Brandon Crawford threw out the first pitch at Oracle Park before the Giants’ game Saturday against the Texas Rangers.

On Saturday afternoon, Brandon Crawford stood behind a podium in front of the pitcher’s mound at Oracle Park and gave the longest speech of his life. It was the longest bit of public speaking he’d done since he was in school,

Brandon Crawford said Saturday that he doesn’t like being the center of attention all that much, but there he was, behind a microphone on the center of the diamond for the San Francisco Giants’ Brandon Crawford appreciation day at Oracle Park.