San Francisco, CA
‘I’m glad everything’s worked out’: SF Giants’ Lee talks brief detainment at LAX
SAN RAMON — Prior to the second leg of the Giants’ FanFest tour, outfielder Jung Hoo Lee described his brief detainment at the Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday evening as a “misunderstanding this one time” and said he was glad everything had been sorted out.
“Obviously, a bit hectic the last few days, but I’m glad everything’s worked out,” Lee said through team interpreter Brian Kang.
Lee said he had all the paperwork he typically brings when he flies into the country, adding that he spent a little over four hours at the airport. He declined to specify what paperwork he was missing.
Justin Han, Lee’s interpreter, also had “passport issues” but will fly into the country next week. Lee said he did not think the current political climate had anything to do with his temporary detainmnent.
“I don’t think there’s anything specific that I’m too worried about in that sense,” Lee said. “I’m just glad it got resolved and I’m back with my teammates.”
Earlier this month, 17 members of the Giants organization visited Lee in South Korea as part of a goodwill tour, a group that included president of baseball operations Buster Posey, general manager Zack Minasian, new manager Tony Vitello and shortstop Willy Adames.
Lee said the trip is “something that I won’t forget for the rest of my life,” one of the highlights being when he took the contingent out for Korean BBQ. Lee also brought Adames and Vitello on a tour of Namdaemun Market while Posey and Minasian met with Heo Koo-Youn, the commissioner of the KBO.
Additionally, the Giants put on a baseball clinic at LG Champion’s Park for 30 local hgh school players. Lee and Shane Robinson, one of the new coaches under Vitello, coached outfield drills while Adames and Jae-Gyun Hwang, a former Giant, conducted infield drills.
“It’s pretty evident the support that the Giants have in my home country in South Korea,” Lee said. “It’s pretty cool to see the fans rallying around the team and getting excited about us over here in San Francisco. It’s really cool to see the Giants investing and putting a bigger focus in my home country, and I’m really excited to keep that momentum going.”
Said Vitello of the trip last Saturday: “A lot of meals and breaking bread with everybody. For me, being in my first year, it was great to be around any of those people. Even Willy, who I’d spent a lot of time with in person, it provided a better opportunity to get to know him.”
Lee will soon return to Asia for the World Baseball Classic as one of the star players for South Korea, which has never won the tournament.
South Korea is part of Pool C, which will play in Tokyo from March 5-10. Pool C also features Japan, the reingning champions, Australia, Czechia and Chinese Taipei. If South Korea goes on a run, there’s a possibility that Lee faces teammate Logan Webb, who’s part of the United States’ star-studded rotation.
“It’s a big honor and a privilege to represent my country at the WBC, and I’m really excited to … have the opportunity to face off against Logan Webb, my teammate,” said Lee, who played for South Korea in 2023. “We’ll definitely have a lot of talks before then. It’s on us to make sure we can face Logan eventually in that tournament.”
San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, Oakland report warmest February morning on record
Saturday morning in the Bay Area was muggy and mild, if not warm. Temperatures only cooled down to the upper 50s to low 60s across much of the Bay Area – five to 15 degrees above average for late winter.
For San Francisco and Oakland, it was a record warm start to the last day of the month. With temperatures only dipping down to 62 in San Francisco, it was the warmest morning in recorded history during the month of February, and those records go back to 1875. The old record was 61° in 1985.
Oakland’s old record was also in 1985, when the low was 60°. Now Oakland’s new record for warmest February morning was set on Saturday, with a low of 61. It was also extremely muggy, with dew points in the upper 50s and humidity over 90%.
Why? It mostly has to do with the extremely warm blob of water sitting off the Bay Area’s coast. It’s technically called a “Marine Heatwave” and the one we are currently dealing with began in May 2025.
Normally this time of year, ocean temperatures are near 53 degrees – but it was about 57 near the Golden Gate Bridge as of Saturday morning.
Warmer ocean water warms up the air above it, and then winds carry the warmer air over land and warms us up. The warmer water also increases evaporation, raising moisture content in the air (aka humidity).
So now you know, you can blame the warm blob of ocean water for the reason it was so muggy.
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Giants scratch Rafael Devers from lineup with tight hamstring
Friday, February 27, 2026 9:48PM
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The San Francisco Giants scratched slugger Rafael Devers from the starting lineup because of a tight hamstring, keeping him out of a spring training game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday.
The three-time All-Star and 2018 World Series champion is starting his first full season with the Giants after they acquired him in a trade with the Boston Red Sox last year.
Devers hit 35 home runs and had 109 RBIs last season, playing 90 games with San Francisco and 73 in Boston. He signed a $313.5 million, 10-year contract in 2023 with the Red Sox.
He was 20 when he made his major league debut in Boston nine years ago, and he helped them win the World Series the following year.
Devers, who has 235 career homers and 747 RBIs, led Boston in RBIs for five straight seasons and has finished in the top 20 in voting for AL MVP five times.
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