San Francisco Giants
Giants fans can generally be separated into two categories: those who have everything…and think they have everything. That camp is trickier. You know the Giants fans we’re talking about. The 2010 jersey. Dusty roster card collection from World Series memories rubbed smooth from overuse. The dudes who will interrupt your Oakland vs Giants chat with opinions about Oracle Park whether you’re asking for them or not.
Gift shopping for that kind of Giants fan is tough. Jump too close to home and they’ve probably already got it. Go generic and you’re insulting them a little. We’ve been that Giants fan once or twice. We’ve also received plenty of Giants gifts from people who don’t know us well, so we’ve been on both sides of it. We know how it feels to tear through the wrapping and be met with something that says Giants on it but nothing else.
That’s why we took our time with this list. Generic gifts were absolutely off the table. If all we cared about was getting Giants stuff in front of you we would have stopped researching the second this page loaded. Every single thing here had to pass the tougher test. Would we gift this to the person who really does bleed orange and black? The one who can recall where they were sitting when Madison Bumgarner was happening? Who has definitive feelings about how you’re “supposed” to watch a baseball game. If it couldn’t hold up to that standard, it didn’t make the cut.
The gifts that did will show your super-fan friend you were listening. They’ll mean a little more because they don’t come across like youjust googled Giants gift and settled. Instead, we’ve compiled gifts we’d confidently grab for ourselves if it was the person receiving the gift that mattered. A true fan. A birthday. Fathers Day. Someone who deserves to know you understand their team loyalty is special and should be celebrated, not just acknowledged.
Being a Giants fan isn’t casual. Not if you’re one of those people we mentioned up top. It’s tied into your family, and where you’re from, and memories in a way that almost no other sport can claim. When you’re searching for the perfect Giants fan gift you’re looking for something that recognizes all that. Doesn’t get too sappy but you’ll still want to display it. Are they going to actually use it? Wear it? You bet they are. And long after the paper’s discarded we’ve done the heavy lifting to make sure these gifts will stick.