IN HONOR OF BILL TERRY

The greatest first baseman the Giants ever had before moving to San Francisco...The man who in 1930 batted .401, had an OPS of 1.071, hit 23 homers with 129 RBI while striking out only 33 times. A good guy to have on your fantasy team...The man who had the unenviable job of replacing John McGraw as Giants manager...In his first full season as manager he led the Giants to the 1933 World Series,

IN HONOR OF MEL OTT

The first National Leaguer to hit 500 homers...A devastating power hitter despite his small 5'9" frame...Would be the envy of Sabrmetric fans because along with his homers, he also constantly was among the league leaders in walks...Posted a 1.222 OPS, hit .389 with 2 homers in 1933 World Series win for the Giants...One of those homers came in the top of the 10th of Game 5 that put the Giants

3 is a big number for the Giants right now

The number 3 is retired at AT&T Park in San Francisco for former New York Giant great Bill Terry. He was a Hall of Fame first baseman and was the player/manager for the 1933 World Champion Giants.I bet most Giant fans have no clue who he is.But they should be thinking about his number in regards to the playoff push.They were sunk tonight in Los Angeles... down 4-0 in the 7th... down 4-3 in the

A Correction and Honoring The Moon Man

In the off season between the 2008 and 2009 seasons, I wrote my blogging Opus... The Home Grown Vs. Acquired Series.I made 62 twenty five man rosters (with bios) for each team's best All Time Team made of only Home Grown players and another one for only players acquired from other organizations.That's 1,550 bios written.And forgive me, I was bound to make a mistake or two.My rules for what makes