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Giants Past & Present Kindle Edition

by Dan Fost (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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With a history that straddles two coasts and more than a century of winning, the Giants baseball club stands out as one of the great franchises of professional sports. The 2010 World Series championship—the franchise’s first since moving to San Francisco more than 50 years ago—provided the ultimate high for a team steeped in history and tradition.The Giants organization boasts more Hall of Fame inductees than any other baseball team, as well as 21 National League pennants gathered over nine different decades. From McGraw and Mathewson to Mays and Marichal, Hubbell and Ott to Lincecum and Posey, the Giants have been bringing excitement and drama to the diamond for generations.Giants Past & Present goes around the horn to celebrate the legends at each position on the field—from the little-remembered stars of the nineteenth century to the heroes of tomorrow—and visits the memorable and distinctive ballparks that have housed the team on two ends of the continent. The book presents the players, the dugout and front-office wizards, the voices from the broadcast booth, the hard-luck heroes, and the myriad rites of spring that keep fans coming back year after year.
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    May 22, 2010
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This beautiful coffee table book is set up in a Giants Past & Present format with each chapter examining and comparing the owners, the managers, key players for each position, even the details of the ballparks. All of this is surrounded by over 200 stunning photographs…a beautifully done history of the Giants franchise. - www.baseballisms.comDan Fost is a veteran Bay Area reporter and writer…and his latest work is the wonderful Giants Past & Present, a coffee-table book that pulls off the rare feat of being all at once reverential, thorough, and thoughtful. - www.leftymalo.com



Excellent history of one of the great baseball franchises. The pictures alone make it well worth buying. Give it to your favorite Dodgers fan! Go Giants! - rabidreader.typepad.com/the-rabid-reader

About the Author

Dan Fost is a freelance journalist based in the Bay Area whose work has appeared in such publications as the New York Times, USA Today, Popular Science, and San Francisco magazine. He has written numerous articles about the San Francisco Giants and is an avid baseball fan. He lives in San Rafael, California. www.danfost.com

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08S34HKFJ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ MVP Books (May 22, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 22, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 114136 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 148 pages
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    4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 10 ratings

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Dan Fost

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Dan Fost is a freelance journalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Popular Science, and San Francisco magazine. He has written numerous articles about the San Francisco Giants and is an avid baseball fan.

Dan is a former staff writer at the San Francisco Chronicle, and he writes extensively about technology, business, and education, among other subjects.

Dan is a native of New Jersey and a graduate of Boston University. He lives in San Rafael, California, with his wife and son.

You can see more of Dan's work at www.danfost.com and more information about his Giants book at www.giantspastandpresent.com.

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Marilyn Enos
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun read, concise and chock full of history!
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2010
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While I am not a huge baseball fan, I do love my SF Giants! This well-written and highly informational gem recounts the history of the Giants from it's inception in New York back in the late 1800's all the way to their present team at beautiful AT&T park. I enjoyed the way the book is written in short chapters, covering a myriad of topics from Famous Playoffs to Food at the Ballpark! It is an easy read and full of interesting facts and stories that will surprise and inform even the most ardent Giant fan. Dan Fost is an amazing writer and baseball historian and you can just feel his enthusiasm and knowledge about the Giant's coming through in the book.

I highly recommend this book for both young and old baseball fans! Well, maybe not Dodger fans....Ahhh, the rivalry lives on.
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Joanne Wright
5.0 out of 5 stars A little knowledge and a lotta baseball.
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2010
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The Giants chit chat void that was missing from my social data base has now been filled, completely. This book is as interesting to look at and experience the colorful history of Giants baseball from east to west coast as it was to educate my (somewhat limited) baseball repertoire. Dan Fost is an excellent writer and his skill at gathering stories to make the legends of Giant history come alive is, well, remarkable. Thank you for publishing such a marvelous, entertaining and educational book.
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bethany
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Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2015
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C Sheila Bennett
5.0 out of 5 stars Christmas Gift
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2012
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I purchased this as a Christmas Gift. The recipient is a big Giants fan, and the author lives nearby. I'm hoping to get the author to sign the book before I present it as a gift.
I had a great experience ordering this product and was received in a timely manner.
Thank you,
C.S. Bennett
Seaside, OR
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Jason Turbow
5.0 out of 5 stars If you're a Giants fan, you NEED this book
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2010
As a lifelong Giants fan, I can legitimately say that this is the book I've been waiting all my life for. (Granted, not enough space was devoted to the mid- to late-70s Giants teams of my youth -- and justifiably so for anyone who didn't grow up watching horrible baseball in San Francisco at that time -- but it's a small oversight in comparison to all the things that were done right within these pages.)

Championship teams? Got 'em.

Great players? Got 'em. (By position, even.)

The origin of the "Say Hey Kid" nickname? It's in there.

Willie McCovey dressed in a horrific orange jersey? Check.

The abundance of both detail and nuance in the text is a complement to the crazy array of classic photos that generously fill each page. From Jim O'Rourke in 1888 to Matt Cain 120 years later, the reproductions in this book are stunning. If I had a coffee table, it would be gracing it right now. As it is, it'll be on my office desk for the foreseeable future, because I can think of no better way to distract myself from actual work than poring through this thing for hours on end.

(Still, Mr. Fost, would it have killed you to have devoted just a little more space to the likes of Mike Ivie and Fred Breining?)
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Brian Eugene
5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read for Any SF Giants Fan
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2010
I just picked up this book earlier in the week and I love it! Being a huge Giants fan my whole life, it was great to learn more about the history of the Giants, especially the history before 1980. Most of my Giants knowledge/memories come from going to the games when Clark, Bob "Brickwall" Brenly, Matty Williams, and Candy played.

Mr. Fost did a fantastic job in presenting the material that allowed for a quick read all the while allowing a non-sporting history buff like myself to learn more about the greatest moments that made Giants baseball awesome!

I specifically liked how the book breaks down history acording to position. Being a huge Will Clark fan, it was nice to see that "The Thrill" got some space devoted to his brillent Giant's career.

The best part of the book (hands down) is the photos! I especially liked seeing some photos from the past which I had not seen before.

So in a nutshell - I learned some new things, I relived some old memories, and I now have a great sovereign that I plan on passing down to my kids someday!

If you're a Giants fan or know a Giants fan, this is the book to buy whether for yourself or as a gift!
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Jeffrey Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Special gift
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2010
Fost is a gifted writer. How fortunate he applied his talent to a topic I adore.
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