The Original San Francisco Giants - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Original San Francisco Giants write by Steve Bitker. This book was released on 2003-06. The Original San Francisco Giants available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
The San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The San Francisco Giants write by Brian Murphy. This book was released on 2008-06-17. The San Francisco Giants available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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
Home Team - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Home Team write by Robert F. Garratt. This book was released on 2019-04-01. Home Team available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
A Band of Misfits
A Band of Misfits - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Band of Misfits write by Andrew Baggarly. This book was released on 2015-04-01. A Band of Misfits available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
San Francisco Giants 101
San Francisco Giants 101 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook San Francisco Giants 101 write by Brad M. Epstein. This book was released on 2013-05-31. San Francisco Giants 101 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. San Francisco Giants 101 is required reading for every Giants fan! From "The Shot Heard 'Round the World" and "The Catch" to cheering for splash hits into McCovey Cove, you'll share all the memories with the next generation. Enjoy all the traditions of your favorite team, learn the basics about playing baseball and share your passion for America's pastime! Officially licensed by Major League Baseball.
