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The Willie Mac Award
by totalfan62 The Willie Mac Award is named for Willie McCovey, the Hall of Fame first baseman who played for our Giants from 1959 through 1973, then finished his career with us from 1977-1980. Willie is one of the few MLB players to have played in four decades. He was the 1959 Rookie of the Year, and he was an everyday presence in our lineup throughout the 1960s. By the late 1960s “Stretch”...
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The Willie Mac Award
by totalfan62 The Willie Mac Award is named for Willie McCovey, the Hall of Fame first baseman who played for our Giants from 1959 through 1973, then finished his career with us from 1977-1980. Willie is one of the few MLB players to have played in four decades. He...
Guest Post: Prospects, The Giant Way
by Frank Novak I think some may feel that I don’t criticize the front office enough. I didn’t disagree with the sentiment that in the last couple seasons they moved players too conservatively, but having worked in the minors myself (for several organizations), I...
Frank Novak Guest Post: What It’s Like Attending the Winter Meetings, Part 2
by Frank Novak The MLB Trade Show Another event at the Winter Meetings is the baseball trade show. This was open to both the major league and minor league personnel groups. It consists of exactly what you’re thinking- booths from every vendor under the sun. Looking to...
Frank Novak Guest Post: What It’s Like Attending the Winter Meetings, Part I
by Frank Novak Dating back to about as early as having cable TV, as a baseball fan I couldn’t wait for the Winter Meetings. For me, it was turning on ESPN and seeing Peter Gammons report live with every scoop and rumor. From the time I was a middle schooler, long...
Total Fan 62 Guest Post: A History of the Willie Mac Award
THE WILLIE MAC AWARD (SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS) By Total Fan 62 The Willie Mac Award is named for Willie McCovey, the Hall of Fame first baseman who played for the Giants from 1959 through 1973, then finished his career with us from 1977-1980. Willie is one of the few MLB...
Giants Prospects Who Have Turned It Around This Year … And the MyGuyScouts™ Who Saw Them Coming!
by Haak Away Giants Prospects Who Have Turned It Around This Year ... And the MyGuyScouts™ Who Saw Them Coming! Seven years ago, "my guy" became a term thrown around to attach oneself to the current rising star of the week. The next week we would declare the next...
Announcing MyGuy™ 2022!
by HaakAway MyGuy2022™ ... Rich Crop of Prospects Meets New, Easy Way to Vote MyGuyJourney™ You can't miss all the chatter on how rich the Giants' farm system is right now. Plus, we have some early season tastes of Bart and Ramos showing they have arrived. But, as...
Guest Post: My Best and Worst Giants Games
by John Ginn Like many of the TWG faithful, I am a longtime diehard Giants fan. 2021 will be my sixty-first season diligently following the Orange and Black. I was born and raised in the San Joaquin valley (Stockton), and I attended many games at Candlestick in my...
The Best and Worst Games I Ever Attended
By SurfMaui Since there is no baseball, at least for the time being, with this Guest Post SM is initiating a new series for TWGers to weigh in on: The Best and Worst Games Ever. The only restriction is that you must have actually attended the game in person either at...
MyGuy2021™ Final Results
by HaakAway MyGuy2021™ Final Results The Giants Prospects are the stars of MyGuy™. Years ago one of our posters, "avwh", was the "star" for making us think more about the prospects. Then we suddenly lost him on December 20, 2015. He is Allen Hirsch and here is a...
Announcing MyGuy 2021
MyGuy2021™ By Haak Away TWG has a great tradition of being more than emotional rants at every losing streak, late inning collapse or team decision that goes bad. We comment and interact for the Long Haul. We do this because that is how we display one of the great...
SURF MAUI’S GIANTS MUSEUM AND MANCAVE COLLECTION®–Part VII: WORLD SERIES PROGRAMS
by Surf Maui In today’s tour of the SMGMAMC® we will focus on some Giants World Series Programs and a few–but by no means all-- of SM’s other World Series items. As did many of you, SM has attended all of the Giants home World Series games at Willie Mays Field since...