Ever wonder how foghorn at Giants home baseball games originated?

Editor's note: Twice a week during this sports hiatus, we'll answer questions that Bay Area sports fans long have debated in "Ever Wonder?" This installment: How did foghorn at Giants home games begin?

You hear that?

If you’re at a Giants home game, you probably hear the welcoming voice of Renel Brooks-Moon on the PA system, followed by a foghorn.

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While that sounds like quite the jarring sound, it’s a well-known feature when people travel to Oracle Park.

And for what reason?

If you’re not from the San Francisco area, you might not be acquainted with the fog elements of the city. In order to embrace what the weather would bring to the game, the Giants ownership group brought the horn to Candlestick Park in 1994 to make noise after each home run.

This was back when slugger Matt Williams and Barry Bonds were hitting homers left and right, so that meant hearing the noise night after night.