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This Day In Sports: Home of the ‘Splash Hit’ makes its debut
I once attended a Giants game at Candlestick Park that drew all of 2,209 fans. I looked it up to make sure. That doesn’t ...
Chicago Tribune23d
Chicago Cubs help Athletics open their new-to-them ballpark in West Sacramento: ‘It’s a new baseball experience’
Athletics fans wait to get in through the gates before their opening-day game against the Cubs ... reminded Counsell of the Giants’ old Candlestick Park, which had the same setup.
Mission Local1d
S.F. closed its last ‘safe sleeping site,’ and RV dwellers have nowhere to go
San Francisco's last site for homeless RV residents closed in March. For now, that means RV residents have nowhere to park ...
The Associated Press- Sports on MSN24d
Athletics usher in new era playing Cubs at West Sacramento's Sutter Health Park
Mark Kotsay regularly walks around the field before games to add some steps to his daily count. For the Athletics manager on Monday, that meant also surveying the field conditions at his new home ...
The New York Times24d
A’s home opener in Sacramento had a different — but distinctly minor league — feel
The trouble with this Opening Day is that the glow of normalcy got ... that didn’t have a clubhouse behind the dugout was Candlestick (Park in San Francisco), right? So we’re making history ...
Mercury News20d
The Giants are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their downtown waterfront ballpark; here are 25 memories, starting the day it opened
April 11, 2000 After 39 seasons at Candlestick Park the Giants moved into their ... more at the ballpark over the next seven seasons. Opening Day- The Giants first home game at Pacific Bell ...
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On Oracle Park’s 25th birthday, SF Giants ring in new era in multiple ways
The Giants couldn’t have asked for better weather or better circumstances to ring in Oracle Park’s 25th anniversary ... the field for his seventh Opening Day on the shores of McCovey Cove.
Associated Press13d
This Date in Baseball - Phillies Bobby Abreu hits the first home run in the new Citizens Bank Park
Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] April 12 1906 — Johnny Bates ... Giants beat the St.
25 Memorable Moments at Oracle Park: A Celebration of Giants History
April 11, 2000, marks a significant day in Giants history as the team made its grand entrance into Oracle Park after 39 seasons at Candlestick Park. Despite losing the game 6-5 to the Dodgers, it was ...