Giants honor Brandon Belt with celebration day: 'They're forced to like me now'

SAN FRANCISCO — The stands at the Giants’ waterfront ballpark were dotted with nautical caps and stuffed giraffes. The team gave away thousands of Brandon Belt-themed novelty shirts. The pregame program of speakers included Buster Posey and Bruce Bochy.When you have a day to honor your former captain, you don’t cut corners — even when that captaincy was a self-proclaimed running gag. And Belt, the Giants’ beloved longtime first baseman and two-time World Series champion, proved Saturday afternoon that he hasn’t lost his sense of humor in retirement. He hasn’t lost his famously false immodesty, either.Advertisement