The San Francisco Giants weren’t supposed to play on Thursday.
(And yes, for those wondering, I did consider chasing the low-hanging fruit by making this intro about how they didn’t actually play on Thursday. It was there for the taking. I almost took it.)
When the 2022 schedule first came out, the Giants had Thursday off. They were in between cities, playing the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday and the Chicago Cubs on Friday, and the schedule-makers gave them a lovely day of rest on their road trip.
But when the lockout pushed back the start of the season, the schedule had to change.