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1934 in a Box
Giants Checking In: Joey Amalfitano, San Pedro, CA Jackie Brandt, Omaha, NE Chuck Hiller, Johnsburg, IL Willie Kirkland, Siluria, AL Ken MacKenzie, Gore Bay, Ontario, Canada Andre Rodgers, Nassau, Bahamas … Continue reading
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Tagged 1934 Giants, Al Smith, Andre Rodgers, Bill Terry, Bill White, Blondy Ryan, Carl Hubbell, Charlie Hickman, Chuck Hiller, Dick Johnston, Dolf Luque, Fresco Thompson, George Grantham, George Watkins, Gus Mancuso, Hal Schumacher, Hank Leiber, Harry Danning, Hi Bell, Homer Peel, Jack Salveson, Jackie Brandt, Jo-Jo Moore, Joe Bowman, Joey Amalfitano, John McGraw, Ken MacKenzie, Lefty O'Doul, Leon Wagner, Les German, Mel Ott, Parke Wilson, Phil Weintraub, Roy Parmelee, Slick Castleman, Travis Jackson, Watty Clark, Willie Kirkland
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This Day in Giants History, February 27, 1962: Saran Wrap for Candlestick Park
An architect offers a proposal to encase Candlestick Park in a plastic screen “saran cloth” to shield it from the wind. Vice President Richard Nixon, at the first game at Candlestick Park, on April 12, 1960, called it “the finest ballpark … Continue reading
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Tagged ballparks, Candlestick Park
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This Day in Giants History, February 20, 1895: John Montgomery Ward Hates the Reserve Clause
Recently retired New York Giants player/manager John Ward thinks that the open sale of players has gone too far. “I wouldn’t play in Kansas City under any circumstances,” he says, but a club could force anyone to play there or not play … Continue reading
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Tagged Amos Rusie, Andrew Freedman, John Montgomery Ward, labor relations, Players League, reserve clause
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Training Above the Landis-Eastman Line
In 1943, baseball Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis, at the request of Joseph Eastman, head of the U.S. Office of Defense Transportation, asked all major-league teams to train in the chilly north. This Landis-Eastman line replaced the Mason-Dixon line for baseball … Continue reading