Tony Bennett had bond with San Francisco Giants

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The Giants misplaced a performer who they can not exchange.

Tony Bennett, the celebrated singer who died Friday at 96, highlighted a few of the Giants’ biggest occasions by accompanying them with stay renditions of his signature hit, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” The tune, which Bennett recorded in 1962 and was launched later that yr, has been performed on the public-address system after each Giants dwelling victory for many years.

The #SFGiants are saddened to listen to of the lack of Tony Bennett, a real legend whose music will stay on at Oracle Park. We cherish the recollections of his friendship & many visits. We will keep in mind him for leaving his coronary heart in San Francisco. Our deepest condolences to his household. pic.twitter.com/tYzAsuEc5F

— SFGiants (@SFGiants) July 21, 2023

Bennett’s most resonant mini-concert occurred earlier than the Giants’ dwelling opener at Candlestick Park on April 12, 1993, within the wake of the offseason sale of the franchise to the Peter Magowan-led investor group that prevented the crew from shifting to Tampa-St. Petersburg. That afternoon, the tune’s concluding lyrics (“When I come home to you, San Francisco, your golden sun will shine for me”) bore additional significance for each Giants fan.

Another Bennett look got here as a welcome shock. On Oct. 31, 2012, he emerged from San Francisco’s City Hall to sing “I Left My Heart …” and conclude the ceremony following the parade that celebrated the ballclub’s four-game World Series sweep over Detroit.

Bennett additionally sang “I Left My Heart …” earlier than Game 1 of the Giants’ 2010 World Series opener towards visiting Texas and Game 3 of the 2002 Series when San Francisco hosted the Angels, amongst different events. He additionally led the gang in “God Bless America” through the seventh-inning stretch of Game 3 of the 2014 NL Division Series between the Giants and Nationals.

The Giants tightened their bond with Bennett in August 2016, after they noticed his ninetieth birthday in a pregame perform at Oracle Park. Giants legend Willie Mays joined Bennett on the sector through the festivities. That night time, the Giants started elevating a victory flag in Willie Mays Plaza after each win at dwelling. The flag is embellished with a Giants emblem and a coronary heart -- visually representing "I Left My Heart in San Francisco.”

The Oracle Park suite on the finish of the right-field line is called in Bennett’s honor. Vintage Bennett document albums and different Bennett-related memorabilia dominate the suite’s décor.

Before or after his ballpark appearances, Bennett generally relaxed within the crew’s clubhouse -- particularly, within the workplace of former Giants clubhouse supervisor Mike Murphy, the place many celebrities took refuge by means of the years. Murphy and Bennett initially met within the Nineteen Sixties by means of influential mutual associates -- the Swig household, former house owners of San Francisco’s famed Fairmont Hotel. The Fairmont was a daily cease for Bennett when he went on tour.

In his autobiography revealed in 2020, “From the Stick to the Cove,” Murphy fondly recalled crossing paths with Bennett.

“He called me for an autographed baseball from [Buster] Posey a couple of years back, and I sent it to him,” Murphy wrote. “Our rapport deepened when I saw him playing tennis at the Hilton hotel in Pittsburgh after the Swigs had introduced us. We sat in the lobby and talked for about an hour. We just talked about baseball. He’s a huge baseball buff.”

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