Shaw honored with proclamation from hometown

BOSTON -- Imagine having a day in your hometown named in your honor. Now imagine that happening when you're only 25 years old while you're on the road playing Major League baseball.

Chris Shaw received the distinct recognition when his hometown of Lexington, Mass., which is located 12 miles west of Boston, declared Wednesday as "Chris Shaw Day." Shaw accepted the proclamation during a ceremony at Fenway Park on Wednesday afternoon before the Giants' evening game against the Red Sox.

"Everyone was there who had a role at some point in my life, whether it was a coach or a teacher," Shaw said.

Shaw was presented with a flag that was flown over the Lexington Battle Green. He also received a jar that contained dirt from every baseball field he played on growing up.

"The town you grew up in that helped shape you is honoring you, and that's pretty cool," said Shaw, who attended Boston College. "I'm hearing from people I haven't heard from in a long time that I grew up with, and they think it's cool. You start to begin to appreciate things a little bit more when you kind of understand the significance they have. It's awesome."

2,000 wins and 2,000 messages?

The afternoon after Giants manager Bruce Bochy reached the renown 2,000-win milestone, his phone still was full of unread messages and missed phone calls. Bochy was flooded with congratulatory responses after he became just the 11th manager in Major League history to reach that mark in the Giants' 11-3 win over the Red Sox on Wednesday night.

"To hear from a lot of ex-players, that was really, really cool, and of course family and friends," Bochy said. "I still haven't caught up with all of the messages, that's how many I have on my phone. They were going off during the night, so I had to turn my phone off because on the West Coast, some of them were getting the news and I was trying to get some sleep [in Boston]. Eventually, I'll catch up. But really, really a lot of cool ones."

Yaz gets partial day off

After two action-packed days of fanfare, family moments and baseball firsts, Mike Yastrzemski was out of the Giants' starting lineup in Thursday's series finale against the Red Sox at Fenway Park.

In addition to making his debut at his hometown ballpark where his Hall of Fame grandfather, Carl, played a historic 23-year career, Yastrzemski hit a home run in Tuesday's 15-inning win and caught the first pitch from his grandfather prior to Wednesday's matchup.

Those events, combined with an early afternoon start on Thursday, led Bochy to the decision to rest the 29-year-old rookie.

"He's going to get a break today, hopefully take some time to take this all in," Bochy said.

Yastrzemski pinch-hit for Austin Slater in the eighth inning and laced a single to right field.