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1939: Giants Replay, Game 3
Opening Day 2019
I just happen to be at the Giants home opener in my 1939 replay, so that’s what I’ll play for Opening Day 2019.
This year’s traditional flyby will be performed by a pair of Viper Mk.II ships from the Battlestar Galactica.
Here they come…
And there they go!
Game will be played when I get home from work tonight.
Stay tuned!
While I Was Away
I’ve been on a board game kick for the past month, mainly because of a trip to Dice Tower West in Las Vegas, less than a week from the last table top sports game that I played.
That changes this week, of course, what with baseball’s Opening Day in a few days.
Plus I’ll probably get around to the NASCAR and SCRAM racing series that I have running.
And I’ll probably do a boxing match or two in the next week or so.
Stay tuned!
1939: Giants Replay, Game 2
Replay Revisited: 1958 Giants, Game 144
In one of the last 1958 games that the Giants played versus the Cincinnati Redlegs, Frank Robinson hit a solo homer off Marv Grissom. The Giants lost to the Redlegs, 6-1.
This season was the only time I had Frank Robinson in play, he had been traded to Baltimore in 1966 so my 1967 replay didn’t have him available.
Frank Robinson is the first San Francisco Giants manager who I can remember off the top of my head. He became manager in 1981, right around the time that I started to get more into baseball.
I remember seeing him in commercials with the Crazy Crab and his players.
He always seemed so intense.
I later learned that his intensity served him and his players well, with ex-Giants like Mike Krukow and Bill Laskey praising Robinson in his ability to make his players better.
I even saw Yoenis Cespedes post a note of thanks to Robinson, on his Facebook page.
Aside from the lack of any roster moves, this has been a sad offseason for Giants fans, with the loss of Willie McCovey, Peter Magowan, and now Frank Robinson.
Rest in Peace, Mr. Robinson. Thanks for all you did for baseball.
