San Francisco’s Reputation Not Helping Giants’ Free-Agent Pursuits

San Francisco’s Reputation Not Helping Giants’ Free-Agent Pursuits
Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Dodgers speaks to the media at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Dec. 14, 2023. Meg Oliphant/Getty Images
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If it wasn’t the sun and sandy beaches of Southern California that motivated baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani to spurn the San Francisco Giants and sign a mega-free agent deal with the arch-rival Los Angeles Dodgers, was it something about the City by the Bay?

Beloved former Giants catcher Buster Posey, the centerpiece of San Francisco’s three World Series championship teams from 2010–14 and now a member of the club’s ownership group, suggested that might have been the case.

Dan Wood
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Dan Wood is a community sports reporter based in Orange County, California. He has covered sports professionally for some 43 years, spending nearly three decades in the newspaper industry and 14 years in radio. He is an avid music fan, with a strong lean toward country and classic rock.
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