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Source:ABC Sports– San Francisco Giants manager Roger Craig.
“1986 06 01 ABC Sunday Afternoon Baseball – Giants at Mets”
From Classic SF Giants
The Giants becoming contenders again in 1986 but coming up short in the NL West race. And the Mets putting it all together offensively, pitching and defense and of course winning one of the best World Series of all time against the Boston Red Sox.
Posted in MLB Classic Games, Originals, tagged 1988, 1988 MLB Season, 1988 San Francisco Giants, 1988 St. Louis Cardinals, America, Busch Memorial Stadium, Joe Garagiola, Major League Baseball, Missouri, National Baseball League, National League, NBC Sports, NBC's MLB Game of The Week, NL Central, NL West, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis, St. Louis Cardinals, The 1980s, United States, Vin Scully, Will Clark on August 13, 2013| 2 Comments »
Source:NBC Sports– Joe Garagiola interviewing Giants 1B Will Clark
“1988 07 23 NBC GOW Giants at Cardinals”
From Classic MLB
What a difference a year or a season makes for both the Giants and Cardinals. They were both clearly the two best teams in the National League in 1987 and in the Cardinals case in 1988 were fighting to stay out of last place in the NL East in 1988. A division they played in until MLB realigned in 1994 and went to three divisions in both leagues. And in the Giants case, never making a real run at the NL West title at least by the All Star break and finishing eleven games behind their arch-rival Los Angeles Dodgers out of first place.
When teams when their division in MLB, especially over a 162 game schedule, unless they are very deep in talent with great chemistry and a great manager, they tend to have a lot going for them. And are able to avoid making critical mistakes during the season that costs them big games. And cost them games that might not seem big at the time, but come back to cost them in September when they’re fighting to make the playoffs or win their division. Both the Giants and Cardinals were able to avoid big mistakes and injuries in 1987. But 1988 they got hit by those things over and over and it really cost them.
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