host Mark Willard of KNBR dives in each week with exclusive interviews on the official San Francisco Giants podcast.

Dave Righetti Years with SF: 1991–1993, 1999-present Debuts Thurs., July 2: As the pitching coach for 18 seasons under three managers, Righetti was an integral part of the team’s successes over the last two decades. He worked with some of the most elite starters and relievers in Giants history including Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Madison Bumgarner, and Brian Wilson.

Konica Minolta has evolved their existing virtual events series, “We’ve Got You All Covered,” which was developed primarily as a pandemic response and remote work enablement series, into a new program for business planning and returning to work in a post COV- ID-19 world. The new series, “Post Pandemic Planning — Adapting to the Next Normal,” helps businesses plan for reopening and offers solutions for what the “next normal” looks like for businesses moving into the future. Click here for the series schedule.

• This summer, Levi’s® and the Giants are teaming up to highlight and honor six nonprofits in our community who are taking action and making a difference for those most in need during the COVID-19 pandemic. The six organizations we will recognize are supporting and being a resource for veterans, homeless, victims of domestic violence and those who need an extra hand during these unprecedented times. Each organization will be receiving a grant from Levi’s® as well as Levi’s® reusable masks for their hard-working staff, volunteers and clients. To learn more about the Levi’s® Community Advocate program, please visit sfgiants.com/leviscommunityadvocate.
• In an effort to keep youth connected during times of isolation, the Giants Community Fund has launched Junior Giants at Home, presented by Bank of America. During the 4-week virtual program, players are invited to attend two age-specific practices weekly that feature fun warm-ups, baseball skills and drills and exclusive training videos from the San Francisco Gi- ants Coaching Staff Throughout the season, participants are also introduced to important lessons in bullying prevention, health, education and character development. Live practices hosted in Español are now available. Last chance to join this summer, register for free at jrgiantsathome.org Summer Season 2 begins Monday, July 6.
• For more information on what the Giants are doing in the community check out the SF Giants COVID-19 Community Response blog here.

Oracle Park Educational Tours have gone digital! We have tak- en the foundation of our existing Educational Tours program and created virtual learnings and supplemental activities that adhere to Common Core academic standards. Emmy Award winning broadcaster Dave Flemming teaches two lessons on Giants Geometry and Lou Seal even joins the fun to participate in the activities. Through these baseball-themed video les- sons, our goal is to engage students grades 3rd-5th learning from home in a new way and enrich in-class curriculum for educators by allowing Giants baseball to tell the story. Please visit sfgiants.com/distancelearning

• Erwin Higueros interviews current players, former Giants players, as well as several Giants staff members, focusing on their culture on the new Gigantes Podcast, launching this week. Listen here.
• Carlos Orellana, the third member in the Giants Spanish radio booth, shares with us how at the age of 18 he became part of the Giants fam- ily and his memories of the 2010 World Series and what it means for him to work for his childhood team.

Housed in a 5,000 square foot building, the Giants Archives consists of memorabilia and artifacts from our team’s 138-year history. As part of the Giants Fan Page, fans can now, for the first time, learn about and view memorabilia from our collection.

“Veni, Vidi, Vixi” — I came, I saw, I survived — was a rallying cry at Candlestick from 1983–1999. Fans who braved the elements during an extra-inning night game were awarded an official Croix de Candlestick, demonstrating their loyalty and devotion to the Giants.

April 20, 1983 was a big night for Giants fans. The extra inning win over the Dodgers was the first opportunity for the hardy fans at Candlestick to earn a Croix de Candlestick, but it was a difficult rollout for the new giveaway (pictured below). Previously giveaways were distributed before the game began, so the Giants had to find a different way to hand out the sought after award after a game. When over 25,000 fans stayed for the first extra-inning night game of 1983 the new system had some problems and many fans went home with a “Croix raincheck” instead. The Giants quickly apologized and did everything possible to make it right. To make it easy to receive their award, fans could pick up their award at a variety of places, or they could mail their raincheck or ticket stub to the ballpark and the Giants would mail a badge back to them. In the end, every fan received their award and a new tradition was born.

A year after debuting, the Giants had fun with the Croix de Candlestick during the 1984 All-Star Game at Candlestick Park (pictured above right). The team handed out the honorary badge to commemorate the previous All-Star Game at Candlestick in 1961. In the top of the ninth inning Sandy Koufax was replaced by Giants reliever, Stu Miller. Facing the first batter, Al Kaline, Miller was called for a balk when a particularly fierce gust of wind blew him off the mound, the good news is that he kept the score tied at 3. Luckily for Giants fans, in the bottom of the 10th inning Willie Mays scored the winning run on Roberto Clemete’s single to right — giving the National League a 5–4 victory.