The Giants’ fans weren’t just saying goodbye to Tim Hudson in the third inning on an emotional Thursday in China Basin. They were saying goodbye to a generation, maybe an era.
On the day Jeremy Affeldt announced his retirement, Tim Hudson threw his final pitch as a big-leaguer in the Giants’ 3-2 loss to the Dodgers. Together, they won four World Series rings, and fans stood and cheered when one of their own stepped aside.
Affeldt will be similarly honored in Sunday’s season finale.
“I had some real good friends that I made in this game,” Affeldt said during an emotional moment in his news conference, “a few that I would consider closer to than a brother, and one of them is in here right now, Matt Cain, and not being a part of his life like I’d like to be .