The San Francisco Giants faced backlash from fans, including Bruce Aguilar, after deciding to remove personalized walkway tiles across McCovey Cove, which were purchased by fans two decades ago to honor their loved ones. The team initially informed the tile owners via email that their messages would be transferred to a digital kiosk. Fans expressed their outrage, comparing the removal to desecration of a grave, and described the tiles as "Almost sacred". Following the public outcry, the Giants reversed their decision on the digital kiosk replacement. This controversy comes amid other changes by the Giants and follows the dismantling of the old park across the cove in 2020, with a new, larger park mostly built at a higher elevation, opening Friday for the season opener.
The #SFGiants are parting ways with a former star prospect: https://t.co/AGIHm89isU https://t.co/Ng990k2FJH
Joey Bart was like that lousy condo timeshare in Florida your parents bought... It sounded good at the time. Now, they just wanted to get rid of it. #SFGiants 🥃⚾️
A day after the Chronicle reported the San Francisco Giants were replacing fans’ tiles with a digital kiosk, the team changed course. https://t.co/iLjNDEtzJy
SF Giants backtrack after fan fury over nixing memorial ballpark tiles https://t.co/GjN5KoqgiK
RIP Joey Bart
SF Giants reverse course on controversial ‘digital kiosk’ to replace fans’ McCovey statue bricks https://t.co/fuqDP3xIMT
"Almost sacred": Giants fans outraged by removal of tiles they bought for loved ones & new plan for digital kiosk - old park across cove was dismantled in 2020 and new larger park mostly built at higher elevation, opens Friday for opener: https://t.co/OXUYxjs7CE via @sfchronicle
The San Francisco Giants sent emails to fans who purchased walkway tiles to inform them that their decades-old messages now will be seen digitally at a kiosk. “It made me feel like they desecrated my mom’s and dad’s headstone on their grave.” https://t.co/fkAR1uITc5
Giants fans are outraged by the removal of walkway tiles across McCovey Cove that they bought 20 years ago to pay tribute to their loved ones. “It made me feel like they desecrated my mom’s and dad’s headstone on their grave,” said Bruce Aguilar. https://t.co/ZzJKbfm1Gp
“The Giants sent emails to fans who purchased walkway tiles across McCovey Cove … to inform them that their decades-old messages now will be seen digitally at a kiosk.” Seriously, WTF is going on with the @SFGiants right now? Scoop from @JohnSheaHey ⬇️ https://t.co/cVXFIKpSI9