The 1951 New York Giants the National League champions were 13 1/2 games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers with 45 games to play. The 2013 team finds themselves 5 1/2 games out with 67 to play. There is still time for the '13 Giants since history has shown that anything can happen in a pennant race. The Giants elimination number for this season is 25 while in 1951 it was 8. The Giants won 37 of those last 45 games to tie Brooklyn on the last day that led to the playoffs with Bobby Thompson hitting the famous home run heard around the world. I remember being at Kezar Stadium waiting for the start of a 49er game and updates of Giant game were being spread among the crowd until finally the word came that the Giants had won and tied Brooklyn for first place. The Giants excited San Franciscan's even before they moved west. From that point on I was a Giant fan.
Homer Sweeney
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