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The Dodgers and Giants each have more National League pennants than any other team: the Dodgers have 25 and the Giants have 23. They are also tied in World Series titles (8). While the Dodgers have won the National League West 22 times compared to the Giants' 9 times since the beginning of the Divisional Era in 1969, the Giants have more total ...
The Giants–Yankees rivalry is a Major League Baseball rivalry between the San Francisco Giants of the National League and the New York Yankees of the American League.It was particularly intense when both teams not only inhabited New York City but also, for a time, the same ball park. [9]
The Dodgers–Giants rivalry [107] [108] is one of the oldest, fiercest, and most competitive rivalries in professional sports. It began in the late 19th century when both clubs were based in New York City, with the Dodgers playing at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn and the Giants at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan .
At that point the Dodgers overtook the Giants, and for the next month the lead was traded between the two sides five times. The Giants held the lead for the last time on July 7. [6] The Dodgers went 20–6 in July while the Giants went 16–11, allowing the Dodgers to take the league lead on July 8 and hold it until season's last regular game. [7]
Having convinced New York Giants owner Horace Stoneham to move to San Francisco in order to preserve the rivalry, O’Malley and the Dodgers announced the move on October 7, 1957.
By pennants, the Los Angeles Dodgers (formerly the Brooklyn Dodgers; 25 pennants, 32 playoff appearances) [9] are the winningest team in NL history. The San Francisco Giants (formerly the New York Giants; 23 pennants, 27 playoff appearances) [10] are in second place, with the St. Louis Cardinals (19 pennants and 28 playoff appearances), [11] in ...
Game 5 of the National League Division Series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants ended on an egregious strike-three call on Giants infielder Wilmer Flores. It was evident to ...
By September 20, the Dodgers had ten games left to play while the Giants had seven, and the Dodgers had a 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 game advantage, making a pennant win appear imminent. [6] However, the Giants won their last seven games, and the Dodgers needed to defeat the Phillies in the final game of the season to force a playoff; they did so by winning 9 ...