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Few and Chosen Giants: Defining Giants Greatness Across the Eras
By Bobby Thomson, Phil Pepe and Willie McCovey
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Baseball great Bobby Thomson selects his all-time Giants team—five players at each position plus the top five managers—covering the team's more than 100-year history in two cities, New York and San Francisco.
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