Brandon Crawford on the Cardinals isn’t going to be the weirdest of these examples, and it barely cracks the 50th percentile of weird. Advertisement. It’s still pretty weird.

Brandon Crawford is retiring after 14 major league seasons, all but one of those played with his hometown San Francisco Giants as a slick-fielding shortstop and fan favorite.

Crawford was a deserving All-Star again this season, and he was someone opposing pitchers and teams had to account for. He was going to draw the interest of any team looking for a shortstop for 2022.

SAN FRANCISCO — Brandon Crawford is retiring after 14 major league seasons, all but one of those played with his hometown San Francisco Giants as a slick-fielding shortstop and fan favorite. A ...

At 36 years old, Brandon Crawford is ‘doing young guy things’ like SF Giants need him to Since returning from the IL, Crawford has 5 hits in 4 games and looks back to his old self defensively.

Brandon Crawford: “I figured with an average to below-average junior year that I’d slipped out of the first round and maybe into the supplemental, second or maybe even third.

Brandon Crawford is the last man standing from the Giants’ dynasty, representing every bit of the championship fabric of his proud organization. Crawford, 36, deserves to go out when he wants ...

— -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Fresh off his Gold Glove award, the San Francisco Giants have signed shortstop Brandon Crawford to a new, six-year contract. The deal is for $75 million, two baseball ...