The San Francisco Giants store is selling a shirt with the city called “SAN FRAN.” This appears to be faux pas:

It’s not entirely clear how a piece of Giants clothing with such a disliked nickname is not only is on display at a team store, but was designed and produced at all in the first place. (It seems highly unlikely that the Giants themselves committed such a faux pas.) I asked an employee of the store if someone was available to speak about the shirt, but they immediately directed me to the team’s PR department. Requests for comment from the Giants and Nike were not answered by time of publication.

Someone — presumably not San Francisco residents — is buying SAN FRAN Giants shirts, though, as a black version of the shirt is sold out online.

SFGate.com

If I’m a Dodgers fan, I’m buying the shirt and wearing it the next time the Giants come to town. Exit quote:

Hartlaub himself wrote that it “would be like walking in the Hogwarts store from ‘Harry Potter’ and finding a T-shirt that says ‘Voldemort.’”