Week In SFist: Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair!
"Gimme head with hair/ Long beautiful hair/Shining, gleaming/Streaming, flaxen, waxen..."
In 1906, we had the Big One. In 1989, we had Loma Prieta. In 2004, we had the Winter of Love. In 2006? Gavin let his hair down. As Peter Hartlaub wrote in the Chron: "Where Were You the Day Gavin Changed His 'do?" Well, we here at SFist were all over the story, giving you the breaking news that his hair was de-gelled and then giving you the breaking news when he became gelled again. Then, of course, there was the debate: did he look more like Matt Gonzalez or Nick Carter? How come nobody thought of the obvious Clay Aiken 'do? And for those of you who wondered why there wasn't anything else important going on, we covered that too-- the new do of Gav's 20 year-old girlfriend.
The Giants Want You!
SFist fully admits to being a fantasy sport geek, although just how big of a fantasy geek we are, we will never let anyone know. Suffice to say that our in-depth knowledge of the Brewers farm system ranks us pretty high. We also have to admit that for whatever reason, we've been having trouble getting into fantasy baseball this season. Early spring weather? An actual job? Too much time posting on SFist? Who knows. We do know, however, that we just got the kick in the pants we needed to start reading through all those super-exciting fantasy baseball books. It was announced yesterday that Yahoo! and the San Francisco Giants are teaming together for a new contest in which the winner of this years' fantasy baseball league will get a job working with Giants GM Brian Sabean.
The Giants Pitch in For Tsunami Relief
The Giants announced today that will be helping out the tsunami relief effort by holding an online auction this Thursday and Friday to raise money. Things that can be bid on include throwing out the first pitch, a trip for four to spring training, taking a few swings at Giants pitching (hey, if it's Tomko you might be able to actually hit it), and other items. The big thing that will be auctioned off is the chance to hang out with noted good-will ambassador Barry Lamar Bonds before a game. If you're wondering just how much a meeting with Barry could net, keep in mind that people paid $7,500 last year to have private meetings with both him and Alex Rodriguez.

