Dieters three stars – Can nostalgia sell (or win) for the SF Giants?

Ladies and gentlemen, listed here are your three stars of the week:

Idiots like me who begged the Warriors for a superb backup uniform

» The Warriors, like every team within the NBA, have gone overboard with their uniforms in recent times. I don't know if it's a post-COVID revenue play or a Nike mandate, but every season teams have three recent jerseys along with their standard fare, and these days the Dubs' alternative offerings have left me wanting more.

There was the black and yellow Roses jersey (too busy), last 12 months's (accidental) Cal tribute, the weird “San Francisco” mound uniform, and the yellow “The Bay” joint – all failures for my part.

But I even have to say that this season's “City Edition” uniform – an homage to the Golden Gate Bridge – is successful for me.

Not only do I like the colour scheme – red, blue, yellow and gold – but in addition the fonts and design elements. It's tough, but it surely's not crowded. Since I'm a 36-year-old chubby white guy, I won't literally buy one to wear around town, but I’ll metaphorically buy the jersey. This looks good and I'm not going to openly mock it once I activate a game and see the Dubs wearing it. (A pleasant change from the norm.)

Still, the large Golden Gate Bridge design on the court is a bit excessive and definitely clashes with the Bay Bridge logo in the middle circle. We can't have all of it, people.

Those pesky baby sharks

» Can I say that this season is off to an ideal start?

Evening after evening you possibly can see how the child sharks are doing higher. Macklin Celebrini is a video game. Will Smith is working on it, but he's on the best track. It's William Eklund's breakout season. Fabian Zetterlund is anything but a one-year wonder. Mikael Granlund will bring a extremely good player to this team before the deadline. And how about goaltender Yaroslav Askarov within the Sharks debut on Thursday? He looked incredible.

The Sharks play good hockey. They are fun and competitive and earn points.

But most nights they don't get two points and that's a win.

While all of us wish to see this Sharks team turn into something serious as quickly as possible, we also must keep in mind that this team continues to be within the midst of rebuilding. Yes, it's been six seasons for the reason that Sharks reached the postseason and we're all dying to try the addictive drug of playoff hockey again, but what San Jose needs from this season is positive development and an early draft pick .

With six wins in 22 games, the Sharks are the worst team in ice hockey. Their point rate is the third worst.

The Sharks have their top center, goalie and robust future perimeter (I like Smith as a winger). Getting a top-five pick and one other impact wing or other top defenseman to later work with Sam Dickinson is a wonderful path.

It's all coming up, Sharks. The reward will appear ahead of you would possibly think. (Just not this season.)

Giants fans who long for the great old days

» Any Giants fans who wanted the franchise to show the dial back to the last decade should be overjoyed at once.

Finally, Bobby Evans is back, baby!

Did he ever really leave? Evans has not openly worked in baseball since being fired because the Giants' general manager, or quite, he was “reassigned” throughout the organization. I can say this: nobody ever got here to choose him up. His tenure as Giants manager was so bad that for the last seven years he couldn't even fill the role Posey had just assigned him – consultant – with one other team.

Add to that the hiring of Randy Winn, who like Posey is an elite man and a pointy baseball mind, but seemingly unsuited to the role he now holds as vp of player development, and it's almost time , to recollect some people in San Francisco.

Remember, Posey said he was within the “memory business.” Well, nothing sells higher than nostalgia lately.

I prefer winning games, but let's not get greedy here.

My skepticism about Posey's appointment is well documented. At least I'm not the just one skeptical about his last two steps.

But ultimately, it doesn't matter what I or anyone else says – Posey shall be judged by his moves in the case of the Giants on the sphere. One can only hope that this little bit of remembering some people will make success there easier for the sake of the franchise.