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    51 Questions for the Diehard Fan: San Francisco Giants
    51 Questions for the Diehard Fan: San Francisco Giants
    51 Questions for the Diehard Fan: San Francisco Giants
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    51 Questions for the Diehard Fan: San Francisco Giants

    By Ryder Edwards

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    With a victory vs. San Diego on the final day of the 2010 regular season, the San Francisco Giants began an unlikely run that culminated with postseason glory. And in 2012, the Giants did something that very few teams—at any level, in any sport—prove capable of achieving: they validated the title won just two years earlier by winning the World Series again, for the second time in three years. The Giants are truly an extraordinary franchise—both historically and in this present moment—and as the club prepares to take the field in 2013 it will do so with one of the most exciting and dynamic rosters in the game. In the immortal words of Larry Doyle, it’s great to be a Giant. If you’re a crazed San Francisco fan or a diehard fanatic of baseball in general, then it’s time to step up to the challenge and test your knowledge with these hardball questions about the Giants—all the sluggers, hurlers, and greatest moments in team history ... 51 questions to challenge the diehard San Francisco Giants fan.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTucker Elliot
    Release dateDec 23, 2012
    ISBN9781301115143
    51 Questions for the Diehard Fan: San Francisco Giants
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    Ryder Edwards

    Ryder Edwards is a diehard sports fan from the great city of Chicago: NASCAR, MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL, NCAA, PGA ... he loves it all, and is passionate about the history and trivia from every major sport. Most recently he was at Medinah Country Club rooting feverishly for the US Ryder Cup team, but in the summers you can usually find him on Waveland Avenue supporting his hometown Cubs.

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      51 Questions for the Diehard Fan - Ryder Edwards

      INTRODUCTION

      On November 1, 2010, the San Francisco Giants won the World Series for the first time since 1954—making it the first title during the San Francisco era of franchise history.

      MLB began Divisional play in 1969 so it could expand the postseason. The last season the Giants won a pennant pre-Divisional play was in 1962, when the club lost a hard-fought seven-game World Series to the New York Yankees. The first season the Giants made the playoffs during this new era of Divisional play was 1971, but that club lost the best-of-five National League Championship Series in four games to the Pittsburgh Pirates. It was 1987 before the Giants made a return trip to the postseason and 1989 before the Giants made it back to the World Series—both seasons ended with disappointing losses.

      There was more heartbreak in 1997 and 1999, and of course 2002—and again in 2003.

      The 1969 Chicago Cubs wasted no time becoming the first team in baseball’s expanded postseason era to blow a golden opportunity. The 1969 Cubs spent 156 days in first place in the N.L. East but failed to make the postseason … despite holding a nine-game lead over the New York Mets on August 16. The Cubs lost eight straight games in early September, won only eight games that entire month, and could do nothing but watch as a nine-game lead turned into a nine-game deficit.

      After the 1969 Cubs’ epic fail, no team in baseball failed to make the postseason after spending at least 147 or more days in first place until the 2007 New York Mets (159 days in first).

      And then it happened again in 2008, to the Arizona Diamondbacks (158 days in first) … and then again in 2009, to the Detroit Tigers (165 days in first) … and then, finally, in 2010, a Major League team collapsed after leading its Division for 147 days during the regular season for the fourth consecutive season, after nearly 40 seasons in which it didn’t happen a single time.

      It was, of course, the San Diego Padres.

      On August 25, the Giants trailed the Padres by 6.5 games.

      On August 26, the Padres lost the first of ten consecutive games.

      On September 25, the Padres fell out of first place for good.

      On October 3, the Padres had a chance to conclude the regular season with a

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