Whether watching a Giants game on TV or at Oracle Park fans need to be informed of some of these up-and-coming players. There always needs to be hope at the ballpark and when the hope for a 2020 postseason birth is farfetched the hope needs to transition further into the future.

There should be prospect updates in the game guides showing minor league box scores and write-ups on the top prospects. The replay board could even show prospect highlights between innings. On the broadcasts, sideline reporter, Amy G can report about prospects the same way she does injuries. They could even have a daily segment where color commentator, Mike Krukow, talks about a recent performance from a pitcher in the system.

One way this could be done to increase transparency with the front office is have Zaidi in the booth for an inning once a homestand just talking with Kruk and Kuip about player development from his perspective. If the Giants show us that they are excited about the future, it will rub off on the fan base.

The key with all of this is that there needs to be highlights. It’s 2020 and the Giants have plenty of video being captured at the minor league level. We need to see these players to truly start salivating. Guys like Marco Luciano, Joey Bart, Luis Matos and Heliot Ramos need to be household names for all Giants fans, not just the prospect nerds.

2010 Postseason Fog Globes

When I first scanned the Giants 2020 promotional schedule I was a bit surprised at the lack of promos built around the ten year anniversary of the Giants first World Series in San Francisco history. Of course there is the much talked about reunion on August 16th, but that’s it. No other giveaways for the rest of the season. I also noticed there are no snow globe(or fog globe) giveaways this season. So I decided to kill two seagulls with one globe and combine the two absences into one mega promotion.

Three different fog globe giveaways will take place over the course of the season. Each globe, once the fog settles, will reveal a famous moment from one of the three 2010 playoff series. For example, The NLDS Globe against the Braves could show Timmy throwing a pitch in his stellar 14 K Shutout that opened the playoffs. The NLCS Globe against the Phillies could have Juan Uribe pumping his fist around first base after hitting the series clinching homer. Finally, the World Series Globe could show Brian Wilson celebrating the final strikeout as the players mob around him.

The beauty of this promotion is it adds three new days to the promotion calendar that celebrates the 2010 World Series. Making it easier for fans to soak up some nostalgia this season if they can't make it to the reunion celebration.

Grandpa Posey Teaches the Young guns

This is a series of ads built to highlight the fact that there is still a legend on this team, even if he’s past his prime. Obviously there is a built in self-deprecation to these ideas which Posey would have to be okay with. Assuming he bounces back to being at least a league average hitter with continued plus defense I don’t think he’ll have a problem being the wise old legend.

Each ad would be a different vignette of Posey teaching something that he is famous for from his career.

The ads would open with Posey walking up, possibly in poorly done aging make-up and a cane. Followed by a quick shot of the “Young Guns” sitting cross-legged in a semi-circle(Dubon, Duggar, Slater). As Posey begins to speak, a black title card appears revealing the lesson while Posey also says the title as a voice over. The rest of the commercial is a montage of Posey teaching said lesson as well as necessary highlights of Posey in action.

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