World Series - 2010 : San Francisco Giants v Texas Rangers

2010-Oct-27 – Nov-01

San Francisco Giants 4 – 1 Texas Rangers

AT&T Park (SFG) - Globe Life Park in Arlington (TEX)

MVP: Édgar Rentería (SFG)

World Series - 2014 : SF Giants v KC Royals

2014-Oct-21:29

Kauffman Stadium (Royals) – AT&T Park (Giants)

MVP: Madison Baumgarner (SFG) Bumgarner pitched 21 innings in the 2014 World Series and allowed just one run, giving him a series ERA of just 0.43

The Giants defeated the Royals four games to three.This was the second World Series in history in which two wild card teams faced each other

San Francisco Giants

April 11, 2000 San Francisco, Ca - Pacific Bell Park

The Giants faced the Los Angeles Dodgers at home with a 6-5 loss, after starting on the road with a 3-5 record

Chan Ho Park earn his 2nd win of the season, Kirk Rueter picked up the loss

Dodger RBI: Kevin Elster (4) Geronimo Berroa, Shawn Green - Elster hit 3 home runs

Giants RBI: Barry Bonds (2-Home run) Doug Mirabelli (Home run), JT Snow (Home run)

 1948

1970

1982 - 25th Anniversary

1990 : San Diego Padres v San Francisco Giants

1990-Apr-13 Candlestick Park - San Francisco Ca

San Diego Padres 8 - 3 San Francisco Giants

SDP RBI: Jack Clark 2 (HR); Tony Gwynn; Bip Roberts; Roberto Alomar; Benito Santiago

SFG RBI: Brett Butler; Robby Thompson

Pitching: SDP Greg Harris (W 1.2-innings) SFG Dan Quisenberry (L 1.1-innings)

 

San Francisco Giants: 1989 Strike Out ALS

1989-June-15 Candlestick Park - San Francisco Ca

Strike Out ALS

Cincinnati Reds 5-4 San Francisco Giants

CIN RBI: Paul O'Neill 2 (HR); Eric Davis 2 (HR); Rolando Roomes

SFG RBI: Robby Thompson 2 (HR); Will Clark; Kevin Mitchell

Pitching: CIN - Norm Charlton (W 1-inning) SFG - Rich Gossage (L 0.2-innings)

First Flight and Air Mail covers

US Air Mail AM 107 - Urbana

San Francisco to melbourne - Pan America FAM 14

US Airmail AM 97 - New York

baseball players above the figure skater

Bridgewater Ma - Mickey Cochrane

Fowlerville Mi - Charlie Gehringer

First flight cover is mail that has been carried on an inaugural flight of an airline, route, or aircraft, normally postmarked with the date of the flight often of the arrival destination proving it was actually carried on the aircraft and may have a special flight cachet. 

Postmaster General James A. Farley and President Franklin Roosevelt created and proclaimed a week-long event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the inauguration of US airmail service. They saw the event as an opportunity to gain wider support and usage of the Post Office Department’s airmail service. The celebration week was preceded by the issue of a new 6c airmail stamp, the attractive bicolored eagle, Scott #C23. Farley asked that every US citizen send an airmail letter during the week. The slogan was “Receive To-morrow’s mail today.”

Some of the cachets promoted the city's connection to baseball

Barry Bonds

Wildhorse commemorative hand painted cachet - 1992 Olympic Baseball first day cover

2001-October-05 San Francisco, Ca - Pacific Bell Park

Los Angeles Dodgers 11 – 10 San Francisco Giants

Bonds hits HR # 71 

LAD RBI: Gary Sheffield 4 (HR); Marquis Grissom 3 (HR); Chan Ho Park 2; Paul Lo Duca; Shawn Green (HR)

SFG RBI: Eric Davis 3; Jeff Kent 3; Rich Aurilia 2 (HR); Barry Bonds 2 (2HR)

LAD pitching: Chan Ho Park (4-innings) Giovanni Carrara (W 2-innings)

SFG pitching: Tim Worrell (L 1-inning)

PMW-B96 #/27

PMW-B97 #/13

2004-September-17 San Francisco, Ca - SBC Park

San Diego Padres  1 - 4  San Francisco Giants 

SDP RBI: Rich Aurilia

SFG RBI: J.T. Snow; A.J. Pierzynski; Marquis Grissom; Barry Bonds (HR)

SDP pitching: Jake Peavy (L 7-innings)

SFG pitching: Noah Lowry(w 6.2-innings)

2007-August-10 San Francisco, Ca - AT&T Park

Pittsburgh Pirates 8 – 7 San Francisco Giants

PIT RBI: Ronny Paulino 2; Freddy Sanchez 2; Ryan Doumit; Adam LaRoche (HR); Jack Wilson; Nate McLouth

SFG RBI: Barry Bonds 3 (HR); Pedro Feliz; Ray Durham; Omar Vizquel; Kevin Frandsen

PIT pitching: Matt Morris (6-innings) John Grabow (W 1-inning)

SFG pitching: Russ Ortiz (5-innings) Vinnie Chulk (L 0.1-innings)

Barry Bonds - American baseball left fielder who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a member of the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1986 to 1992 and the San Francisco Giants from 1993 to 2007. Recognized as an all-around player and a prolific home run hitter

August 7 2007, at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Bonds hit a 435 foot home run, his 756th, off a pitch from Mike Bacsik of the Washington Nationals, breaking the all-time career home run record, formerly held by Hank Aaron (contradicting the date of the postmark)

Despite his accolades, Bonds led a controversial career, notably as a central figure in baseball's steroids scandal

World Series - 2012 San Francisco Giants - Detroit Tigers

2012 world Series -- San Francisco Giants v Detroit Tigers

October 24-28, 2012

AT&T Park (San Francisco) -- Comerica Park (Detroit)

Giants sweep the Tigers in 4 games

MVP - Pablo Sandoval (SF Giants)

The 2012 World Series was the first since 1954 to feature the batting champions from each league, Buster Posey of the Giants and Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers (the 1954 Series showcased Willie Mays of the New York Giants and Bobby Ávila of the Cleveland Indians)

SF Giants - Dave Dravecky Day - 1991

October 5, 1991 San Francisco, Ca - Candlestick Park

LA Dodgers  0-4  SF Giants

SFG RBI : Matt Williams 2

SFG Pitching : Trevor Wilson (complete game)

LAD Pitching : Mike Morgan (L - 7 innings)

SF Giants celebrate Dave Draecky Day in recognition of his determination to come back from a diagnosis of Desmond cancer, in his pitching are. 1988 Dravecky underwent surgery to remove half of the deltoid muscle. He was advised to wait until 1990 to attempt pitching again. Dravecky would no wait and returned to pitch for the Giants on august 10, 1989. He pitched 8-innings to defeat the Cincinnati Reds 4-3

World Series - 1962 : New York Yankees v San Francisco Giants

October 16, 1997 San Francisco, Ca

35th Anniversary - 1962 World Series

New York Yankees v San Francisco Giants

Yankee Stadium  - -  Candlestick Park

Yankees defeat the Giants 4 games to 3

With Runners on second and third, two outs in the bottom of the ninth, game 7 - Willie McCovey hits a hard line drive that is caught by Yankees' second baseman Bobby Richardson to maintain the Yankees one-run victory

MVP - Ralph Terry

NYYankees pitcher: 2 wins - 1 loss

San Francisco Stamp Fair

Feb 14, 1981 San Francisco, Ca

San Francisco Stamp Fair

Baseball Card Show : Big Apple

Feb 5, 1983 Big Apple, New York

Juan Marichal, Gaylord Perry, Orlando Cepada

Nov 26, 1983 Big Apple, New York

Buck Leonard

Nov 27, 1983 Big Apple, New York

Willie McCovey - San Francisco Giants

Nov 27, 1983 Big Apple, New York

Luis Aparicio

Feb 23, 195 New York - Big Apple IV

Billy Herman, Fergie Jenkins, Hal Newhouser

Kevin Mitchell

Sep 24, 1989 San Francisco, Ca - Candlestick Park

SF Giants defeat the Houston Astros 10-2

Astros RBI - Ken Caminiti (2)

Giants RBI - Kevin Mitchell (1 on his 100-career home run) Matt Williams (3), Robby Thompson (3 - with 1 home run) Bill Bathe (2)

This was Mitchell's 1125 RBI of the season

Mike LaCoss pitch a complete game striking out 4, giving up 8 hits and 3 walks, for the victory

Jim Clancy pitching 4.1 innings took the loss for the Astros

Mitchell played from 1984-1998 for the New York Mets, San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox, Cleveland Indians, Oakland Athletics and one season with the Fukuoak Daiei Hawks (Japan)

In his career he batted .284 with 234 home runs, 760 RBI, 1,173 hits

• 2-time All Star (1989, 1990)
• World Series Champions (1986)
• NL MVP (1989)
• Silver Slugger Award (1989)
• NL Home Run Leader - 47 (1989)
• NL RBI Leader - 125 (1989)
• San Francisco Giants Wall of Fame (2008)

Baseball Card Show : New York

Don Mueller - New York Giants

Zoilo Versailles - Los Angeles Dodgers

Jim Perry - Minnesota Twins

Billy Pierce - San Francisco Giants

Walt Dropo - Boston Red Sox

Feb 9, 1985 Manhattan Center I, New York

Jan 26, 1985 Madison Ave I, New York

Rollie Fingers - Milwaukee Brewers

Willie Mays - Say Hey Kid

Aug 20, 1983 Jersey Retirement

Sep 29, 1984 - commemorative cover for the 30th anniversary of the "catch" during the 1954 World Series between the SF Giants and the Cleveland Indians

Feb 14 1985 re-instated into baseball

1979 Mays signed as an Ambassador for an Atlantic City, NJ casino. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn thought that high profile former players hanging out with gamblers was bad for baseball. Kuhn banned Mays and Mickey Mantle, who signed with a casino in 1983, from the game. both had been paid coaches for spring training. Peter Uberroth took over the position as Commissioner in 1985 and looked into the case. He felt that since both players were only attending casino sponsored golf outings and not gambling events, he re-instated both players

Willie Mays joined the Birmingham Barons of the Negro American League at age 16. The New York Giants purchased his contract in 1950, and made his debut May 25, 1951. He would win Rookie of the Year honors. He would play 21 seasons with the Giants, interrupted by a 2-year stint in the Army.

1972 he moved from San Francisco back to New York to play for the Mets until his retirement in 1973.

• 24-time All-Star (1954-1973)
• World Series Champion (1954)
• 2-time NL MVP (1954, 1955)
• 12-time Gold Glove Award (1957-1968)
• NL Batting Champion (1954)
• 4-time home run leader (1955, 1962, 1964, 1965)
• 4-time stolen base leader (1956-1959)
• Roberto Clemente Award 1971

The Giants retired #24 May 12, 1972

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame 1979

Named to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team, chosen by fans in 1999

Career batting average .302 (hit over .300 10-times)

660 career home runs

338 stolen bases

additionally Mays has been honored on stamps from:

 Granada - 1988

 St Vincent - 1989

Ras Al Khama (member of the United Arab Emirates)

World Series - 1989 Oakland A's v San Francisco Giants

Oct 17, 1989

A magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocked northern California during game 3 of the World series at Candlestick Park. The game had to be postponed until Oct 27

The 1989 World Series was held from October 14 - October 28.
The Oakland Athletics sept the San Francisco Giants 4 games to none
Dave Stewart was named Series MVP

Alexander cachet

AJS cachet

Gateway cachet

LE Bailey photo-cachet

Writers Connection Limited

Pohl cachet

USPS maximum card