Remember when the San Francisco Giants couldn’t give their money away to any free agent on the market? When it seemed like they were destined to always be the runner-up, the “in it until the end” team that would put up a good fight but always lose out?
There were plenty of reasons why the Giants seemed to miss out on all of their free agent targets, but one narrative seemed to emerge this winter and take on a life of its own: It was the city’s fault. Players simply did not want to play in San Francisco.