Giants open season 3-0, winless in spelling bees

AFTER RACKING UP 19 hits in a 10-4 victory capping a season-opening sweep of the Astros, the Giants showed they do have one major weakness – spelling.

Reserve utility man Eugenio Velez entered the game as a part of a double-switch in the seventh inning. His grey Giants road jersey spelled out “San Francicsco.”

The front office was proactive in upgrading the offense, and it showed in a drubbing of the Astros as the Giants never trailed in the series. But there’s one thing that general manager Brian Sabean and his baseball operations staff was unable to prepare the team for, a fourth-grade spelling bee.