Does anybody know who’s on this shirt and what its referring too?
November 20, 2025
I need help. I love this new shirt i found but i dont know what it means
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It could be referencing when the Giants almost relocated
It’s about the Giants moving out of SF
Are they going to stay, move to San Jose, Denver was looking (they got the Rockies)…
I believe the “Sun was setting on the Giants” hence the ~~red~~ orange sun in the background
The words ‘downtown stadium’ would imply it was made before the move to PAC Bell. But if that’s the case I would think one of the other signs would say St. Petersburg FL 🤷🏻♂️
I think it was when Bob Lurie owned the Giants…. Candlestick was old and really not holding up…. trying to get some help with a downtown stadium and threatening to leave to cities on the sign (kinda wondering why St. Pete wasn’t on there). Lurie was forced to sell to Bay Area ownership (enter Harmon Burns) and a deal for PacBell Park.
I think this is broadly right, but hoping to hear others with better input, memory
You must be a young fan lol
Is that Dave Dravecky?
It’s gotta be from the time when the Giants almost moved in the early 1990s (wasn’t St. Petersburg the presumed destination?)
Looks to be from the late 80s or very early 90s given both the jersey wordmark and references to relocation/stadium proposals from around that time.
Remember when the Kings almost moved to Seattle? It’s that.
Uniform is ’83-’94. Lurie was trying to sell (ultimately to Magowan in 92, saving a sale to St. Petersburg).
“Downtown” might have referred to a potential 7th & Townsend site that had been potentially identified in ’87 to build a stadium that would have used public funds. Voters defeated that.
So the shirt is probably around ’85/’86, before that site defeated by voters.
As others have mentioned, I’m confused as to why St. Petersburg isn’t named. That was the landing spot for the Giants before the new ownership group came in at the last minute. This must have been very early on in relocation discussions.
Wow, that is a hell of a find. Where did you find it?
Kinda looks like Krukow or Dravecky. And believe it or not there was a time when the Giants future in SF was uncertain.
Florida was one of those locations
That’s a dope shirt
Not sure, but after reading all these knowledgeable posts OP, you might not love the shirt anymore, or not as much… it was a sad time, when they almost left town
In the late 80s/early 90s Bob Lurie was desperate to get the Giants out of Candlestick Park, widely considered the worst stadium in baseball. He threw everything at the wall to see what would stick, first trying to get a new stadium in SF, but when that didn’t pan out he looked to relocate the team, with the closest call a move to Tampa Bay getting set up in ‘92, which was fortunately voted down by the other owners (and NOT because of Wally Haas’ deal to give the Giants the rights to San Jose, despite what *many* a salty A’s fan might try to tell you).
After the Tampa Bay move was shot down, Peter Magowan bought the team off Lurie and built Pac Bell Park. The shirt reflects many of the proposed destinations for our Giants.
The player looks like Dave Righetti to me.
It looks like Dave Righetti to me.
Looks like Kruk. Looks Will Clark. The glove is a right handed fielders glove. Clark is left handed ergo it’s Krukow. ( Of course it’s a cartoon so who da F knows ) Science!!! 🤣
21 comments
It could be referencing when the Giants almost relocated
It’s about the Giants moving out of SF
Are they going to stay, move to San Jose, Denver was looking (they got the Rockies)…
I believe the “Sun was setting on the Giants” hence the ~~red~~ orange sun in the background
The words ‘downtown stadium’ would imply it was made before the move to PAC Bell. But if that’s the case I would think one of the other signs would say St. Petersburg FL 🤷🏻♂️
I think it was when Bob Lurie owned the Giants…. Candlestick was old and really not holding up…. trying to get some help with a downtown stadium and threatening to leave to cities on the sign (kinda wondering why St. Pete wasn’t on there). Lurie was forced to sell to Bay Area ownership (enter Harmon Burns) and a deal for PacBell Park.
I think this is broadly right, but hoping to hear others with better input, memory
You must be a young fan lol
Is that Dave Dravecky?
It’s gotta be from the time when the Giants almost moved in the early 1990s (wasn’t St. Petersburg the presumed destination?)
Looks to be from the late 80s or very early 90s given both the jersey wordmark and references to relocation/stadium proposals from around that time.
Remember when the Kings almost moved to Seattle? It’s that.
Here you go.
https://preview.redd.it/kf3gyit6ac2g1.jpeg?width=286&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=892b679896222416e6e39ea89e97cdb547d6bb9c
Uniform is ’83-’94. Lurie was trying to sell (ultimately to Magowan in 92, saving a sale to St. Petersburg).
“Downtown” might have referred to a potential 7th & Townsend site that had been potentially identified in ’87 to build a stadium that would have used public funds. Voters defeated that.
So the shirt is probably around ’85/’86, before that site defeated by voters.
As others have mentioned, I’m confused as to why St. Petersburg isn’t named. That was the landing spot for the Giants before the new ownership group came in at the last minute. This must have been very early on in relocation discussions.
Wow, that is a hell of a find. Where did you find it?
Kinda looks like Krukow or Dravecky. And believe it or not there was a time when the Giants future in SF was uncertain.
Florida was one of those locations
That’s a dope shirt
Not sure, but after reading all these knowledgeable posts OP, you might not love the shirt anymore, or not as much… it was a sad time, when they almost left town
In the late 80s/early 90s Bob Lurie was desperate to get the Giants out of Candlestick Park, widely considered the worst stadium in baseball. He threw everything at the wall to see what would stick, first trying to get a new stadium in SF, but when that didn’t pan out he looked to relocate the team, with the closest call a move to Tampa Bay getting set up in ‘92, which was fortunately voted down by the other owners (and NOT because of Wally Haas’ deal to give the Giants the rights to San Jose, despite what *many* a salty A’s fan might try to tell you).
After the Tampa Bay move was shot down, Peter Magowan bought the team off Lurie and built Pac Bell Park. The shirt reflects many of the proposed destinations for our Giants.
The player looks like Dave Righetti to me.
It looks like Dave Righetti to me.
Looks like Kruk. Looks Will Clark. The glove is a right handed fielders glove. Clark is left handed ergo it’s Krukow. ( Of course it’s a cartoon so who da F knows ) Science!!! 🤣