The Original San Francisco Giants is a nostalgic look back at the team that brought major league baseball to San Francisco, the 1958 Giants. Author Steve Bitker, who attended his first big league game in '58 at age five, at a charming little downtown ballpark called Seals Stadium, traveled as far as the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands to interview virtually every surviving member of the team. Marking the 40th anniversary of the transplanted Giants' debut season in San Francisco, this book focuses primarily on that notable and exciting first year, 1958. The volume is chockful of lively and penetrating interviews with former Giant players, broadcasters, journalists, and even batboys. Readers will enjoy tales of Giants' greats Willie Mays, Orlando Cepeda, Felipe Alou, and others. With a new ballpark set to open in a few years, this wonderful book should feed into the great hullabaloo in San Francisco. Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. Used Book in Good Condition