1951 Giants/Dodgers Pennant Race

and I think it makes sense to start with the Giants.

So... obviously we'll tell basically the post world war two history of the teams, but the giants, obviously the, the legacy New York team going back to the 1800s, um, you know, really certainly until the twenties, the giants were New York's team.

They were the big team in New York.

Um, especially when you consider Brooklyn, a separate entity, which when we talk about 19th century baseball, New York versus Brooklyn was one of the biggest, if not the biggest baseball

rivalry there was, um,

Playing in Upper Manhattan, playing at various iterations of the Polo Grounds.

Early in the 20th century, John McGraw comes in.

McGraw's there for 30 years.

Giants win a bunch of pennants.

Win one World Series in 1905.

Win a couple in the early 20s.

Sort of their pinnacle before the Ruth Yankees.

The changing of the guard.

Yankees move right across the Harlem River.

Kind of take over the narrative of baseball.

But the Giants are still there.

They win a championship in 33 right after, or was it Yeah, 33, right? Over the Senators, right?

Yes, correct.

That was the first post-McGraw World Championship.

McGraw leaves in 32.

Giants win.

They make a couple more World Series against the DiMaggio Yankees.

But the 40s are not a particularly great time for the Giants.

They're mostly a second division team, if I'm correct.

I'm looking at the...