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@FightinHydrant @SplashHitPod Oh, and when are you back calling a game??

Doing a live @SplashHitPod from the ballpark at 2pm during the game. We can talk real time about whatever is going on. I’m solo so need your questions!

@FightinHydrant @SplashHitPod What would you do/do you think the Giants will/should do at the trade deadline? I'd add your thoughts on the Pride Night situation, but that's crazy talk online, so only do it if you feel like dealing with the crazy. Good luck... looking forward to it!

@AdamRy_n This is beautiful, thank you for sharing. I’m sorry for your loss, Adam.

Aldon Smith passed away this weekend. Most people are talking about his incredible ability, potential, and performance as a football player. Even though that is all true. He was so much more than that. He was a great friend and his kindness changed my life forever. I met Aldon our freshman year at Mizzou. He was redshirted and relatively unknown as an athlete. His giveaway was the biggest hands you'll ever see and his ability to dunk at 250lbs, but his size in many ways didn't match his personality. He was relatively quiet and in most scenarios would try to shrink into the room vs stand out in it. Over the course of the next year, we became close. We were very different people, from different places, but we both connected on the feeling of being a bit lost in the beginnings of adulthood. That year, I never really thought about him as a football player. He was just this gentle giant who loved to play video games and talk about life. His sophmore year he broke the single season sack record at Mizzou, became an All American, and his life changed forever. He became a celebrity on campus. He became a household name in Missouri. He became a top NFL draft prospect. I remember how crazy his life became, and how quickly. ESPN doing interviews. Fancy cars being "loaned" to him. And people everywhere inserting themselves into his life. Despite the craziness, my friend was always a text away. My junior of college, I decided to take my first stab at entrepreneurship. I wanted to launch a chapter of Camp Kesem. Kesem is a summer camp for children whose parents have been affected by cancer. The camp would be totally free and be a chance for a kid to experience the magic of being a kid again. As a son of a breast cancer survivor the idea of being able to create this camp in Missouri meant the world to me. The Livestrong Foundation was hosting a nation wide contest to win $10,000 as seed capital to get started. To win, you had to have the most votes. I tried really freaking hard to win that competition. I was going up against some really influential people at huge schools. As a somewhat awkward kid in Columbia, MO I had no chance. So I asked my friend Aldon for a favor. I asked him if he would help me out and promote the link to vote. He did more than just posting about Kesem on Facebook, skyrocketing us into the top place in the country. He kept supporting me the next 3 years while I was working on building Kesem. He showed up to have fun with the kids. He helped me fundraise. He helped me get Kesem to become an official organization sponsored by the NFLPA so he could publicly endorse us as as a player. Since then Torry Holt, Larry Fitzegerald, and many others have supported Kesem. But Aldon was the first. Kesem led me to move to Austin to work for the Livestrong Foundation. Kesem is how I met my wife. Kesem gave me the confidence to start Workweek and continue the path of building something from scratch. But in reality, Aldon enabled all those things. Throughout the years we had many amazing memories together. Having my wife and I vacation to his house in San Jose. Going to New Orleans for the Super Bowl and seeing his entire family make the trip. Meeting his son and watching him be a dad. The hilarious night we met Derek Jeter. Having the most intellectual conversations about life while playing Call of Duty. I also saw him struggle. There's no doubt he was a complicated person. Truthfully, I don't know if he ever really figured out who he wanted to be. I know just because your'e 6'4, 250lbs, and get 5.5 sacks in a single NFL game doesn't necessarily mean you want to be a football player. No matter the reasons, he made many bad decisions in his life. Some of those mistakes made it hard for me to stay as close as we'd once been. One day, not too long ago, I just decided to text him. It had been years since we really chatted. I just wanted to say thank you for all that he had done for me and that I was sorry I wasn't there for him more through his struggles. We FaceTimed after that, and it was like the old days all over again. Aldon was more than the headlines, the mistakes. He was a generous, gentle soul, a kid at heart, someone who was endlessly curious about life... all in the body of a world class NFL player, bearing the weight of professional pressure and personal circumstances that most of us can't even imagine. People are complex. People who make bad decisions can also do great things. A person can be hated by almost everyone and, yet, there are people in that person's life who still love them deeply. I learned many of these lesson due to Aldon, and I'll carry them with me forever. Rest in peace, Aldon. You won't be forgotten.

@LombardiHimself Prayers to the family. #RIP

Former 49ers DE Aldon Smith has passed away at 36. Statement from the team: “We are devastated by the sudden and tragic passing of Aldon Smith. Aldon’s undeniable talent and sheer dominance on the field were on display from the moment he joined our organization, having recorded one of the best rookie seasons the National Football League has seen. Beyond his excellence as a player, Aldon will be remembered for his infectious smile that lit up every room he walked into. Our entire organization sends its deepest condolences to the Smith family and all who knew and loved Aldon."

@Studman223 @dansch456 Has nothing to do with rainbow and you know it. If it was about their beliefs, they’d put verses every game. They don’t. This was an FU to the community of people they don’t like.

@suebak @dansch456 What other days are they being asked to wear a rainbow

It’s a shame because the actual quote that he and others use is very nice and conveys a good message but unfortunately they have twisted it into something else, a way to draw away from pride night and who this night is supposed to be for

Happy Birthday G! 🍷@G_Kontos

@NiallHarbison Beautiful tribute for a beautiful boy. RIP sweet Atlas ❤️

@Coach_Yac People are ridiculous. It’s baseball.

Matt Chapman on Giants fans making threats against him and his family: “Yeah, it’s bad. I got off social media, stopped looking at it — but it still seems like only the negative stuff finds you, right? You should see my DMs. It’s people saying, 'I hope your family dies'. People threaten us all the time, I just block it and whatever, I don’t make a big deal about it, but it’s just not cool. I would never do that to anybody. People can say what they want, it’s a free country, but they don’t know what goes on behind the scenes. They think we’re not playing well, we must show up an hour before the game and don’t prepare, but we’re here, we’re working hard, we want to win, we feel responsibility to win. All I want to do is win and I know how bad our fans want to win. I want to do it for them and us, for all the right reasons, but this is the day and age where people feel like they get a voice to just spew negative stuff. I don’t think that people would say that to people’s faces — I’m not saying that in a confrontational way, but it takes the human element out of things. It’s not going to ruin my day, but it doesn’t make me feel good. I think the thing that probably bummed me out the most is when people are calling for me to get pushed out of San Francisco. Over the last two seasons, I feel like I’ve been one of the best third basemen in the game — if I didn’t get hurt last year, I feel like I was right on my way to repeating the year I had in 2024 and having a great season. It doesn’t feel good when you feel like people are so quick to turn your back on you.” via: @susanslusser

@FightinHydrant I’m so sorry. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🧡🖤

We were all extremely saddened to learn that The Fightin Hydrants lost a great one yesterday. Marvin Bernard’s wife Leslie, passed away in a tragic auto accident. We were all at Murphs Wall of Fame ceremony a few years back. We were all ragging on each other just like no time had passed and we were still in the clubhouse. Inappropriate stuff and Leslie asked Marvin, why are you guys so mean to each other and Marvin said “Babe that’s how we show that we love each other”. We love you Marvin and always will. You’re one of the best teammates I ever had and we all feel your pain. I’m so sorry….Love you Hydrant 🧡🖤

@FightinHydrant @SplashHitPod Awww… your mama is so sweet! She’s doing to do great!! ⚾️ 💪🏼

My Mom even made the @SplashHitPod today!

@PauliesPod LOVE THIS!!!!

Ep. 323 | THE BAND IS BACK TOGETHER 🤘 Tom Tolbert, Paulie Mac & Creative Tony REUNITED 🔥 x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

@FightinHydrant Love this!!! Happy Birthday Mrs Santangelo!!

For my Moms 80th I just surprised her with this. She’s throwing out the first pitch tomorrow night before Giants and A’s! #SFGiants

@mattnahigian Never? Could it possibly be because of who's pitching? I don't think the fans have that kind of power. haha

Have you ever heard a Manager say a player is playing in the game the next day after a game? Seems a bit bizarre to me. Obviously they heard the absolute vitriol of the Giants fanbase yesterday and mad the move!

@GiantHotTakes This makes so much sense now. Happy Birthday!!! #BeatLA

I turn 21 today. I have no other plans besides eating a steak, drinking a beer, and watching Trevor McDonald throw the baseball in LA at 7:10. Please win a game.

@FightinHydrant So many great stories about him. I’m sorry for your loss.

One of the best men I’ve ever met in baseball. He was always so good to me, even as an opposing player. Always made an effort to say hello and say something nice. Years after I retired I was at a game at Dodger Stadium and in the middle of his press conference, he got up, came over to me and asked how I was doing. Rest in peace Skipper. Theres a pretty good team up there for you to manage

@PavlovicNBCS Any word on Rodriguez's elbow?

Daniel Susac will DH tonight in Sacramento and then catch Sunday, which should set him up to join Giants for Dodgers series. Harrison Bader is still rehabbing there and Erik Miller will join them Sunday. Also notable: RHP Jason Foley will start a rehab assignment with San Jose.

@NiallHarbison God bless you, Niall... and GO ROCKY!!!! ❤️

Big day for Rocky. All his updated test results are in. A little longer watch but shows you just how many other dogs are being helped. Not straightforward but you'll be smiling by the end I promise ❤️

Hey @hallmarkchannel Where are the new #CuriousCatering movies? We've been missing them!! We need more soon, please!! And while we're at it... how about a mystery series with Tyler Hynes??? Yessss, please!!!!!

@BaseballJeff1 Why?

I know the Marlins are in town, and he is the GM there, but I am a bit surprised that Gabe Kapler was announced as a guest for Brandon Belt's pre-game celebration.