San Francisco Giants

Despite the San Francisco Giants’ second half struggles, going 27-42 and losing out on the NL West title to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the clutch hitting of Kelby Tomlinson late in the season has fueled the Giants’ hopes for reaching the postseason. Quickly becoming the most clutch batter in San Francisco’s lineup, Tomlinson provided game-winning hits in three crucial games in September. During his first start of the month on Sept. 6 and in the midst of a tough road trip, Tomlinson was responsible

The San Francisco Giants have been one of the best teams in the majors for the past few years and at the start of the 2016 season, they were looking like a favorite to win the World Series. Up until the All-Star break, they were probably one of the top teams in the league and were probably in the #2 spot right behind the Chicago Cubs for the World Series. Unfortunately, ever since then, they have fallen behind and are now a few GB of the Los Angeles Dodgers. At the end of the first half of the season

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants have been two of the oldest teams to play at a pro level, both established in 1883 in New York. The Giants were originally known as the New York Gothams and then became the New York Giants in 1886, and the Dodgers were originally the Brooklyn Atlantics and changed to the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1932. In 1958 they would both move to California and the Giants would go to San Francisco and the Dodgers, Los Angeles. As the rivalry has grown, it is regarded

installments of the San Francisco Giants event - "Metallica Night," the American heavy metal band Metallica will throw out the first pitch of the game and perform a version of the national anthem of America - "The Star-Spangled Banner". The Metallica band stated, "We'll stick around all night to cheer on the orange and black with all the loyal fans and keep your eyes peeled to spot us participating in some in between inning action." The special-event tickets for the San Francisco Giants against Colorado

click, stadium workers open the gates and fans rush in with their hats, jerseys, posters, and more. The seats soon fill and the empty stadium turns into a packed one. The same happens everyday during baseball season at AT&T Park the home of the San Francisco Giants. For most this wasn’t their first time going to a baseball game but for me it was. It was almost the end of July most baseball leagues were coming to an end including mine. This was the first time I had actually played on a team besides with

Have you ever been asked the question, “If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?” Well, I have always said San Francisco. San Francisco is one of the most beautiful places in the world. They have the San Francisco Bay, Golden Gate Bridge, and many sport teams. To begin with, The Golden Gate Bridge is one of many attractions in San Francisco. The bridge was built in 1937 by Joseph Strauss and Charles Ellis. The bridge stretches 8,981 feet with a height 746 feet. The bridge

teams played each other. This occurrence has never happened more than once in any other city or metropolitan area. The latest was in 1989 when Oakland Athletics and the San Francisco Giants played each other. There are four other cities that have two baseball teams, Baltimore-Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco. We can also

minor league. Everyone knew his name. Everyone bought his baseball shirts. He was in the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame. The major league World Series has come. The games that KC Royals, Lopez’s team, have won are 3 games. The opponent team, San Francisco, have won one. One more win and the Royals are the champs… again. The baseball narrator guy, Steve Jones, shouting in the mike was saying, “Lopez is up to bat. He’s doing the traditional “get ready to bat” good luck thing. Pitch 1: ball… Pitch

but only one team will be crowned the champion. We have made it to the final quarter of the season and some teams are nowhere to be found and other teams seem almost ready for the postseason. At the half way mark of the season, teams like the San Francisco Giants and Chicago Cubs, were the favorites, but that has changed. There are new teams in the race like the Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Not to mention teams like the Toronto Blue Jays and Washington Nationals that might

In October 1945, the St. Cloud Baseball Association was formed to field a class “C” minor league baseball team for the Northern League. After a name-the-team contest that had over 568 names submitted, the name “Rox” was picked. The St. Cloud Rox played their first season in 1946 at a hastily built ballpark located at Division Street and 27th Avenue. In this first season, team was made up of mostly military veterans and castoffs from the Minneapolis Millers; they played so well that they won the league