1985-S.F. GIANTS YEARBOOK AND HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA-NMT

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1985--SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS YEARBOOK AND HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA--BOOK....Congratulations to the World Champion San Francisco Giants....Here's a fantastic 27 year old collectible for all you Giants and San Francisco baseball fans--a perfect holiday or Christmas gift....It's a very special 2 in 1 book, published by Woodford Associates in San Francisco in '85....Pictured on the front is the 1909 PCL Champion Seals...On the one hand it's the Official S.F. Giants 1985 Yearbook, with complete roster, player career stats, player photos and double full page team photo....But the most exciting thing about this book is that it also tells the "History of Baseball in the San Francisco Bay Area" in text and photos from its beginnings as the San Francisco Eagles in 1860....the fantastic old PCL days of the Seals, Mission Reds and Oakland Oaks....the Giants move from the Polo Grounds in N.Y. to San Francisco in 1958....Wonderful old photos of Casey Stengel, who managed the Oakland Oaks in the '40s, and two of his top players Billy Martin and Cal All American halfback and future major league star Jackie Jensen.....great old photos of the DiMaggio brothers--Joe, Dom and Vince....and photos of such other star players from the area like Tris Speaker, Kid Mohler, Paul Waner, Ox Eckhardt, Harry Heilmann, Ping Bodey, Smead Jolley, read more