US EditionRamos will extend SF Giants’ streak of left fielders, but can he break it?
- Heliot Ramos became the 19th player to start in left field for the San Francisco Giants over the past 19 season openers, hitting a two-run homer against the Cincinnati Reds.
- The Giants have had a different player start in left field every season since Barry Bonds last played there in 2007.
- This 19-year streak matches the record held by the St. Louis Browns/Baltimore Orioles for starting a different left fielder every season from 1937 to 1955.
- Ramos' performance in the game included working the count to 3-2 and seeing 11 pitches before his home run, the most by a Giants player who homered since Michael Conforto.
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SF Examiner
Heliot Ramos becomes 19th consecutive different opening-day LF for Giants, then homers
CINCINNATI (AP) — Heliot Ramos became the 19th player to start in left field for the San Francisco Giants over the past 19 season openers, and the move paid off when he homered against the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday.
The Mercury news
Daily DemocratSF Giants poised to tie MLB record for revolving door in left field
No one ever expected the Giants to find another Barry Bonds to play left field. But you’d think by now they might have found a left fielder who was at least around long enough to make a couple Opening Day starts in a row. The search continues. When the Giants open the season this afternoon at Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati, Heliot Ramos will be their 18th consecutive different left fielder since Bonds made his final Opening Day start in 2…
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