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Posted By: identify7

GreatWake: I guess that I have you by about a decade, in that I was a kid in the 50s. We lived in NYC and I was a Giants fan.

As far as I was concerned, the Giants won the '54 World Series because of Dusty Rhodes' performance. In retrospect, they probably would have won it without him, but it sure seemed that he almost single handedly rose to meet every need that came up.

Yes, they swept the Indians. But that was required. A NYC team won every World Series game between 1949 and 1957. Forty seven consecutive World Series games. And the Giants were the only NYC team (which was unusual) in this World Series.

I think in '50 the NL came up with a winner from Philadelphia, but the Yankees quickly swept them.

And yes, I know that they came up with Cepeda, McCovey, and others; but for me it was over. I was in CA in the '60s and took in a Giants - Dodgers game. It was over.