Tales from the San Francisco Giants Dugout: A Collection of the Greatest Giants Stories Ever Told

by Nick Peters, Stuart Shea

With three World Series titles in five years, starting in 2010, the San Francisco Giants are one of the powerhouse major league teams of the 21st century. Led by pitcher Madison Bumgarner, the Giants have dominated baseball. But this is more than just the 21st Century.

Fans continue to flock to AT&T Park to support their team, and will find just as much excitement within the pages of the newly updated Tales from the San Francisco Giants Dugout . The rich tradition of the San Francisco Giants has provided indelible memories for their fans ever since they moved from New York’s Polo Grounds to Seals Stadium in 1958. Here are stories of Willie May and Willie McCovey, Juan Marichal and Gaylor Perry, Orlando Cepeda and Will Clark, and more.

Author Nick Peters captures the most exciting, humorous, and poignant moments of the team’s years on the West Coast. From the intense rivalry with the Dodgers and the age of Willie Mays to amazing World Series victories, this book has all that a Giants fan needs and will certainly want.

Whether you are a New York Yankees fan or hail from Red Sox nation; whether you are a die-hard Green Bay Packers or Dallas Cowboys fan; whether you root for the Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, UCLA Bruins, or Kansas Jayhawks; whether you route for the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, or Los Angeles Kings; Sports Publishing will have a book for you. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to publishing books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked by other publishers and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Genres: Baseball, Sports, Nonfiction

264 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2003

About the author

Nick Peters was an American baseball writer, who mostly covered the San Francisco Giants.

Reviews

[Brent Soderstrum · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love baseball and I love the San Francisco Giants. This book gives you the highs and lows of this great franchise from when they left New York to move out to San Francisco. The edition I read only went as far as the first Wold Series title in 2010.

2010 was a great season that will never be forgotten by the Giants fans. The edition I read only spent 7 pages covering this championship season. Also there were editing errors galore at the end of the book. Hopefully these were cleared up in the later version of this book.

There were great stories in the book, many of which I hadn't seen before. Especially the earlier years set out. With today's world of blogs and the internet available to rabid fans, nothing much is learned about the later years of the franchise.

Lots of memories are stirred by this book. Most of the memories were very pleasant. Some, however, were tough to read and remember again.

Great book for Giants fans to relive the history of the greatest baseball franchise of all time.

[Dave Pirtle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is loaded with great anecdotes from the team's history since moving west, but also with errors (spelling, grammar, and wrong player names). Perhaps the most glaring omission in this updated edition is going directly from the 2014 NLDS vs. Washington to the World Series vs. KC, completely skipping the NLCS and one of the franchise's greatest playoff moments (Ishikawa walkoff); Cain's perfecto in 2012 receives the same treatment. Thats what happens when you dedicate only a single chapter to the 2011-2015 seasons. So while there is a lot to enjoy, there is a lot left to be desired.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed the stories, but can't they find someone who knows how to pronounce Sabean, Bochy and Lincecum?!!!

Needs updating as it ends in 2010.

I listened to the audio book.

[Edgar Flores · Rating 4 out of 5]

i think this book is really good because it talks about the giants from new york and giants from here san francisco, california and the struggles the teams faced coming here to the bay people like Willie Mays and Willie McCovey and Orlando Cepeda . Faced struggles because neither of them wanted to move and the team from polo grounds in new york.

[Robert O'connor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall, I really did think it was a great book because if my relation to baseball and me knowing lots about the game and the giants. But it didnt really have like a climax or that sort of thing, Just mostly the events that transpired in the past decades with the giants. Otherwise this boom was really good.