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The Giants this year (so far anyway) are playing it safe for the fans with a 25% occupancy limit at the stadium, mandatory covid vaccinations (or negative tests), masks required and isolated seating groups (including a special vaccinated fans section). Charter season ticket holders have priority, so we have four seats for the May home games in our traditional section 118, but our historic two and two seating in rows 25 and 26 is now a four in line in row 27 right behind home plate. We can all live with that. June will be different, how different we will know at the end of May.

For those new to the Czar’s Blog we started sharing our Giants tickets with our friends in 2000 when the new park was built (and we moved from our two tickets at Candlestick to four at PacBell Park – now Oracle). The Czars Blog started soon after to report on the team’s progress throughout the year and distribute our tickets. We have lived the ups and downs that included four world series, three trophies and one crushing Game six in 2002. We saw Barry Bonds hit 762, Travis Ishikawa hit a walk-off to get to the WS, Matt Cain pitch a perfect game, Lincecum throw a no-hitter and Bum walk out of the bullpen for a five inning Game 7 save. It has been magical, and it will be this year. Our regular four seats are 25 rows behind home plate at the most beautiful ballpark in baseball. We do not charge our friends for the tickets and we favor children (of all ages). I am the Czar and I decide who gets the tickets, typically the first one responding with a request after the blog goes out. The rules are below.

The G-Men have gone on a six-game winning streak since Czar’s Blog #3 (the Little League Edition). In six games the winning percentage has gone from .360 to .467, the G-Men climbed up to third in the NL West, and then dropped a half game down to fourth after Colorado won yesterday. They were obviously motivated by the last Czar’s blog to buckle down and play better ball (which they have been doing).

This is a throwback (as in a fish too small) season regardless of what happens. I loved the split of the opening series against the Dodgers after the G-Men got thrashed in the first two games. They came back and played well against a team that has so many stars they think they should just be awarded the WS trophy without having to play the game. Do not get me wrong, the Blue team is 17 and 7 and in 1st place in the NL West but they are still the Dodgers and will find a way to screw it all up before it is over. The curse of Chavez Ravine beach balls is alive and well.

Welcome to Czar’s blog #2 of 2020 – July 22, 2020 in a Pandemic

Baseball is back, starting on Thursday July 23rd in LA before Cardboard Fans, and The Czar has his Fingers Crossed that the 60-game Season will be completed.