Croix de Candlestick
The Croix de Candlestick is a award pin that was given out to baseball fans as they exited Candlestick Park at the conclusion of a night game that went extra innings.[1][2] In reference to the ballpark's legendarily cold winds, the pin carried the motto, "Veni, Vidi, Vixi" ("I came, I saw, I survived").[3]
In order to receive a pin, the fans would have to turn in their ticket stub at the entry/exit. The pin, developed by team marketing director Patrick J. Gallagher, was first issued in 1983. In 1983 the San Francisco Giants played in five extra inning night games,[4] with a total attendance of 70,933 and in 1984 they played in five extra inning night games[5] with a total attendance of 44,031. The pin was given out for several years. On September 28–30, 1999, tens of thousands of fans received the pin for attending the Giants' final three-game home stand at Candlestick, against the team's archrival, the Los Angeles Dodgers.[6][7] A San Francisco Chronicle columnist later called it "the smartest marketing promotional in Bay Area history".[8]
Quotes[edit]
"Mayor Ed Lee...: I’m a real San Franciscan, because I’ve EARNED a Croix de Candlestick and whenever I hear the phrase “the catch” I have to take a moment...)"[9]
"They don’t give out a Croix de Candlestick to fans who stay ’til the bitter end at Levi’s, or even a Croix de Fiddlesticks, but this time the late birds got their reward."[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ http://goingdowntown.mlblogs.com/tag/croix-de-candlestick/
- ↑ https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/10-best-things-being-giants-fan-190249508.html
- ↑ Chris Ballard, "Candlestick Park, 1960−2013", Sports Illustrated, December 30, 2013.
- ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/1983-schedule-scores.shtml
- ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/1984-schedule-scores.shtml
- ↑ David Steele, "The Last Night Resembled Very Few Others", San Francisco Chronicle, September 30, 1999.
- ↑ "Candle In The Wind", Los Angeles Times, September 28, 1999.
- ↑ Peter Hartlaub, "The badges of honor of a Bay Area resident", San Francisco Chronicle, August 18, 2010.
- ↑ SF Gate, "When can you call yourself a native"
- ↑ 49ers’ Jimmy Garoppolo provides reason for excitement By Scott Ostler November 26, 2017 San Francisco Chronicle
Not currently used[edit]
- NPR
- USA Today
- NYTimes
- ESPN
- The Giants Encyclopedia, isbn=1582616930, Page 435 https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1582616930
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