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NEWS & NOTES GIANTS INTERVIEW SCHEDULE Giants Assistant and Yankees Minor League Hitting Coach Rachel Balkovec are on the cover of the May/June issue of Digest (right). The duo are the first women in Major League Monday - April 27 uniforms to appear on the publication's cover in its 79- year history. Read more at baseballdigest.com 7:35 a.m. - Bay Area teams, NBC Sports Bay Area & NBC Sports joins Murph & Mac and local bag maker Timbuk2 have teamed 5 p.m. - up to donate 50,000 face masks and bandanas to joins Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks Northern CA health care providers in response to the Tuesday - April 28 COVID-19 pandemic. Full story on page two The Giants have created sfgiants.com/fans/re- 7:35 a.m. - source-center as a destination for updates regarding joins Murph & Mac the 2020 baseball season as well as a place to find re- 4:30 p.m. - sources that are being offered throughout our commu- joins Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks nities during this difficult time. Wednesday - April 29 7:35 a.m. - Mike Krukow THIS WEEK IN GIANTS HISTORY joins Murph & Mac 11:50 a.m. - APR be- APR The New York Gi- MAY a joins Papa & Lund came only the ants hit four inside- two-out in 27 fourth player in Ma- 29 the-park home runs 1 the 9th that Thursday - April 30 1996 jor League history 1922 at Braves Field. 2019 brought Steven 7:35 a.m. - Duane Kuiper to amass 300 home runs and hit a pair and Duggar home for a 2-1 victory joins Murph & Mac 300 stolen bases when he and Dave Ban- over the Dodgers and series 5 p.m. - Farhan Zaidi homered in the 3rd inning in croft each hit one as the Gi- win. It was Posey’s sixth ca- joins Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks the ' 6-3 ants defeated the Boston reer walkoff hit and his third victory over the Florida Braves 15-4. Box against the Dodgers. Box Friday - May 1 Marlins. Box 7:35 a.m. - Mike Krukow APR Willie Mays hit four MAY Willie McCovey hit joins Murph & Mac APR Barry Bonds hit a home runs against two home runs, in- bases-clearing 30 the Milwaukee 2 cluding the game- Saturday & Sunday - May 2 & 3 28 to tie Babe 1961 Braves in the Gi- 1965 winner in the 10th The Best of 2010 2006 Ruth for third on the ants’ 14-4 victory at County off Bob Miller, for a 4-2 victory 9 a.m. - Game 162 all-time career list with 1,356 Stadium. Mays became just at . Box October 3, 2010 vs. San Diego extra-base hits. Bonds also the ninth player in Major 12 p.m. - NLCS Game Six Willie McCovey hit singled in a for his fourth League history to hit four MAY October 23, 2010 at his 521st and final RBI, and the San Francisco Gi- homers in one game. Box 3 p.m. - Game Five 3 career ants beat the Arizona Dia- 1980 November 1, 2010 at Texas mondbacks 10-2. Box against Montréal's Scott Sanderson, helping the Giants to a 3-2 win. His shot tied him with on the all-time list. Box Monday - April 27 THIS WEEK'S INSIDE GIANTS MOMENTS PODCAST EPISODE (PRES. BY T-MOBILE) 8 p.m. - Crawford's 7-Hit Game August 8, 2016 at Miami Wednesday - April 29 8 p.m. - Bumgarner & Posey Grand Slams July 13, 2014 vs. Arizona Friday - May 1 7 p.m. - MLB The Show Simulation Inside Giant Moments takes you behind the scenes of the most iconic moments in Gi- PRESENTED BY ants history with the players who made these moments, The beloved duo reminisce EPISODE 8 memories. Host Mark Wil- about their transition from lard of KNBR dives in each Mike Krukow & Duane Kuiper players to broadcasters and week with exclusive inter- Debuts Thurs., April 30 the countless iconic Giants Games air on SFGiants Facebook, Twitter views on the official San moments they’ve witnessed & YouTube platforms Francisco Giants podcast. over the past 25 years. Subscribe Here Friday - May 1 1 p.m. - Jonathan Sánchez No-No WE'VE GOT YOU ALL COVERED July 10, 2009 vs. San Diego Join Konica Minolta in the upcoming weeks for the "We've got you all covered" virtual series that demon- strates, discusses and addresses business profession- als questions surrounding the coronavirus pandemic. The tools provided in the series will help to embrace the "new normal" as we know it and keep business- es top of mind for their customers. Events are tak- ing place every Tuesday and Thursday, check out the schedule here CLICK TO DOWNLOAD COMMUNITY CORRIDOR CLICK FOR THE GIANTS COVID-19 COMMUNITY RESPONSE BLOG

The scoreboard has “lit up the ballpark” to show support Fanatics , in partnership with the Giants, has donated non-surgical for various workers impacted by COVID-19. Mondays—Purple (Hospi- general purpose masks to first responders, including San Francisco tality), Wednesdays—Blue (Health care), Thursdays—Red, white and Fire Department. blue (first responders) and Fridays – Gold (frontline workers). The Giants and Fanatics donated 500 Dugout Store bags to Safe and  and naming rights partner, Excite Credit Union, cre- Sound’s Family Resource Center to fulfill their shortage of bags for the ated a Frontlines Meal Fund to support and show gratitude to person- delivery of grocery items and paper goods. nel at the forefront of the fight against COVID-19. The fund will provide For more information on what the Giants are doing in the community meals to essential healthcare, police, fire and EMT personnel working check out the SF Giants COVID-19 Community Response blog here tirelessly to combat the pandemic. For every $40 spent on SJ Giants Merchandise, $10 will be put into the meal fund. They also have a spe- cial online auction featuring autographed items and specialty jerseys, as well as a way to make direct donations through the San Jose Giants online Dugout Store. Donate here: https://sjgiants.milbstore.com/ BAY AREA UNITE MASK INITIATIVE NBC Sports Bay Area and NBC Sports Cali- Timbuk2 is shifting production from bags to fornia, together with its team partners – masks, working to fulfill the current demand MLB’s San Francisco Giants and Oakland for 50,000 cloth face coverings which will be A’s, NBA’s and Sac- donated to Bay Area Community Services, ramento Kings, NHL’s , and other groups in need. MLS’s and NFL’s San For more information please click here Francisco 49ers, along with the teams’ ap- Photo Credits NBC Sports Group parel and merchandise partner Fanatics – and San Francisco-based bag manufacturer Timbuk2 have teamed up to donate 50,000 face masks and bandanas in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The teams and NBC Sports have donated over 10,000 new t-shirts, and Timbuk2 will create cloth face masks and bandanas from the t-shirt material.

SEASON TICKET MEMBER HEROES OF THE WEEK COACH SPEAK: Each week we'll highlight a Giants season Each week we'll get to know the new ticket member or members who are stepping Giants coaches with a few fun ques- up during this tremendous time of need. This tions in this space. This week it's 1st week we salute the work of Chris Denevi and base coach Antoan Richardson. Leann Hargis When the shelter-in-place came out Chris You have a perfect 1.000 career aver- and Leann were in Scottsdale for the Giants age vs. . He isn’t that tough and decided they needed to to hit is he, LOL? In all seriousness, how did find a way to help get through this pandemic. it feel to get your first career hit off Kershaw? As a retired RN who had worked through the AIDS crisis and in the NICU with high- AR: LOL. He is one of the best, if not the best risk newborns, Chris understood the need in the past decade. I just found the biggest bat for Medical and frontline personnel to prop- and hoped for the best. In the moment, I was erly protect themselves to keep from getting then attached to the printed headband and a just finding a way to get on and help the team. and spreading the virus. In listening to what protective printed chin guard is added along nurses were saying it became clear that face with an elastic band to secure the face shield. You also went 2-for-3 off in shields were needed, but in short supply. A face shield provides protection from cough- your career. Did you ever give him a hard time Leann is an entrepreneur that had been look- ing or droplets when a frontline worker has to about it in camp this year? ing at 3D Printers for prototypes and decided be close to another person. AR: Until reading this question I had no idea to call MakerGear in Ohio and had a 3D printer To date they have sent out over 100 face what I did off of him in my career. What we did within three days. Leann then joined others in shields to requesting hospitals and continue talk about, was how he picked me off of first in an active 3D community and began printing to make more for frontline workers. All of Camden Yards. the parts for face shields that were difficult to their face shields are printed in black and or- get for medical and frontline workers. ange, it’s a winning combination! How loud was the crowd when you scored the The face shields are printed from a plastic game-winning run off Jeter’s walk-off single biodegradable filament and take about three in his final game at ? How did hours each to print. A laser-cut clear shield is you feel after the umpire signaled safe and GIANTS YOUTUBE CONTENT DROPS you knew you’d scored the run? AR: It might have been the loudest thing that Forever Giant: I have ever experienced. When I knew I was Watch Beginning April 29 safe, I felt relieved. I knew I had an opportu- nity to leave that stadium without wearing a Matt Cain joins host Renel Brooks-Moon for a disguise. candid conversation about his impressive 12- year career with the Giants. From the Perfect What is your favorite home-cooked meal? Game, to winning World Series Championships and adjusting to life after baseball, it's a story AR: Chicken Souse. It is a Bahamian dish and you don't want to miss. the best way to describe it is chicken soup.

We've Got You All Covered April 27-May 3, 2020 MLB THE SHOW PLAYERS LEAGUE | Giants OF Hunter Pence is serving as the Gi- Fans can watch streams of games on a va- ants representative in the 30-player riety of digital platforms, including Twitch league MLB The Show Players League. and YouTube. Follow @hunterpence, The 30-player league includes 11 former All- @MLB, @MLB_PLAYERS, @MLBTheShow Stars, five World Series Champions and eight and the players’ Twitter accounts for times players age 25 or younger. Pence is 10-16 and and stream information. has games today vs. Ryne Stanek (Miami) and Luke Jackson (). Following this regular season, the top eight teams will advance to the Postseason, which will largely mirror the MLB Postseason format and culminate in a World Series.

KAPLER'S KITCHEN JUNIOR GIANTS AT HOME Each week, I’m way in on their beef ribs and Gabe Kapler will give their brisket, both which don’t us some of his favorite need sauce. To accompany the food spots from ribs/brisket, SBBQ has a world around the US, in no class whiskey selection. particular order. I spent many spring training Starlite BBQ and Whiskey Bar nights at the edge of the bar, has a diverse BBQ inspired iPad in one hand, bones in the menu. All of their meats are other. smoked in house (their sauces STARLITE BBQ & WHISKEY BAR As an effort to keep Junior Giants connected are made in house too). SCOTTSDALE, AZ while sheltering in place, the Giants Com- munity Fund has announced the launch of Junior Giants At Home. Set to begin in May, the four-week virtual season will include home-produced videos from Gabe Kapler and his coaching staff to help introduce the fundamentals of the game along with impor- tant lessons in health, education & character PRESS BOX EATS development. Pizza Pot Pie by Giants reliever Tyler Put four slices of cheese all around so none Rogers and fiancée Jennifer Ryan of the inside of the bowl is showing. Preheat oven to 400 degrees. While Add the sauce in the bowls next after its doing so, brown all three meats cooled down a bit. while breaking them up. Strain meat Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top. after browning. Spread the dough over the top and butter it. Place meat in pan that you will put pasta sauce Put the bowls on cookie sheets that have in and then add two jars of sauce and pep- parchment paper on it. peroni's Bake at 400 for approximately 25 minutes. Put on low and let sit for an hour. Add some Upon taking out the bowls, put butter on top INGREDIENTS mozzarella cheese to it throughout the hour. of the cooked dough again. - 2lbs brick cheese - 2 bags shredded mozzarella When you have an hour until dinner, start Flip it on a plate with a glove or spoon and eat. - 1lb sausage - 2 jars of Prego (2lb, 13oz) preparing the bowls. Video of flipping here - 1lb ground beef - Hormel mini pepperoni's x2 - 1/2lb Italian sausage - 2-4 sticks of Butter Put butter all in the bowl and on the top & - Pizza dough (Wewalka family - Oven-safe bowls sides. style is their favorite) GIANTS PLAYER SPOTLIGHT |

Raised in Poway, CA near San Di- Dickerson was at a baseball ban- FAMIILY INFORMATION ego. quet with former Major Leaguer Tom Father, Ross, flew F-14 Tomcats Brunansky and Bruce Bochy. Brunan- - Father, Ross, was a career Naval from aircraft carriers all over the sky introduced Bochy to Alex’s dad, Flight Officer who retired in 2002 world and was a graduate of TOP- Ross, and told Bochy about Dickerson’s when Alex was 12. GUN, the Naval Weapons Fighter back issue. Bochy connected him to the School. He made seven deployments Padres’ doctor, who also said he didn’t - Mother, Carol, is a registered dieti- generally lasting eight months at a think Dickerson could play but referred cian and worked at several hospitals time and returned to the States him to a doctor specialized in microsur- before giving up that career to raise permanently in 1999, when Alex gery. The surgery worked and Dicker- her children was nine. He retired in 2002 son went back to playing baseball for - Has one sister, Kelsie, who gradu- at the rank of Commander. In his junior and senior years. ated from UC Berkeley. She walked 1993 he had the experience Attended Poway High School in the on to the Cal soccer team and played of ejecting from one of the San Diego area and was two years be- fighter jets when an engine hind Bochy’s son, Brett (who appeared for three years. She was the Defen- caught fire over the Miramar in seven games with the Giants from sive Player of the Year as a senior. Naval base in San Diego. His 2014-2015). - Kelsie is now an assistant scientist final operational deployment was as In 37 games as a senior, he hit .455 for a pharmaceutical company in an air operations officer on the USS with 44 RBI. Nearly half his 55 hits went Southern California. Kitty Hawk in Yokosuka, Japan. for extra bases, including eight home Also a Navy man, Alex’s grandfa- runs. Ross and Alex’s mother, Carol, ther, Howard Dickerson, was a re- , his high school hit- couldn’t watch or listen to any of his col- connaissance pilot in the Battle of ting coach, tells about Dickerson get- lege and professional games until they Midway and in the Solomon Islands ting spiked in the arm playing first base were over. “I’ve had enough stress in my campaign in World War II. in the first game of a big doubleheader life,’’ Ross says. They turn off their cell Dickerson started limping one against the crosstown rivals. It was an phones, too, to avoid texts. When the day while playing football as a ugly, bleeding gash, and three coach- game’s over, they look at the box score, sophomore at Poway High School. es and the trainer were ready to take see how he did then they can watch the For six months it was diagnosed as him to the ER. His military dad takes a game with no anxiety. a knee injury, but a physical thera- look and says, “He’ll be fine. Tape him They attended every game during pist later discovered that it was ac- up. We’ll take him after.’’ Dickerson got high school and are good to watch his tually his back that caused the knee three hits and played both ends of the games from the ballpark itself. pain. Doctors said he couldn’t play doubleheader. “He always gave you ev- sports, the risk was too great in erything he had,’’ Johnson says. someone so young.

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