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The Curse of Coogan's Bluff (also known as the Curse of Eddie Grant) (1958–2010) was a baseball-related superstition that allegedly prevented the San Francisco Giants Major League Baseball franchise from winning the World Series following the club's move from New York City to San Francisco after the conclusion of the 1957 season.
The New York Giants were a Major League Baseball team in the National League that began play in the 1883 season as the New York Gothams [a] and became known as the Giants in 1885. They continued as the New York Giants until the team moved to San Francisco, California after the 1957 season, where the team continues its history as the San ...
New York Empires – Clubhouse [7] New York Empires – Take Me Out (play) New York Goats – The Horse That Played Center Field by Hal Higdon; New York Hilltoppers – The House of Daniel by Harry Turtledove; New York Knights – The Natural [8] New York Lions – The Last Great Season by Donald Honig; New York Loons – Rhubarb by H. Allen Smith
James Lamar "Dusty" Rhodes (May 13, 1927 – June 17, 2009) [1] was an American professional baseball player, an outfielder and pinch hitter whose otherwise unremarkable seven-year Major League Baseball career was dramatically highlighted by his starring role for the champion New York Giants during the 1954 season and that year's World Series.
Horace Charles Stoneham (/ ˈ s t oʊ n ə m / STOW-nəm; April 27, 1903 – January 7, 1990) was the owner of the New York / San Francisco Giants from 1936 to 1976. During his ownership, the Giants won the 1954 World Series and four National League pennants in 1936, 1937, 1951, and 1962, and moved from Manhattan to San Francisco.
The history of the San Francisco Giants begins in 1883 with the New York Gothams and has involved some of baseball's greatest players, including Willie Mays, Juan Marichal, Barry Bonds, and Gaylord Perry. The team has won three World Series titles and six National League (NL) pennants since moving to San Francisco.
John Joseph Montefusco Jr. (born May 25, 1950), nicknamed "the Count", is an American former professional baseball player and coach.He played as a right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1974 to 1986, most notably as a member of the San Francisco Giants with whom he won the National League Rookie of the Year Award and pitched a no-hitter. [1]
New York Giants, New York Jets, New York Cosmos: 2010: American football, association football Georgia Dome: 80,000 [8] Atlanta United States: Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Hawks, Georgia State Panthers: 2017: American football, basketball Waverley Park: 78,000: Melbourne Australia: Fitzroy Football Club, St Kilda Football Club, Hawthorn Football ...