This change in the lineup for the Giants home game against the Chicago Cubs on Wednesday afternoon:
Tim Flannery for Renel-Brooks Moon.
Brooks-Moon will be fulfilling a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, acting as master of ceremonies at the swearing in of San Francisco Mayor London Breed. Breed will be the first African-American woman to serve as The City’s full-time mayor.
You may recall Flannery as the Giants’ frenetic third base coach from 2007-14.
“I’m not going to do anything nuts,” Flannery said. “That’s my one thing going into it.”
Knowing that Flannery has serious musical chops, I just had to lob a suggestion his way:
Vintage Giants PA address voice Jeff Carter also sang the national anthem before games in the 1960s-70s.