Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

The San Francisco Giants will employ “World Series-level” security measures for Monday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers to help prevent any retaliatory incidents from the Opening Day beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium, according to the team’s senior vice president for stadium operations, Jorge Costa.

Monday’s game is the first between the two teams in San Francisco since the brutal attack on Stow in the Dodger Stadium parking lot on March 31.

Stow has been in a medically-induced coma at a Los Angeles-area hospital since the attack. The two suspects in the beating are still at large.

Earlier in the week, Costa had estimated that the security force for Monday’s game would be “15-25 percent” larger than a typical home game. But after meetings with his staff and San Francisco police on Sunday, he said the size of that force would be even larger, probably 30-40 percent bigger than a typical home game.

“We’ve done our due diligence. We’ve put the resources together. We’ve got the plan. Now it’s just executing it,” Costa said. “We’re hoping it turns out to be a nice event, but realistically we know there will be some element of hubris, testosterone and alcohol that gets involved. That’s the way it is.

“As far as the Giants management is concerned, there isn’t going to be any reason why a Dodger fan or any other opposing fan can’t coexist with Giants fans.”

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Ramona Shelburne is a columnist and reporter for ESPNLosAngeles.com.

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