There is a reason why sports movies are so pervasive in Hollywood. The struggle! The drama! The underdogs! The truth is, nothing quite beats a good ‘ol sports story. This week, Talia and Guest Host Aya Newman discuss the San Francisco Giant’s rise from baseball drool to World Series cool!

RESEARCH: 

“How much individual talent was on each Giants World Series team?” By Brady Klopfer

https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2020/4/27/21239086/san-francisco-giants-world-series-2010-2012-2014-mlb-comparison

“The Strange Dynasty Of The San Francisco Giants Is Over. (Yes, It Was A Dynasty.)”

By Neil Paine

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-strange-dynasty-of-the-san-francisco-giants-is-over-yes-it-was-a-dynasty/

“2012 NLCS Gm7: Raindrops keep falling on Scutaro's head” by MLB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wHMI7KdptY

Negro Leagues E-Museum:

http://www.nlbemuseum.com/nlbemuseum.html

Library of Congress Online Archives on Baseball and the Color Line:

https://www.loc.gov/collections/jackie-robinson-baseball/articles-and-essays/baseball-the-color-line-and-jackie-robinson/

Current MLB players talk about being a black baseball player:

https://www.mlb.com/news/black-mlb-players-speak-out-on-race-issues

SF Giants player Jaylin Davis discusses his experience with racism:

https://sfgiants.mlblogs.com/the-stories-that-are-hardest-to-tell-jaylin-davis-9c905027f6a5

Pittsburgh Pirates field the first all-Black-and-Latino lineup in 1971:

https://sabr.org/journal/article/characters-with-character-pittsburghs-all-black-lineup/

Women in the Negro Leagues:

https://tht.fangraphs.com/tht-annual-2018/the-negro-leagues-last-hope-three-brave-women/

Effa Manley, the First Woman Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame:

https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/manley-effa

BOSS LEVEL: Ken Burns’ Baseball

https://www.pbs.org/show/baseball/episodes/

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