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Home team : the turbulent history of the San Francisco Giants / Robert F. Garratt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garratt, Robert F., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- San Francisco Giants (Baseball team)--History.
- San Francisco Giants (Baseball team).
- New York Giants (Baseball team)--History.
- New York Giants (Baseball team).
- Baseball--California--San Francisco--History.
- Baseball.
- Baseball--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; London, [England] : University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- In 1957 Horace Stoneham took his Giants of New York baseball team and headed to San Francisco. Home Team presents Stoneham as a true baseball pioneer in his willingness to sign black and Latino players and his recruitment of the first Japanese player in the Major Leagues, making the Giants one of the most integrated teams in baseball in the early 1960s. Garratt concentrates on the business side, covering the turbulent times, poor results, declining attendance, two near-moves away from California, and the role of post-Stoneham owners Bob Lurie and Peter Magowan in the Giants’ eventual reemergence as a baseball powerhouse. Also cover the move from Candlestick Park.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4962-0125-6
- 1-4962-0123-X
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