Hardcover edition published by Creative Education eBook edition published by Creative Digital P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education and Creative Digital are imprints of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Blue Design www bluedes com Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed in the United States of America Photographs by AP Images Getty Images APA Robert Beck Sports Illustrated Chicago History Museum Monica Davey AFP Diamond Images Dennis Desprois MLB Photos Mitchell Funk Jeff Haynes AFP Thearon W Henderson Jed Jacobshohn Paul Kitagaki Jr Sacramento Bee MCT Mitchell Layton Brad Mangin MLB Photos Peter Read Miller Sports Illustrated MLB Photos National Baseball Hall of Fame Library MLB Photos Olen Collection Diamond Images Photo File Rich Pilling MLB Photos Mark Rucker Transcendental Graphics Don Smith MLB Photos Justin Sullivan Al Tielemans Sports Illustrated Tony Tomsic WireImage Ron Vesely MLB Photos Copyright 2013 Creative Digital International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gilbert Sara San Francisco Giants Sara Gilbert p cm World series champions Includes bibliographical references and index Summary A simple introduction to the San Francisco Giants major league baseball team including its start in 1883 in New York its World Series triumphs and its stars throughout the years ISBN 978-1-60818-272-5 hardcover ISBN 978-1-56660-224-2 eBook 1 San Francisco Giants Baseball team History Juvenile literature I Title GV875 S34G55 2013 796 357’640979461 dc23 2012004266 First edition 987654321 Cover Catcher Buster Posey Page 2 Pitcher Madison Bumgarner Page 3 Pitcher Matt Cain Right New York’s Polo Grounds 1895
