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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
The Giants and Their City: Major League Baseball in San Francisco, 1976-1992

The Giants and Their City: Major League Baseball in San Francisco, 1976-1992

Mitchell

Paperback

Baseball & Softball

Publisher Price: $29.95

ISBN10: 1606354205
ISBN13: 9781606354209
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Published: Mar 2 2021
Pages: 250
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

Searching for a home and a homerun--an overlooked era of Giants and San Francisco history

The San Francisco Giants have been one of the most successful franchises in baseball in the twenty-first century as evidenced by the three World Series Championship flags flying in the breeze over Oracle Park, one of the most beautiful baseball venues in the world. However, the team was not always so successful on or off the field. The Giants and Their City tells the story of a Giants franchise that had no recognizable stars, was last in the league in attendance, and had more than one foot out the door on the way to Toronto when a local businessman and a brand new mayor found a way to keep the team in San Francisco. Over the next 17 years, the team had some very good years, but more than few terrible ones, while trying to find a home in a city with a unique and confounding political culture.

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