Giants lay off Dave Righetti and Shawon Dunston

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Last week, news hit that the San Francisco Giants were laying off roughly 10% of their staff, spanning both baseball operations and business, as a response to the coronavirus-caused economic recession. This was sad news, and whatever you do I don’t recommend googling majority owner Charles Johnson’s net worth. Trust me, it won’t help you feel better.

On Monday, we found out that a few of the people being laid off are familiar names. According to a report from The Athletic’s Andrew Baggarly, both Dave Righetti and Shawon Dunston are being let go.

Both are rather iconic franchise figures. Righetti played three seasons with the Giants, and became the pitching…