Welcome to "jimm"

[Bear]

Welcome "jimm" to SFGF. Tell us a little about yourself and how you found us on the net? Enjoy yourself and remember we have only one BIG rule. Post often and remain active. :)

[McCovey]

Welcome to SFGF jimm! :beerbang:

[SF Kid]

Hey Jimm...welcome to the forum. :toast:

Looking forward to hearing from you.

[jimm]

Thanks all! Been a fan since the mid 70s. Try to hit at least a few games a year from up here in Sonoma County. Never miss a game (not intentionally anyway :D). Look forward to the rebuilding of the team, the youngsters showing some flashes this year. Found this site thru Baseball Fever, also read SFGate and McCovey Chronicles.

[SF Kid]

Hey Jimm...tell your friends about our site. Referrals are always the best way to build the membership. We have a good group of die hard Giants fans but always --- The more the merrier. :D

[Bear]

Thanks all! Been a fan since the mid 70s. Try to hit at least a few games a year from up here in Sonoma County. Never miss a game (not intentionally anyway :D). Look forward to the rebuilding of the team, the youngsters showing some flashes this year. Found this site thru Baseball Fever, also read SFGate and McCovey Chronicles.

Love Crazy Crab! :beerbang:

[TkleMstr52]

Hey welcome!! Whats with the Crab??

[McCovey]

Hey welcome!! Whats with the Crab??
Are you serious TM52? That's the "Crazy Crab"! He was the Giants mascot for one season in 1984. From Wikipedia:


The Crazy Crab was a mascot of the San Francisco Giants for the 1984 season. As opposed to other mascots, Crazy Crab was meant as an "anti-mascot", satirizing on the mascot craze that was going on at the time. Fans were encouraged to boo the mascot (played by actor Wayne Doba) and manager Frank Robinson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Robinson) appeared in a commercial with the crustacean where Robinson was restrained from attacking him. This encouragement may have worked too well, as Giants fans regularly threw various dangerous objects at Crazy Crab, including beer bottles and batteries, and Crazy Crab's suit had to be reinforced with a fiberglass shell for protection.

The crab was so hated, players on both the Giants and even the opposition would throw rosin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosin) bags and other objects at the mascot. Doba sued the San Diego Padres (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Diego_Padres) after two of their players tackled him, causing injuries. The mascot lasted only one year and the Giants would not have another mascot until Lou Seal in 1997.

Crazy Crab has regained popularity in recent years. The crab returned for the last game at Candlestick Park (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlestick_Park) that the Giants played in 1999, and a bobblehead was given away with its likeness in 2008 as the franchise celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in the Bay Area. On July 18, 2008, the Giants held a crazy crab promotion. There is even a website devoted to bringing back the Crazy Crab called Rehab The Crab.

There's a movement to bring Crazy Crab back!

http://www.rehabthecrab.com/

[Bear]

He is the mascot fans love to hate! But he will never replace Lou Seal.

[TkleMstr52]

On August 31 1984, I turned 2, so ya im serious!! :pound: My bad

[jimm]

Crazy Crab bobbleheads are a staple of the basic Giants collection :D