SF Giants release fan-favorite third baseman Pablo Sandoval

SF Giants, Pablo Sandoval (Photo by Ralph Freso/Getty Images)

The SF Giants have released fan-favorite Pablo Sandoval perhaps ending an era.

The SF Giants have parted ways with yet another longtime member of the organization placing Pablo Sandoval on unconditional release waivers, the team announced on Thursday.

This marks the second time that the Giants have parted ways with Sandoval after first letting him walk back in 2014. And for the next few years, you would have been hard-pressed to find a more disliked player among Giants fans than Sandoval.

But as the old saying goes, “time heals all wounds.” And the Giants found that out when the “Panda” signed a minor league deal with the team in…