Jerry McDonald has been with the Bay Area News Group for more than 30 years, with a heavy concentration of NFL football since the Raiders returned to Oakland in 1995. His all-time favorite athlete is a right-handed pitcher at Division III Linfield College in Oregon.
Giants center fielder Jung Hoo Lee drives a fly out to left in his first at-bat in Oracle Park Tuesday night in a 3-1 loss to the A’s in the Bay Bridge Series.The bandwagon momentum generated by the Giants’ signings in spring training was incalculable both in terms of clubhouse excitement and among the fan base, which suddenly sees their team as a playoff contender.
It was a quiet Oracle debut. Lee went 0-for-3 with a strikeout to see his spring average drop to .343 and had no challenging plays in the field. Not that a 3-1 Bay Bridge Series “let’s get it over with”Lee, 25, makes his major league debut on Opening Day Thursday in San Diego, where he’ll face Padres ace Yu Darvish.
Lee’s teammates have gotten a close look at him during spring training, and like what they see for reasons that go beyond a .375 batting average and 1.176 OPS with a homer and six RBIs in 12 games, coming into Tuesday night’s game. Outfielder Mike Yastrzemski believes “having a steady anchor in center field is huge” and said Lee has been a joy to have in the clubhouse.
“He’s got great baseball instincts,” Ahmed said. “I can always tell as a shortstop, when I turn around, the difference between an outfielder who freezes and takes a second to read the ball or if I can see his back turned and see his numbers and he’s two steps into his break. He’s going to be a great center fielder or us with the big gaps in this park.”
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