San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team belonging to the National League, Western Division. The team was established in 1883 as the New York Giants. As San Francisco Giants they are based in San Francisco since 1958. The San Francisco Giants stadium is the AT&T Park since the year 2000.
The 1905 San Francisco Giants won their first of five World Series titles with the most current one in 1954. Besides the World Series titles the San Francisco Giants also managed to win 20 NL pennants and 6 West Division titles.
The San Francisco Giants hosted an All-Star Game in 1984 in Candlestick Park stadium. The 2007 All-Star game has been awarded to the San Francisco Giants and will be hosted there on July 10th, 2007. This only the second All-Star game being hosted in San Francisco.
Uniform logos and hat logos of the giants are not the same as with most other teams. The San Francisco Giants logo on uniforms consists out of the black letters GIANTS with red rim superimposed over a baseball. The San Francisco Giants hat logo has interlocked letters S and F in red color on usually black hats. Over the years the San Francisco Giants logo has changed several times, not only including the time it changed from New York Giants to San Francisco Giants, it also changed several times under the San Francisco Giants.
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The San Francisco Giants schedule includes 162 games in the regular season.
San Francisco Giants spring training takes place in Scottsdale stadium in Scottsdale, Arizona. The San Francisco Giants spring training schedule as well as spring training game tickets can be found online. Being in Arizona for spring training makes the San Francisco Giants part of the Cactus League. Have you ever wondered who owns the San Francisco Giants? A consortium of people owns the San Francisco Giants. They were bought in 1993 and the majority owner and CEO is Peter Magowan.
As with so many other teams, the San Francisco Giants have evolved into a franchise business. They have their own San Francisco Giants official Major League Baseball website where San Francisco Giants tickets can be bought and the San Francisco Giants game schedule can be found. At the official San Francisco Giants stores as well as online fan paraphernalia is sold. Fan accessories such as San Francisco Giants clothing and San Francisco Giants apparel. From San Francisco Giants backpack to San Francisco Giants jerseys and even San Francisco Giants stickers, you name it, they will probably be selling it.