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Looks like there was, in fact, a blaze at AT&T Park last night. And a sizable one at that. SFist reader Ted (i.e., phish223) sent in this on-the scene shot of the fiery action. Read more about it here.

Curbed is on it. As is a WhatImSeeing field corespondent. And even a few SFist tipsters have word on it. What is it, exactly? Well, it seems the Giants home, AT&T Park, was all ablaze last night! Allegedly.

It's been a year of farewells for the Giants and after saying goodbye to Marquis, Woody, and J.T., the Giants officially bid adieu to another Giant of the early aught era, Rusty. Rusty was a bell and whistle in the bells and whistle laden Pac Bell Park when it opened. He was a mechanical robot stationed in right field who was supposed to come out during various parts of the game and do, well, we don't know what he was supposed to do because he never actually did do. Once the 2000 season started, Rusty was felled by mechanical issues and rarely made an appearance, although some would say "mechanical issues" really meant "sucked ass." Rusty was pretty much looked at with disdain since his announcement, kind of like Edgardo Alfonzo, and his loss will probably be mourned by no one. Also like Alfonzo.

Making official something that's been talked about for months, Major League Baseball today announced that the 2007 All-Star Game will be held at the Stadium Formerly Known as Pac Bell Park. Isn't it nice to have some news about Bay Area baseball that doesn't involve injecting things in people's asses? The Giants last hosted the Midsummer Classic in 1984 and also held one in 1961, a game remembered primarily for pitcher Stu Miller getting blown off the mound by the Candlestick wind.

We're sure there are some people out there who are all interested in the AT&T/SBC merger because of what it means to the stock market. And we're sure there are some of you out there who are interested in the merger because of what it means for your job. But we here at SFist are interested in it for only reason -- what name will the Giants now call home? While the people behind the merger have admitted that they haven't figured out what the new name will be, whatever it will be will ultimately affect that little park the Giants play in. After all, it would serve no purpose for the new company to keep its namesake stadium by a name it no longer is. Fifty-three million dollars in naming rights, after all, gets them the ability to name the place any ol' way they want. They could name it "The Fletcher Memorial Home for Incurable Tyrants and Kings" or Frodo's House of Prime Ribs and there's nothing we can do about it.