Giants Fever in a Post-2010 World

August 31, 2011 by Jeff Polman · Leave a Comment

I saw my first signs of acute Giants fever in the waning weekends of their 2010 championship year, when the team was in a neck-and-neck battle with San Diego for the NL West title. It wasn’t your standard rising crowd roar that accompanies two-strike counts for the home pitcher late in the game. It wasn’t […]

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Memories Of A Special Place

April 20, 2010 by Bob Lazzari · Leave a Comment

I know, it’s hard to believe–they’ve torn down the old Yankee Stadium; it’sÂ still sinking in. It was called “The House That Ruth Built”–reduced to a pile of rubble while a new greed-fueled edifice graces the skyline just a few feet away. Ah, but they can’t haul away the many memories of a place that was […]

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