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In its continuing quest to possess every piece of data in the known universe, Google now has photos from the archives of LIFE magazine. Included are some interesting shots from the early days of the Giants in San Francisco. This one is from opening day of Candlestick Park in 1960. Seems odd to see as many boats gathered outside the Stick as there usually are around McCovey Cove.

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Very cool.

What an ok stadium that used to be.

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by WalrusMan on Nov 20, 2008 10:00 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

I wonder how far someone would have had to hit the ball for a splash hit in those days.

No, my Crazy Crab bobblehead is not for sale.

by Kitspool on Nov 21, 2008 10:42 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

It would have to be very, very far :-) The dimensions and addditional pics are here (second pic).

As you can see the outfields faced South San Fancisco :-) There are also some nice pics taken during construction at the bottom of the page.

My adopted son Matt Downs. Lost in the wilderness of mediocrity.

by nvsfg on Nov 21, 2008 11:18 AM PST up reply actions   0 recs

the link doesn’t work.

by Cainer on Nov 22, 2008 4:32 PM PST up reply actions   0 recs

Nice!

Good find. Thanx.

by armzdealr on Nov 21, 2008 3:55 PM PST reply actions   0 recs

APRIL 12 1960

And Richard Nixon threw out the first pitch.

NIXON!

by satyricrash on Nov 22, 2008 9:21 AM PST reply actions   0 recs

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