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March 22, 2007

Fighting Hydrants


The Fighting Hydrants were the three short guys on the SF Giants team during the 1999 season: F.P. Santangelo, Marvin Benard, and Armando Rios. Mike Krukow gave them the nickname.

Here's a pic of the Fighting Hydrants t-shirt worn by a pitcher (who's name I loathe to even think about) warming up in the old Candlestick confines.

March 09, 2007

101-280-680 Interchange


When I was a kid, whenever we went into San Jose, the family car would zoom under this structure. It would be years before it was finally completed.