When the N.Y. Giants left NYC for San Francisco, they asked John McGraw's widow what her husband would have thought of this move, she replied, tears in her eyes:  "It would've broken his heart..." [AND HAVING WRITTEN THAT QUOTE, I HAVE TEARS IN MINE]

Im not a huge baseball fan but it would have been so awrsome living in NY when the Dodgers and Giants were there, mustve been awesome having those rivalries within the burroughs

One of my favorite teams that I grew up with. Great players such as Willie Mays, Willie Mccovey, Juan Marichal, Gaylord Perry, Joe Morgan, Orlando Cepeda, Bobby Bonds and many more greats. Now I'm 64 and I still have some of their baseball cards. RIP Perry and Joe.

If nothing else, the Giants have a long, successful history of great looking uniforms. I'm not a Giants fan by any stretch. But this franchise has come up with some of the best uniform designs in baseball history. Classic and classy.

The cream San Fran jerseys are some of the best in baseball.

We always talk about the Dodgers and Yankees when we talk about NY baseball before 1958, the Giants get overlooked, they have quite a history themselves

Thank you for posting this! Exactly what I was looking for and helped me finish 1 hour on my elliptical lmao. Cheers to everyone watching this in the future! Go Giants

The 3 greatest calls by Russ Hodges...Bobby Thompson's "Shot heard 'round the world", Mays' "Circle Catch" vs. Cleveland and doing the play-by-play of a Giants' game when Sonny Corleone gets turned into a wheel of Swiss cheese at the toll booth.

Great documentary on the history of the Giants from 1883-1986. Video was produced in 1987

I was there at San Diego when the Giants won the NL West in '71. I was there on opening day in '71. Willie Mays first time at bat smaked a majestic homer in the upper deck in left field on the first pitch. Next time at bat he drills aa line drive to center which hir the top rail of the fence that ran on top of the wall, again on the first pitch
The umps ruled it a GR double, which was bs. The booing was incredible.

Baseball in New York would be so much better with the Dodgers and Giants still in town. A three way rivalry with all the teams having a fanbase of significant size with two of them meeting 19 times a year would be absolute craziness.

The 3 greatest calls by Russ Hodges...Bobby Thompson's "Shot heard 'round the world", Mays' "Circle Catch" vs. Cleveland and doing the play-by-play of a Giants' game when Sonny Corleone gets blown to smithereens at the toll booth.

Interesting how little is included about the reasons for the move to SF.  This is voiced by Len Cariou, most recently seen on Blue Bloods. Cariou voiced a similar video for the Mets around this same time.

love the narrator's voice, a great set of pipes!

NY Baseball in the 50's unbelievable Brooklyn dodgers, New York Giants and New York Yankees. Jackie Robinson, Willie Mays and Mickey Mantle all three teams Winning.

I’ve been a Giants fan since coming to America from the Philippines. I didn’t root for any other team nor will ever rooy for another. Even when we just got swept by the Dodgers TWICE this season. And sitting 21.5 games behind them and four games below .500. Go Giants win or lose!

With regard to New York baseball history you hear plenty about the Brooklyn Dodgers and Yankees, but the New York Giants. I think, never get the respect nor recognition they deserve with to their history while playing in NYC.

My family was pissed when the Giants moved to San Francisco and the Dodgers to Los Angeles. Either they went Yankees or later on the Mets. I’m a Mets fan. So they both can stay in California. I can’t even imagine them not being there. Grew up loving Willie Mays

Until Jorge Soler's game 6 blast in last year's World Series, the hardest hit ball I ever saw was in 1966 at Atlanta-Fulton Co. Stadium by Willie McCovey. It was one of only four to ever reach the upper deck there. He was eventually joined by Hank Aaron, Willie Stargell and a reserve outfielder with the Cubs named Willie Smith (I know...who?). I watched on TV as Reggie Jackson hit the transformer on the roof at Tiger Stadium in the '71 All-Star game. The ball McCovey hit would've knocked the transformer off of the roof and into the street below. The sound of the bat meeting the ball was deafening. Stretch hardly ever gets mentioned when people discuss all-time great Giants...what a shame.

As a long time Cardinals fan born in 1953 the New York team was a little before my time. My favorite ballplayer growing up not a Cardinal was Willie Mays. I really enjoyed seeing how Durocher boosted his confidence in 1951. I play the baseball strat-o-matic game and really enjoy playing the 1954 Giants, 1953 Dodgers and 1950 Yankee teams of the 1950s era offered by the game. It is like I really know that very good 1954 Giants team. The Cardinals playing the Giants and Ddogers in the 1960s always made for great games and were my favorites. I also have the 1962 and 1965 SF Giants teams for that game I still have bought in 1971. Bob Gibson, Sandy Koufax, and Juan Marichal made for a great era. This video is a treasure of the old days. Leo Durocher was once the Cardinals shortsop of the 1930s. That picture of a young Casey Stengel playing for the Giants is a gem.