SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS WEEKLY NOTES: SEPTEMBER 14-20, 2020 Oracle Park 24 Willie Mays Plaza San Francisco, CA 94107 Phone: 415-972-2000 sfgiants.com sfgigantes.com giantspressbox.com @SFGiants @SFGigantes @SFGiantsMedia NEWS & NOTES GIANTS INTERVIEW SCHEDULE Calling all Little Leaguers and coaches! Join us for an ex- clusive Giants Little League Day presented by Dignity Health on Saturday, September 26 where we show ap- preciation for all of our local Little League coaches and Monday - September 14 highlight our up and coming youth baseball players of the future. In addition to THREE great items (Buster Posey and 7:35 a.m. - Mike Krukow Johnny Cueto FiGPiNs and Youth Batting Gloves), your joins Murph & Mac ticket also includes access to an exclusive pre-game vir- Tuesday - September 15 tual event featuring some of your favorite Giants person- alities! 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This is- Thursday - September 17 sue also features Assistant Coach Alyssa Nakken as well as a look at how this year's virtual Junior Giants at Home program 7:35 a.m. - Shawn Estes went. Fans can also get a look at series previews for the Giants joins Murph & Mac remaining opponents in 2020. Click here to read today 5 p.m. - Farhan Zaidi HIT joins Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks MAKER Friday - September 18 +UPCOMING SERIES PREVIEWS Donovan Solano MEET ALYSSA NAKKEN Grips and Rips 7:35 a.m. - Mike Krukow VIRTUAL JUNIOR GIANTS joins Murph & Mac All Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of THIS WEEK IN GIANTS HISTORY MLB Advanced Media, L.P. All rights reserved. SEPT The Giants defeated the Rockies 9-1 run by a Yastrzemski at Fenway Park since Carl SEPT New York Giants slugger Willie Mays to gain ground in the Wild Card race. took Moose Haas deep on July 31, 1983. The hit two home runs against the Pitts- 14 Tim Lincecum struck out 11 batters memorable game was also marked by Manager 20 burgh Pirates, giving him 50 for the 2009 over 7.0 innings to notch his 14th win Bruce Bochy’s 2,000th career win, a benchmark 1955 year and making him the seventh of the season. Box reached by just 10 managers in Major League player in Major League history to accomplish the history, all of which are in the Hall of Fame. feat. Box 1 | Box 2 SEPT Willie Mays tied a Major League mark Box by hitting three triples in an 8-6 vic- 15 tory over the Phillies. Box 1960 SEPT The Giants’ Don Mueller made his 18 200th hit an inside-the-park home Pitcher Mark Davis extended his run, making him the first Giant to get SEPT 1954 streak to 18 scoreless innings against 200 hits since Joe Moore in 1936. Wil- 16 the Dodgers in a two-hit, 1-0 victory. lie Mays also hit an inside-the park homer as the 1983 Davis singled and later scored the Giants beat the Phillies 9-1. Box winning run in the 6th inning. Box SEPT The Giants’ Gaylord Perry (right) re- tired the first 19 batters and settled SEPT Mike Yastrzemski hit his 20th home run of the year in his first game at Fen- 19 for a three-hitter in beating the Pa- 1970 17 way Park as he was joined by his dres 3-0. It was Perry’s fourth straight 2019 grandfather Carl, who threw him the shutout. Box celebratory first pitch. It marked the first home THIS WEEK'S GIANTS PODCASTS (PRES. BY T-MOBILE) LISTEN NOW LISTEN NOW Episodes 1-27 Episodes 1-8 Now Streaming Now Streaming All 27 episodes of the Inside Giant Episode 1 - Tito Fuentes Moments podcast with Mark Wil- Episode 2 - Nick Ortiz Inside Giant Moments takes you lard are now online and can be lis- Gigantes Podcast, hosted by Episode 3 - Carlos Orellana behind the scenes of the most tened to at your leisure. Go behind Spanish-language broadcaster Episode 4 - Ciro Villalobos iconic moments in Giants history the scenes with the folks who lived Erwin Higueros, is a weekly pod- Episode 5 - Pablo Peguero with the players who made these through some of the best memo- cast that will have interviews from Episode 6 - Jose Alguacil moments, memories. Host Mark ries in Giants history and take a trip former Giants players, coaches Episode 7 - Saul Martinez Willard of KNBR dives in each week down memory lane. and staff members focusing on Episode 8 - Luis Landero with exclusive interviews on the of- their culture. Higueros discuss- ficial San Francisco Giants podcast. es the difficulties and sacrifices Subscribe Here each of them have faced through- out their professional journeys. Subscribe Here GIANT BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK Gaylord Perry Orlando Cepeda (82) (83) September 15 September 17 GIANTS YOUTUBE CONTENT COMMUNITY CORNER As California continues to fight numerous wildfires, the Giants are partnering with theAmerican El Profesor Red Cross to raise funds to help people affected by these wildfires.Donations can be made by Watch Beginning Wednesday visiting redcross.org/giants IF's Mauricio Dubón and Wilmer Flores teach us some basic Spanish words and phrases in SFG Productions' newest series El Profesor. BEYOND THE GIANTS VAULT Housed in a 5,000 square foot building, the Irvin broke his ankle during a Giants Archives consists of memorabilia and Spring Training game and only artifacts from our team’s 138-year history. As appeared in 46 games that part of the Giants Fan Page, fans can now, for season. Even without those the first time, learn about and view memora- mainstays the Giants managed bilia from our collection. to finish in second place to the This week, the Vault is taking a look at some Brooklyn Dodgers in 1952, but of the so called "Phantom Pins" that were their time in New York was run- produced for some great Giants teams that ning out – is this why the clock didn't quite make it to the World Series. on the pin the Giants created Excitement was high for the 1952 season for the World Series is set to the after the Giants won the National League Pennant the previous year. Early eleventh hour? in the season the Giants lost two Hall of Fame players when Willie Mays The full look at the Phantom only played in 34 games before he was drafted into the Army and Monte World Series pins is online starting Thursday GIANTS PLAYER SPOTLIGHT | CALEB BARAGAR Caleb was born in Jeni- many other Michiganders—but like FAMIILY INFORMATION son, Mich., in the western his dad and grandfather before part of the state, a suburb of him—Caleb was a Cubs’ fan grow- - Father, Mark, is a sales representa- 17,000 people 10 miles from ing up. tive for a beer and wine distributor Grand Rapids and about half As he got into travel ball, all the - Mother, Joni, is a dental assistant an hour from Lake Michigan. family’s vacations revolved around in a periodontist’s office He didn’t start playing base- his tournaments. Except for a trip ball until he was 10 when to visit one of Joni’s sisters in Ari- - Brother, Noah, is almost six years neighbors who had a son two zona and to go to the other sister’s younger, and is now playing baseball years older told his parents it wedding in Hawaii, “The money we at Lansing Community College. was time for Little League. had was spent on baseball,” Joni “My parents never pushed says. His parents also paid for pri- at Jenison High School, and was me to do anything I didn’t vate pitching lessons, including from honorable mention all-conference want to do,” he says. By 13, Grand Rapids native Rick Kreuger, as a senior (5 wins, 66 strikeouts). he was on travel teams. who pitched in 17 games over four He’s quick to note that one no-hitter He also played football, seasons in the 1970s, mostly for the came against the worst team in the soccer and basketball. Boston Red Sox. Kreuger’s business division, and he walked six batters, He and brother Noah card read “Humility before honor.” garnering some good-natured rib- often engaged in spir- “That stuck in our head for a long bing from his coach. Although he ited makeshift base- time and came to have some mean- also played some first base and out- ball games in the front ing for us,” she says. field, his father says he wasn’t much yard with a tennis ball The lessons were Caleb’s idea. “It of a hitter. and foam bat. “It was wasn’t us pushing him,” Joni says. He dreamed of Division 1 base- really, really com- “He wanted to pitch.