The 16th Annual San Francisco Giants Winter FanFest 2009 has officially been announced.   Many of you (whether you are true Giants fans or not that will be attending) are probably wondering if the players you care about will be showing up.  Well, they are, thankfully.

WHEN: Saturday, February 7, 2009
WHERE: AT&T Park
24 Willie Mays Plaza, San Francisco, CA 94107
COST: FREE with an option to donate $2.00 to the Giants Community Fund (please do not be selfish and just donate $2.00, you cheap bastards)

The usual highlights of the annual Giants Fan Fest will not change, and highlights include:

• autograph sessions
• photo opportunities
• Q&A sessions
• individual game ticket sales
• tour of the Giants and visitors clubhouses, batting cages, dugouts, and press box
• Kids zone
• access to fields warning track

Now the information most of you actually care about, the notable players scheduled to appear:

• 2008 NL Cy Young Award Winner Tim Lincecum
• Will Clark
• Matt Cain
• Barry Zito
• Edgar Renteria
• Aaron Rowand
• Randy Johnson
• JT Snow
• Orlando Cepeda – HOF 1999
• Any many prospects, although none of those that will attend are considered blue-chip prospects, including Nate Schierholtz, Henry Sosa, Travis Ishikawa among many others

In terms of the quality/super stardom of players that will be attendance, the Giants Fan Fest rivals the Brewers on Deck Fan Fest.  Because it is assumed that the autographs for each of these players will be free, I will guarantee you that the lines will be extremely long.  I highly recommend you check out our helpful tips section.  A side note: Randy Johnson is by far the biggest name on the list of players that is scheduled to attend.  Tim Lincecum can’t hold a candle to Randy Johnson’s name (sorry Lincecum fans).  When you’re standing in line for Randy Johnson, just think to yourself; “I’m getting an autograph of a future HOFer, I’m getting an autograph of a future HOFer….”