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July 31, 1994: The Giants become the first professional sports team to host an AIDS benefit game, "Until There's a Cure" Day. The event has been repeated every year since, raising nearly a half-million dollars for AIDS education, care and service organizations and international AIDS research.
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| 1992 |
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Owner Bob Lurie, after failing in numerous attempts to get a downtown ballpark built, agrees to sell the team to a group that would relocate the franchise to the Tampa-St. Petersburg area. But a local investment group, led by Peter Magowan, saves the franchise by buying the team instead. Before the deal is even officially done, Magowan's group attracts superstar Barry Bonds to the squad. |
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| 1994 |
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Matt Williams is on pace to break Roger Maris' record of 61 home runs, and the Giants are challenging for first place when the players' strike wipes out the rest of the season. Rod Beck, who had saved a franchise-record 48 games the previous year, is halted at 28-for-28 in save chances.
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| 1996 |
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Barry Bonds joins two exclusive clubs in an otherwise miserable 94-loss season. more > |
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| 1997 |
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After two straight last-place finishes, GM Brian Sabean faces vilification by trading fan favorite Matt Williams, forcing him to declare "I am not an idiot" to the press. The "Team of Dustiny" proves him right by winning the division nine days after Brian Johnson's now-legendary 12th-inning homer to beat the Dodgers. more > |
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| 1998 |
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Although they trail NL West winners San Diego by nine games at season's end, the Wild Card gives the Giants hope for postseason play. They make up a five-game deficit in the final 10 games of the season to force a one-game playoff with the Cubs. more > |
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| 1999 |
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Injuries to Barry Bonds, Jeff Kent and Ellis Burks slow the Giants, who finish 14 games back despite a 22-6 run starting in mid-August. But five players bash 20-plus homers and drive in at least 80 runs. With the team out of contention, however, the focus is on the end of the Giants' stay at Candlestick Park. more > |
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