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San Francisco Giants
Baseball is an outdoor sport in which a pitcher pitches a hard, fist sized ball to the hitting area of a batter. The batter hits the hard ball with a tapered, smooth, cylindrical bat made up of wood or metal. The batsman scores by running counter-clockwise within the four markers called the bases arranged at the corners of a diamond. Baseball is sometimes called hardball to differentiate it from similar games such as softball.
The Giants moved from New York to San Francisco after the 1957 season, with Horace Stoneham continuing as club president and controlling stockholder. Their home in 1958-59 was Seals Stadium they played their first game at Candlestick Park on April 12, 1960. He has led by centerfielder Willie Mays, first baseman Willie McCovey, and pitcher Juan Marichal, the Giants had several powerful clubs in the 1960s, and won a pennant under manager Alvin Dark in 1962.
In 1987, under the astute presidency of Al Rosen, the Giants, managed by Roger Craig, won their second National League West title. The Series was interrupted for ten days when an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck just before Game Three was to begin at Candlestick Park. Oddly, the 1962 World Series was also delayed in San Francisco, for three days, due to rain. The Giants christen the spectacular Pacific Bell Park in inauspicious fashion, losing the first six games in the new yard and 11 of their first 15 games overall. But with the support of 3.3 million fans that sell out every game at the rookie park, San Francisco wins its second division title in four years. Jeff Kent wins the National League MVP, Most Valuable Player while Dusty Baker captures his third Manager of the Year Award.
San Francisco makes the playoffs as the Wild Card and then knocks off the National League East champion Braves in a thrilling five-game series to advance to the National League Championship Series. The Giants shock the Central champ Cardinals by winning the first two games in Saint Louis, eventually winning the pennant in five games to earn a berth in their first World Series in 13 years. They cannot hold a late five-run lead in game 6 versus the Angels, losing that game and then game 7.
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