Darin Ruf’s household is feeding San Francisco’s homeless, 1 brown bag at a time – The Athletic

Giants outfielder Darin Ruf is said to be in rehab mode. He tensed his hamstring on May 26 and is working his way back from the injured list. The last month was flushed and repeated: go to Oracle Park, get treatment, exercise, gradually increase the intensity.

But there is a good side: more time to be a father. That is not something that can be taken for granted. Not after last year’s 60-game season in a quarantine bubble when Ruf failed to see his wife Libby, son Henry, and newborn daughter Olive for three months.

Then two weeks ago the tide turned. The patient became the caretaker. Libby Ruf needed an emergency appendectomy. Her mother flew from Omaha, Neb., To San Francisco to help the children.

“But I left pretty much everything in it,” said Libby. “It’s wonderful. He can do anything.