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  2. Ornithomancy - Wikipedia

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    Ornithomancy (modern term from Greek ornis "bird" and manteia "divination"; in Ancient Greek: οἰωνίζομαι "take omens from the flight and cries of birds") is the practice of reading omens from the actions of birds followed in many ancient cultures including the Greeks, and is equivalent to the augury employed by the ancient Romans.

  3. Oracle Park - Wikipedia

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    Oracle Park is a ballpark in the SoMa district of San Francisco, California.Since 2000, it has been the home of the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB). The stadium stands along San Francisco Bay; the section of the bay beyond Oracle Park's right field wall is unofficially known as McCovey Cove, in honor of former Giants player Willie McCovey.

  4. Augury - Wikipedia

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    Augury was a Greco-Roman religion practice of observing the behavior of birds, to receive omens. When the individual, known as the augur , read these signs, it was referred to as "taking the auspices".

  5. Augur - Wikipedia

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    The effectiveness of augury could only be judged retrospectively; the divinely ordained condition of peace (pax deorum) was an outcome of successful augury. Those whose actions had led to divine wrath (ira deorum) could not have possessed a true right of augury (ius augurum). [9]

  6. Giants fans not happy after team removes tiles dedicated to ...

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    "It made me feel like they desecrated my mom’s and dad’s headstone on their grave."

  7. Heliot Ramos becomes first right-handed batter to hit Splash ...

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    The Giants' Heliot Ramos became the first right-handed batter in the 25-season history of Oracle Park to hit a Splash Homer into McCovey Cove, achieving the feat in a 4-3 loss to the San Diego ...

  8. Greek divination - Wikipedia

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    The oracle at Delphi gave oracles from Apollo. [17] Apollo in an oracular function is associated with both plague, purification [21] and truth. Even though the prophecies given by him were ambiguous, he is said to have never uttered a lie. [22] Apollo's oracle at Delphi is the most famous and was the most important oracular site of ancient Greece.

  9. Bruce Bochy returns to Oracle Park to warm welcome guiding ...

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    Bruce Bochy waved hello to familiar faces and posed for photos with fans on the field before getting to work with the Texas Rangers. Bochy received a warm welcome in his return to Oracle Park on ...