My Grandmother on my Dad's side was a huge Giants fan. As far back as i can remember, my Grandma would turn her old leather wrapped, battery operated, lunch box sized radio to the SF Giants for each and every game. We had a complete wrap around porch on the old Ranch House and there was a table and chairs there on the East side and there in the shade, would be where we'd set, sharpen our pocket knives with the 22 and/or BB gun handy, whatever, and listen to the Giants games.
A couple times every year, we'd take a couple rigs packed full of relatives to make the 60 mile drive to the Big City and watch a Game. They usually seemed to pick a Dodgers game to attend and these early trips were amazing to me, the farthest i had ever gotten from our Ranch or little town community until much later when i got my own car.
Early on, i too became a Giants fan. I couldn't say exactly when the bug hit me but it must have been sometime in the early to mid 1960's. I really liked the Giant announcers, Russ Hodges and Lon Simmonds. It was either "Bye Bye Baby" or "You Can Tell it Goodbye", not sure which one said which but either one saying their signature line was good news for us Giants fans and the telling of it over the Radio was always sure to get my Grandmother to hollering in excitement that i could easily hear from way up by the Barn.
I used to be a athlete with capable skills at the amateur level in several sports. I do understand a lot of how to play the various games. Baseball though, to me, is my favorite game to watch and be a student of. One thing for sure, i'm certainly no bandwagon fan, johnny come lately. I've been with the team thru it all better than 50 years now and will continue to be a fan no matter what.
Joey
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