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The Greatest Giants Hitters

So, I did this sort of meaningless baseball thing — not for the first time and not for the last. Here’s what I did: I looked at the Giants position players who were Baseball Reference Wins Above Replacement leaders for … Continue reading

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Constructing a Team from Players Who Have Been Both Senators/Twins and Giants

Before the inception of interleague play, the Giants’ great experience playing against the franchise now known as the Minnesota Twins was in two World Series. The Washington Senators beat the New York Giants, four games to three, in 1924, and … Continue reading

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Most Recent Home-Grown Giants

In the days before the Giants signed Mike Morse, I was thinking about just how long it had been since the team had developed its own really good left fielder. By “developed,” I mean drafted, or signed as an international … Continue reading

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