SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS WE'VE GOT YOU ALL COVERED: MAY 18-24 PRESENTED BY 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 Season two of Conversación Gigante kicks off with its first episode this Sunday, May 24 on Telemundo 48. Broad- caster Erwin Higueros sits down with RHP Johnny Cueto in the first episode of the second season and speak with Monday - May 18 him about his childhood, his path to the Major Leagues and what drives him to be the best after all of his years in 7:35 a.m. - Mike Krukow baseball. Click here for a full schedule of Conversación joins Murph & Mac Gigante 5 p.m. - Gabe Kapler Giants Pitching Coach Andrew Bailey and his wife, Amanda, welcomed their third child, Vivienne joins Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks Angela, on May 15. Congratulations to the Bailey family! Tuesday - May 19 7:35 a.m. - Duane Kuiper SCHEDULED GUESTS THIS WEEK joins Murph & Mac 4:30 p.m. - Dave Flemming GABE KAPLER, ANDREW joins Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks BAILEY, DONNIE ECKER & WEDNESDAYS @ 6 P.M. | YOUTUBE.COM/GIANTS HUNTER PENCE Wednesday - May 20 7:35 a.m. - Mike Krukow THIS WEEK IN GIANTS HISTORY joins Murph & Mac MAY At the Polo Grounds, him a total of five homers in MAY John Montefusco 11:50 a.m. - Jon Miller 18 Rube Walker hit a two games, becoming the 23rd 23 had a no-hitter until joins Papa & Lund grand slam in the player in Major League history the 6th inning and Thursday - May 21 1950 6th inning for the to do so. Box 1976 had to settle for a Cubs. Monte Irvin then hit a three-hit, 1-0 victory over Phil 7:35 a.m. - Duane Kuiper grand slam in the bottom half MAY The Giants scored Niekro and the Braves in 10.0 joins Murph & Mac for the Giants. It was the first 21 11 runs in the 6th in- innings of game two of a dou- 5 p.m. - Larry Baer time in Major League history ning on their way to bleheader. Montefusco logged joins Tolbert, Krueger & Brooks 2000 a 16-10 win over the that each team hit a grand slam all 10.0 innings while Niekro Friday - May 22 in the same inning. The game Brewers. Terrell Lowery col- went 9.0. Box was called on due to rain, and lected five hits for SF, including 7:35 a.m. - Mike Krukow the Giants won, 10-4. Box three doubles. Starter Russ MAY The Giants shut out joins Murph & Mac Ortiz was the winner, allowing the Expos 18-0‚ as Saturday - May 23 MAY Backed by Ryan Vo- 10 earned runs, the most 24 pitcher Shawn Estes 19 gelsong’s 7.0 shut- earned runs in a win since Bob 2000 hit one grand slam The Best of 2010 out innings, the Gi- Friend in 1954. Box and narrowly missed another Sunday - May 24 2012 ants defeated the A’s as he collected five RBI. The Barry Bonds drove 4-0 in front of 41,411 fans at MAY game was the Giants’ largest The Best of 2012 in the go-ahead run AT&T Park. Vogelsong limited shutout win in modern times, 22 with the bases load- Monday - May 25 the A’s to just one hit and breaking their previous 16-0 2004 ed in the 11th inning earned his second win of the record‚ set on July 3, 1949 The Best of 2014 and A.J. Pierzynksi smashed a season. Box against the Dodgers. The pre- grand slam, as the Giants vious San Francisco-era re- scored five times in the 11th to MAY Barry Bonds hit two cord was 14-0 against the Reds pace a 7-2 win over the Expos. home runs in an on August 23‚ 1961. Box 20 Box 11-6 loss to the At- Monday -May 18 2001 lanta Braves, giving 6 p.m. - Blach Outdoes Kershaw (10/1/16) THIS WEEK'S INSIDE GIANTS MOMENTS PODCAST EPISODE (PRES. BY T-MOBILE) Tuesday -May 19 6 p.m. - Lincecum, SF Top Jays (6/4/13) EPISODE 11 Wednesday - May 20 Shawn Estes 6 p.m. - Bumgarner Blanks Mets (8/3/14) Years with SF: 1995-2001 Debuts Thurs., May 21 Thursday - May 21 6 p.m. - Cueto's CG vs. SD (4/26/16) This All-Star lefty was in- Friday - May 22 Inside Giant Moments takes tegral to the success of the you behind the scenes of the gritty 1997 team, earning 19 6 p.m. - Pablo Blasts Walk Off HR (5/21/13) wins in his first full season most iconic moments in Gi- Sunday - May 24 (Vogey Victories) ants history with the players with the Giants when he was who made these moments, tabbed an NL All-Star. Now on 2 p.m. - Giants Edge Twins (5/24/14) memories. Host Mark Wil- the broadcasting side, Estes 4 p.m. - Vogey Silences Bucs (8/25/13) lard of KNBR dives in each continues to make an impact 6 p.m. - Vogey Blanks Dodgers (6/26/12) week with exclusive inter- on the organization as a fan 8 p.m. - Giants Rout Cards (8/8/12) favorite. views on the official San Monday - May 25 Francisco Giants podcast. Subscribe Here 6 p.m. - Bum, SF Down Pads (9/12/15) WE'VE GOT YOU ALL COVERED PRESENTED BY 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. Games air on SFGiants Facebook, Twitter The tools provided in the series will help to embrace & YouTube platforms the "new normal" as we know it and keep business- es top of mind for their customers. Events are tak- Friday - May 22 ing place every Tuesday and Thursday, check out the 4 p.m. - Yastrzemski's Three HR Game schedule here August 16, 2019 at Arizona COMMUNITY CORRIDOR CLICK FOR THE GIANTS COVID-19 COMMUNITY RESPONSE BLOG GIANT BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK May 17-23 is National EMS Week, which brings together local communities and medical personnel to honor the dedication of those who provide the day-to-day lifesaving services of medicine's front line. This week also marks the 150th anniversary of ambulance services in San Francisco. Manager Gabe Kapler sent a message of support to celebrate these Bay Area heroes. Click to view DonorsChoose is a platform for educators to obtain funding for classroom projects. Giants Tyler Beede partner Chevron contributed $500,000 to DonorsChoose to support teachers in highest-need (27) schools with grants to purchase essential remote learning supplies. The Chan Zuckerberg May 23 Initiative is matching donations for qualifying distance learning projects on DonorsChoose, and they’re giving an extra boost to projects for Bay Area teachers. Teachers can create a project here For more information on what the Giants are doing in the community check out the SF Giants CLICK TO DOWNLOAD COVID-19 Community Response blog here BEYOND THE GIANT VAULT COACH SPEAK: DUSTIN LIND Housed in a 5,000 square foot build- Each week we'll get to know the new ing, the Giants Archives consists of Giants coaches with a few fun ques- memorabilia and artifacts from our tions in this space. This week it's Di- team’s 138-year history. As part of the rector of Hitting / Assistant Hitting Giants Fan Page, fans can now, for the Coach Dustin Lind. first time, learn about and view mem- orabilia from our collection. You started a bat company, Cutthroat Bats, while you were in graduate school. Where did This week we are featuring the Giants Creation Let- the name come from and how much bat-making ter from December 6, 1882. William Hulbert, the sec- experience did you have prior to that endeavor? ond president of the National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, was determined to make baseball re- DL: The name of my old bat company comes from spectable, even if it meant kicking the largest city in cutthroat trout which are native to Montana. I en- the United States out of the National League. One of his joy fly fishing and wanted to the name the com- first acts was to expel the NL original team from New pany after something that had a regional signifi- York for refusing to complete their 1876 schedule of cance, so I settled on Cutthroat Bats. I had turned games - granted the team was not very good, this was a few bats in my high school wood shop class, so extremely unprofessional. As a result, Hulbert issued a I had a general idea of how to operate a wood lifetime ban to the City of New York to ever join the NL. lathe, but a lot of the specifications required for However, once he passed away in April of 1882, this professional quality wood bats were new to me, ban was lifted by the NL's new president and the rest makes for Giants history. so there was a lot of learning that happened in Click to visit the vault the year leading up to starting that company. Looking back, I was actually pretty calculated SEASON TICKET MEMBER HEROES OF THE WEEK with how I went through the process of learning about different wood densities and bat models Each week we'll highlight a Giants and was able to minimize the amount of trial and season ticket member or members error to a pretty good degree.