Pitchers and catchers report to training camp today! We’re less than two months away from opening day! Baseball is almost back!
Living in the Bay Area, it’s impossible not to be excited about the rest of this NBA season. Will the Warriors break the Bulls’ record of 72 wins and go undefeated at home? Will the Warriors repeat as NBA champions?
It’s also impossible not to be excited about the upcoming San Francisco Giants season. For starters, it’s an even year, which means they should be planning another parade down Market Street again, right? The Giants also had a pretty impressive offseason, signing Johnny Cueto, Jeff Samardzija, and Denard Span.
The parallels between the two franchises are numerous. Both are the only two Bay Area franchises to win a title in the past 20 years. Both are lead by a strong ownership group and front office, as the core of both championship teams have been built through the draft.
And both teams are lead by the most humble, egoless stars in the game: Stephen Curry and Madison Bumgarner, who are arguably the two most underpaid players in their respective sports.