The Giants Baseball Experience: A Year-by-Year Chronicle, from New York to San Francisco
Misfits and Castoffs Bring Glory to San Francisco
The pitching staff was largely homegrown, but it featured such characters as closer Brian “The Beard†Wilson, who dyed his fuzzy monstrosity inky black, and ace Tim “The Freak†Lincecum, whose long, shiny hair would attract derisive hey-good-lookin’ whistles in enemy ballparks.
Catcher Buster Posey (. 305) is the NL Rookie of the Year.