Game of My Life: San Francisco Giants

by Matt Johanson

Orlando Cepeda breaks into the majors with a home run. Willie Mays drills four homers in a single game while sick to his stomach. Felipe Alou prays for a ninth-inning miracle with the National League pennant on the line. In Game of My San Francisco Giants, you'll experience the exceptional moments of fan favorites Will Clark, Rich Aurilia, Robb Nen, J.T. Snow, Kirk Rueter, Robby Thompson, Rod Beck, and Mike Krukow, described in their own words as only they remember them.

From the first San Francisco Giants game at Seals Stadium in 1958 through the team's 2002 postseason thrills and beyond, this book relives the excitement of some of the greatest games and single-game performances in Giants history. Each game--selected by the players themselves--was chosen for its personal some of statistical note, others heartwarming or tearful. A grieving Jason Schmidt throws an unbeatable performance just ten days after his mother passed away. Bob Brenly suffers a cruel humiliation before rebounding to a storybook finale. After toiling in minor-league parks across the country for eight years, Brian Dallimore smashes a grand slam in a scintillating debut start. San Francisco native "Dirty Al" Gallagher becomes the hero of the day for his hometown team.

Rich and storied is the history of the San Francisco Giants, full of both exhilarating games and colorful personalities. Game of My San Francisco Giants brings them together like never before.

Genres: Baseball

229 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2007

Reviews

[Scott Krantzman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Game Of My Life: San Francisco Giants by Matt Johanson is a very exciting, interesting, and tells memorable stories that really brings out the Giant in everyone. There are stories in this book about great Giants like Orlando Cepeda, J.T. Snow, Mike Krukow, Willie Mays, and many more that explain the game of their life. This book is a very pleasant trip down memory lane for any huge baseball fan like me. This book describes the stories of many Giant greats and their favorite game as they themselves tell them. I would recommend this book to any baseball fan who wants to smile a lot because this book will really get to you and will make you remember some of the greatest games for some of the best players to play for the San Francisco Giants.

[Brent Soderstrum · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being a Giants fan this book was a fun walk down memory lane. The book covers 27 SF Giants player's greatest game. It starts with Orlando Cepeda's August 15, 1958 game against the Dodgers and finishes with Brian Wilson closing out the SF Giant's first World Series title with a save on November 1, 2010. I remember in detail many of the games Johanson writes about.

He begins each chapter describing the game, then moves on to comments from the player whose game it was and finishes each chapter by talking about that players career and where they are today.

A must read for all die hard Giants fans.

[Martha · Rating 3 out of 5]

own hardbk

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Go San Francisco Giants!!!They made the playoffs.