The mouth of Mission Creek has been known to Major League Baseball fans as McCovey Cove ever since the year 2000 when the San Francisco Giants relocated from their former home at  Candlestick Park to Oracle Park on the creek's north bank.
Since 2000, fans of Major League Baseball have referred to the mouth of Mission Creek as McCovey Cove, after the Giants relocated from their previous home at Candlestick Park to Oracle Park on the creek's north side.