Searching for a home and a homerun-an overlooked era of Giants and
San Francisco historyThe 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. The Giants and Their City
relates how the team struggles to win ballgames, find its way back
to the playoffs, but also to stay in San Francisco when, at times,
it wasn't clear the city wanted them. This book is a baseball story
about beloved Giants players like Vida Blue, Willie McCovey, Kevin
Mitchell, and Robby Thompson, and includes interviews with Art
Agnos, Frank Jordan, Dianne Feinstein, John Montefusco, Will Clark,
Kevin Mitchell, Mike Krukow, Dave Dravecky and Bob Lurie among
others. The book features descriptions of important events in
Giants history like the Mike Ivie grand slam, the Joe Morgan home
run, the 1987 playoffs, the 1989 team, the Dave Dravecky game and
the earthquake World Series. It's also a uniquely San Francisco
story that shows how sports teams and cities often have very
complex relationships.
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