Hello and happy Saturday. I hope your weekend is good, despite the San Francisco Giants being awful.
Just a handful of minutes before the Giants embarked in their Friday shellacking at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Arizona Diamondbacks opened the season against the San Diego Padres.
And with it, Madison Bumgarner threw his first ever pitch in a jersey that didn’t say “Giants” on it (or “San Francisco” ... or “Gigantes”).
It was poignant.
It was also familiar. Bumgarner did his usual things — smoothly delivered his long release, blew snotrockets (sorry health and safety protocol), showed limited emotion, and spit tobacco (sorry health and safety protocol) — and his performance was familiar too.