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Constructing a Team of Players Who Have Been Both White Sox and Giants

Before the inception of interleague play, the Giants’ experience playing the Chicago White Sox in any games of importance was when the Sox beat the Giants in the 1917 World Series. Tonight the Giants start a two-game regular-season series against … Continue reading

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Prince Hal the Corrupt

Steven Goldman writes that, throughout his career as a manager, John McGraw maintained the stubborn belief that he could take troubled ballplayers and change them, if not into good citizens, at least into reasonably professional ballplayers.  The history of McGraw’s … Continue reading

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This Day in Giants History: January 19, 1919

The Giants obtain fancy-fielding first baseman Hal Chase from Cincinnati in exchange for first baseman Walter Holke and catcher Bill Rariden.  Chase had been suspended by the Reds on August 9, 1918, for “indifferent playing.”  The Reds charged him with … Continue reading

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