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This Day in Giants History, April 8, 2006: The Aged Outfield

On April 8, 2006, the Giants starting outfield consisted of Barry Bonds (41 years old) in left, Steve Finley (41) in center, and Moises Alou (39) in right. It is the oldest starting outfield in major league history.   Bill … Continue reading

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The Giants Have the Longest Gold Glove Drought

Carlos Gomez won a well-deserved Gold Glove last week. Prior to Gomez, the Brewers hadn’t had a Gold Glove winner since 1982, when Robin Yount won it at shortstop. Now that a Brewer has won a Gold Glove in 2013, … Continue reading

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This Day in Giants History: October 5, 2001

Barry Bonds hits his 71st and 72nd home runs of the season to set a new major league single-season mark in the Giants’ 11-10 heartbreaking loss to the Dodgers. The first inning blast to break the record comes off Dodgers … Continue reading

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The Best Defensive Left Fielders

We’ve been examining the best three-year peaks of defensive play by Giant players, as measured by baseball-reference.com’s rfield. I explained my methodology here, and we’ve previously looked at catchers, first-, second– and third basemen, and shortstops. Today we turn our … Continue reading

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This Day in Giants History: August 25, 1996

The Giants defeat the visiting Expos, 7-2, and Barry Bonds sits‚ ending his consecutive game streak at 357‚ a Giant record. Bonds had pinch hit in the previous two games.

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