It’s a piece of San Francisco baseball history that’s largely forgotten, and it’s sitting right under people’s butts in a different state.
San Francisco Giants broadcaster Jon Miller only learned the full story last year while visiting family in Washington state during MLB’s All-Star break. On his drive to Olympia, he took an off-ramp in Tacoma toward Cheney Stadium, which he stepped inside for the first time.
Miller already knew that the six light towers at Cheney Stadium ballpark once illuminated Seals Stadium, where Willie Mays and the Giants played their first two seasons in San Francisco before moving to Candlestick Park.