The Baseball History of San Francisco Giants Los Angeles Times Edition

BUSTER POSEY steps to the plate … swing, a clean hit! Brandon Crawford rounds the bases, and the crowd erupts. The Giants have dominated the National League West all year, but this moment … this clinches the division! After years of rebuilding, the team finishes 107 – 55, a franchise-best record in San Francisco. Celebration fills Oracle Park … the Giants are back on top.

Follow the story of the San Francisco Giants through a book of authentic Los Angeles Times newspaper articles, curated from original reports dating back to the early 20th century. This edition charts the team’s history — exactly as it was reported at the time.

Featuring:

– The early dominance of the New York Giants under manager John McGraw
– Back-to-back World Series triumphs in 1921 and 1922
– The team’s relocation to San Francisco in 1958 and subsequent challenges in the World Series
– The Giants’ 2010 – 2014 resurgence, winning three World Series titles in five years
– Franchise records, including the 2021 season with 107 wins under Gabe Kapler

Choose from a range of book covers and personalise your copy with a name and message to create a unique keepsake. Whether for a Giants fan, a baseball historian, or someone who remembers these moments firsthand — you hold not just a gift, but a piece of baseball history ready to be treasured.

Archivist insight: We reproduce these newspaper articles from scan archives. In some cases, there’ll be blemishes and the reproduction quality might not be as clear or precise as it was in the original paper.