Good morning, baseball fans!
As we approach Spring Training and the beginning of the season, we’re going to be doing some questions for y’all about your thoughts about the San Francisco Giants and baseball in general!
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Today’s question is kind of an odd one, but interesting to examine, at least for me. Which season changed the way you watch baseball?
For me, this question has multiple answers. I guess the first one would be 1993 because that was the season that Barry Bonds signed with the team and instantly became my favorite player, which made me begin to pay a lot more attention to the game.
The next answer would be 2000, because that was both the year that Oracle Park opened, and the first time I went to a Giants game in person. My dad’s company had season tickets, so we ended up going about once a week and seeing the action in person made me not just fall even more in love with the game, it made me fall in love with the ballpark. As someone who has moved more times than I can count, the ballpark still feels like home in a way that most places I’ve lived never did.
I think 2002 has to go on the list as well, because that was the first time I truly understood sports pain and sadness. While it didn’t help me avoid it in the future, it was the first time baseball truly broke my heart.
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I think I would have to also say 2015, for me personally. I had just moved to a completely different part of the state so I had a lot more free time than I used to. And after having just watched them win three World Series championships, I really, really dug in on my love of the team. I started watching every single game religiously, and started keeping a scorecard for most of them. It’s also the year that I joined the community of McCovey Chronicles and decided that I wanted to write like Grant. I’ll never achieve that last part, but he did hire me to write here so I guess I did something right!
Which season changed the way you watch baseball?