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Willie Mays at Opening Day at Candlestick Park – 1993

12 Monday Feb 2018

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Welcome to Candlestick Park for Opening Day on April 12, 1993.

This was a fun opening day at Candlestick Park, where Willie Mays arrived in a light blue convertible car.  This was the pre-game ceremony, and therefore the stadium was not very full yet.

Notice Willie Mays’ stats in his first 5 seasons in San Francisco.

I went down to the lower box seats by left field line to photograph the parade.

The SF Giants were playing against the Florida Marlins.  This was the first year the Marlins played in the league.

It was always exciting to go to Opening Day since the stadium was sold out.  There was always an air of excitement for this first game of the season.  As was my custom, I made sure I arrived extra early to shoot lots of pictures to capture the memorable time.  Little did I know that one day this stadium would be torn down and I would treasure these old pictures much more than I could imagine.

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A Huge Paid Crowd of 56,689 Fans at Candlestick Park on Opening Day

29 Friday Sep 2017

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The SF Giants played the new expansion team, Florida Marlins, in the Giants Home Opener on Monday, April 12, 1993. Home Openers for the Giants were always guaranteed sellout games and tickets were harder to come by. I was extremely happy that I was able to go to this game. The Giants won the game, 4-3.

It was always nice to see the large crowd of people at Candlestick Park which was not a common sight unless it was the Home Opener, weekend Dodgers games, or Post Season games. Here was a look down the 3rd base side with the distinctive press box at the top of the stadium.

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Candlestick Park on Opening Day for the SF Giants

23 Thursday Jun 2016

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img018 CopyEveryone loves going to Opening Day games for the Giants.  This game was on April 12, 1993 against the Florida Marlins.  I was excited to be there and took lots of photographs.

There was lots of activities going on during the Pre-Game Ceremony.  The Marlins were warming up on the Candlestick Park field.  They were an expansion team, and this was their first year.

Notice the cars on the left side.  Great Giants players from the past were driven out on the field as part of the pre-game ceremony.

See the vintage advertisement – i.e. The Good Guys – a former consumer electronics retail corporation with 71 stores in California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.  I enjoyed working as a professional photographer in their advertising department.  The Good Guys went out of business in 2006.  Fortunately Lee jeans is still in business today.

It was a good game with the SF Giants winning 4-3.  Fans were very focused on the game, since there were no smart phones, selfies, and social media. People had a good time just enjoying the game of baseball and sharing the time with friend and family at the stadium.  It was a different experience than today when we watch baseball.

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