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Regarded as one of the oldest teams in baseball history, the San Francisco Giants got their start in New York City where they played from their established time of 1883 to 1957. When the franchise moved to California, their name changed to the San Francisco Giants. Playing as the New York Giants, the team won five World Series championships and 17 pennants. Ironically, the San Francisco Giants have not won a World Series since 1954, before their move to San Francisco. They have, however, won a total of 20 National League Pennants, including most recent three won in San Francisco in 2000, 1989 and 1962.Interestingly enough, although the Giants made some really memorable history during their tenure in New York City, the last few years of their franchise history in the city were not very memorable at all. As a matter of fact, the Giants slipped to third place and the fans seemed to wax not quite as interested as attendance fell down as well during this time. Although objections were lodged, in the summer of 1957 both the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants made historic relocations of their franchises to California. Upon successful relocation, the San Francisco Giants began creating history for the team in their new location.The all brother outfield in 1963 came when brothers Jesus, Matty and Felipe Alou created the first all brother outfield in the Major League Baseball industry. Gaylord Perry pitched a no hitter in 1968 but Perry was one of many players who met with greater success after leaving the Giants. Other such players included George Foster, Garry Maddox and Dave Kingman. John Montefusco and Gary Matthews were honored with the Rookie of the Year award in 1975 and 1973 respectively.More changes continued as Bob Lurie purchased the Giants in 1976 to keep the franchise from being relocated to Toronto. There were not any noteworthy successes that came to the Giants as they finished out the 70's. By 1981, Frank Robinson was hired to be the Giants manager and went into the record books for being the first black man in the National League to manage a NL franchise. Although Robinson only stayed in the position for a few years, the team faired moderately due to the strike that shortened the season. By the end of the 80's, the Giants were recipients of the National League Pennant thanks to the efforts of players like Rick Reuschel, who won the 1989 National League All-Star Game Starter award and National League ERA champion Scott Garrelts.The 90's produced some good seasons with players like Barry Bonds, Kirk Reuter and Jeff Kent having remarkable games and taking the Giants into an NL Wild card against the Chicago Cubs in 1998. AT&T Park is the current home of the San Francisco Giants and has been known by two other names since it was first constructed and opened. Located at 24 Willie Mays Plaza in San Francisco, California, on March 31, 2000, the park was originally named Pacific Bell Park and held the name until 2003. The following year in 2004, the venue's name was changed to SBC Park and stayed that way for a year. Two years later, the stadium was renamed AT&T Park. Seating capacity has increased over the years from 40,930 upon opening in 2000 to 41,915 in 2010 not including 1,500 standing room capacity slots. In addition to being the home to the San Francisco Giants, AT&T park has hosted the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (NCAA) since 2002 and has been the location of choice for the San Francisco Demons (XFL) in 2001, California Redwoods (UFL) in 2009 and will host the California Golden Bears (NCAA) in 2011.
