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The Original San Francisco Giants

2003-06 Sports & Recreation
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Release : 2003-06
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Synopsis The Original San Francisco Giants by : Steve Bitker

Download or read book The Original San Francisco Giants written by Steve Bitker. This book was released on 2003-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Original San Francisco Giants is a nostalgic look at the team that brought Major League Baseball to San Francisco, the 1958 Giants. Author Steve Bitker, who attended his first big-league game in 1958 at age five at a charming little downtown ballpark called Seals Stadium, traveled as far as the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands to interview virtually every surviving member of the team.

A Band of Misfits

2015-04-01 Sports & Recreation
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Release : 2015-04-01
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 983/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Band of Misfits by : Andrew Baggarly

Download or read book A Band of Misfits written by Andrew Baggarly. This book was released on 2015-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a title drought that started in New York and carried on for more than five decades after the move to the west coast, the San Francisco Giants and their fans were growing restless, waiting for a team like the 2010 roster and that one magical postseason run. The anticipation, memories, and celebrated relief of the season when it finally came together are captured in this chronicle of the World Series season of the Giants. Written in entertaining prose, the book is as much an enjoyable story to be reread through the years as it is a factual account of the events that brought the elusive title to the Giants.

The San Francisco Giants

2008-06-17 Sports & Recreation
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Release : 2008-06-17
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Book Synopsis The San Francisco Giants by : Brian Murphy

Download or read book The San Francisco Giants written by Brian Murphy. This book was released on 2008-06-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The San Francisco Giants celebrate more than 50 years in the City by the Bay. Follow the Giants from their early days at Seals Stadium to Candlestick Park to latest decade led by Barry Bonds, from the World Series in 1962 and 1989 (and the earthquake) to the National League Pennant in 2002. Player profiles include 1968 no-hit hurler Gaylord Perry, and high-kicking Juan Marichal; slugger Willie McCovey, National League MVP in 1969, and of course the great Willie Mays, who hit over 600 career homers with the Giants. Other chapters cover stories such as how in 1963 Jesus Alou joined his siblings Felipe and Matty on the roster, giving the team the first all-brother outfield in Major League history. Join some of San Francisco's famous fans, from Peanut's creator Charles Schulz to Danny Glover, Carlos Santana and Robin Williams, in celebration of this golden anniversary. In addition to the often rare and amazing visual history presented in this book, each chapter features reproductions of Giants memorabilia that will provide fans a complete San Francisco Giants scrapbook. And an audio CD of famous play-by-play radio calls, player interviews and more -- collected here for the first time -- makes this book a lasting pleasure.

Home Team

2019-04-01 Sports & Recreation
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Release : 2019-04-01
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 072/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Home Team by : Robert F. Garratt

Download or read book Home Team written by Robert F. Garratt. This book was released on 2019-04-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1957 Horace Stoneham took his Giants of New York baseball team and headed west, starting a gold rush with bats and balls rather than pans and mines. But San Francisco already had a team, the Seals of the Pacific Coast League, and West Coast fans had to learn to embrace the newcomers. Starting with the franchise’s earliest days and following the team up to recent World Series glory, Home Team chronicles the story of the Giants and their often topsy-turvy relationship with the city of San Francisco. Robert F. Garratt shines light on those who worked behind the scenes in the story of West Coast baseball: the politicians, businessmen, and owners who were instrumental in the club’s history. Home Team presents Stoneham, often left in the shadow of Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley, as a true baseball pioneer in his willingness to sign black and Latino players and his recruitment of the first Japanese player in the Major Leagues, making the Giants one of the most integrated teams in baseball in the early 1960s. Garratt also records the turbulent times, poor results, declining attendance, two near-moves away from California, and the role of post-Stoneham owners Bob Lurie and Peter Magowan in the Giants’ eventual reemergence as a baseball powerhouse. Garratt’s superb history of this great ball club makes the Giants’ story one of the most compelling of all Major League franchises.

From The Stick to The Cove

2020-04-14 Travel
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Release : 2020-04-14
Genre : Travel
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Book Rating : 068/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis From The Stick to The Cove by : Mike Murphy

Download or read book From The Stick to The Cove written by Mike Murphy. This book was released on 2020-04-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Day in, day out, Mike Murphy has been a constant presence with the San Francisco Giants since the team moved west in 1958. The clubhouse at Oracle Park bears his name, and in the jubilant aftermath of the team's 2010 World Series victory, Buster Posey told Murphy, "We did it for you, we got your ring." If you know the Giants, you know "Murph." In From the Stick to the Cove, the beloved longtime clubhouse manager reflects on over six decades of incredible memories, from getting his start as a bat boy and first meeting his idol Willie Mays, to unexpected celebrity encounters, to his role as a father figure for more recent generations of Giants.

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