| The San Francisco have a rich and storied
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| | would again make the playoffs, in 1987
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| history that is filled with many great
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| | they took the St.Louis Cardinals to a
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| moments and players, as they have five
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| | seventh game in the National League
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| World Championships to their credit and
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| | Championship series before succumbing, in
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| have had such greats as Carl Hubbell,
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| | 1989 the San Francisco Giants had a
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| Bobby Thomson, Wille McCovey, and Juan
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| | powerhouse squad led by NL MVP Kevin
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| Marichal.The San Francisco Giants can
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| | Mitchell who belted 47 HRS and 125 RBI
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| arguably say that they have had the two
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| | and powered the San Francisco Giants past
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| best all around players to ever play the
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| | the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS and into the
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| game with the great Willie Mays and the
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| | World Series against Bay Area rival the
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| incomparable Barry Bonds of the San
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| | Oakland Athletics, who boasted a virtual
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| Francisco Giants, Mays belted 660 home
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| | all-star with AL MVP Jose Canseco and
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| runs in his illustrious career and is
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| | slugger Mark McGwire to go along with an
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| thought of by many to be the best player
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| | award winning pitching staff, the San
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| to ever play due to his ability to be
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| | Francisco Giants were no match for the
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| able to play every aspect of the game at
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| | Oakland Athletics and were beaten in four
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| a high level and possessing no
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| | straight games.The San Francisco Giants
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| weaknesses, as for Barry Bonds of the San
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| | would make the playoffs in 1997 and 2000
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| Francisco Giants all hes done is his
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| | but lose in the opening round to the
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| award winning career is win the National
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| | Florida Marlins and New York Mets
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| League Most Valuable Player award seven
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| | respectively,in 2002 they would once
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| times, win eight gold gloves, twelve
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| | again qualify for the National League
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| silver slugger awards, be voted to the
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| | playoffs, this time behind the mighty bat
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| National League all-star team thirteen
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| | of Barry Bonds of the San Francisco
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| times, and belt 708 home runs which is
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| | Giants who batted .370 with 46 home runs,
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| only 47 shy of Henry Aaron's all time
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| | 110 runs batted in, 198 walks, and a on
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| mark of 755.In the 1930s the San
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| | base percentage of .582, the San
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| Francisco Giants would participate in
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| | Francisco Giants defeated the Atlanta
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| three World Series, winning the 1933
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| | Braves three games to two in the
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| World Championship, with NL MVP Carl
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| | divisonal playoffs and went on to defeat
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| Hubbell of the San Francisco Giants
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| | the St.Louis Cardinals in the NLCS and
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| leading the way in an upset of the
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| | earn the right to face the upstart
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| powerful Washington Senators, the San
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| | Anaheim Angels.The 2002 World Series was
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| Francisco Giants pitching staff totally
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| | one for the ages as the San Francisco
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| thwart the Washington Senators vaunted
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| | Giants and Anaheim Angels dueled and
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| offense as they allow only eight earned
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| | battled to a seventh game, where the
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| runs all series long en route to a four
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| | Anaheim Angels narrowly defeated the San
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| games to one rout.It would take until
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| | Francisco Giants to win their World
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| 1951 for the San Francisco Giants to
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| | Series.The 2006 San Francisco Giants will
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| return to prominence, as they qualified
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| | be a National League powerhouse with
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| for the fall classic again but were
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| | Barry Bonds and pitcher Jason Schmidt
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| denied by New York Yankees, but in 1954
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| | returning to health and newcomer OF Steve
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| against the Cleveland Indians the San
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| | Finley adding punch to an already potent
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| Francisco Giants with Willie Mays of the
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| | lineup, the off-season acqusition of P
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| San Francisco returning from his tour of
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| | Matt Morris from the St.Louis Cardinals
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| duty with the US Army rout the heavily
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| | will be a major boost, one that could
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| favored Clevealand Indians who won 111
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| | give the San Francisco Giants the dege in
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| games in the regular season, one play
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| | the National League West with many san
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| perhaps changed the entire complexion of
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| | francisco giants tickets being sold.Great
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| the '54 World Series, as Willie Mays of
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| | moment in team historyAfter trailing the
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| the San Francisco Giants made perhaps the
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| | Los Angeles Dodgers by 13 1/2 games on
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| greatest defensive play ever, tied with
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| | Aug. 11, manager Leo Durocher's troops
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| the Cleveland Indians a 2 in the eighth
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| | rattled off 16 straight victories and won
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| inning of Game 1 at the Polo Grounds and
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| | 37 of their final 44 regular-season
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| two Indians runners on base, the Hall of
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| | contests to force a tie with Brooklyn.
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| Fame center fielder made an
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| | The two teams met in a three game
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| over-the-shoulder catch of a 460-foot
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| | elimination to see who go on to the
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| smash off the bat of the Cleveland
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| | playoffs, the San Francisco Giants and
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| Indians Vic Wertz, the San Francisco
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| | Brooklyn Dodgers split the first two
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| Giants went on to win 5-2 in ten innings,
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| | games setting a winner take all game 3 at
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| and the series turned into a runaway for
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| | the polo grounds, the San Francisco
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| the San Francisco Giants.The San
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| | Ginats trailed the Brooklyn Dodgers 4-2
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| Francisco Giants made a World Series
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| | with two on and one out in the ninth
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| appearance in 1962 but were defeated by
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| | inning when Bobby Thomson of the San
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| the New York Yankees in six games, and
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| | Francisco Giants stepped to the plate,
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| would not make the playoffs again until
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| | the rest is history, Thomson drilled an
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| 1971 a year in which the San Francisco
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| | 0-1 pitch off reliever Ralph Branca of
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| Giants did not have a pitcher who won 20
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| | the Brooklyn Dodgers to left field and
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| games or batter with a .300 average and
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| | jumped onto home plate to put an
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| were eliminated by the Pittsburgh
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| | exclamation on "The Miracle of Coogan's
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| Pirates, their would be a drought of 16
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| | Bluff," as called by legendary Giants
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| years before the San Francisco Giants
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| | announcer Russ Hodges.
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