Was at site today. Looking good. Probably a few weeks away from use. Looking forward to re-dedication. Here are two shots. Many more pictures on our yahoo page. Just click on Join button on tool bar above to navigate to yahoo page.

The last meeting of the year will take place on September 19 at 6:30pm at the Bergino Baseball Clubhouse . Thanks Jay Goldberg once again!! The Giants (What happened!!) will be in town that week playing both the Mets and the Yankees. Our guest speaker will be NYGPS Member and current Giants executive Mr. Peter Magowan. Mr. Magowan is the major reason why the present day club still honors its glorious roots in NY. AT&T Park, his showcase while he was the chief managing partner of the team, spotlights many of the great moments, players, teams, and events that happened well over 55 years ago, 3,000 miles away. Mr. Magowan continues his passion and love for the history of the team to this day. Last year at NY Giants Night at At&T Park, he gave a tremendous speech concerning the team’s legacy and also paid compliments to our organization. Here is the video for those who haven’t seen it.

Mr. Magowan will be accompanied by Robert Garratt who wrote a terrific expose on Horace Stoneham. Mr. Garratt will share his thoughts on Stoneham’s tenure as owner. Much to the chagrin of many, Stoneham did many wonderful things for the baseball world writes Garratt.

This will be a tremendous evening!! You need to RSVP ASAP. Space is limited!! When you RSVP, please send it on a separate email to GIANTSGURU@GMAIL.COM so that everybody doesn’t continue to get this email and your email thus get cluttered with unwanted mail.

Thanks to many of you for your continued support. Please try to RSVP regardless of you coming or not.-Gary

As a bonus that day for those who can attend:
NYGPS Member and past guest speaker Larry Hogan will be conducting a discussion about the legendary clubhouse men of the New York and San Francisco Giants, who are at the center of his new book, So Many Seasons in the Sun, at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center at 1PM at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center. Contact info is below should you have questions I can’t answer

By Casey Pratt

Throwing a strike isn’t an act exclusive to the pitchers on the mound when inside AT&T Park in San Francisco. Select fans can also attempt to obtain strikes in an ultra-exclusive two-lane bowling alley on the suite level.
The bowling alley soft launched on Friday and it is part of what the team is calling “The Gotham Club.” In addition to the bowling alley, there’s a bar, pool tables, and game room. If you’re roaming the ballpark, don’t bother trying to find it. It’s behind an obscurely marked door and well guarded.
The only way to get inside is if you are a season ticket holder and a member of a premium club. Anyone that has ever played for the Giants is also automatically a member of the club.
The Gotham Club and its new bowling alley is just one of three exclusive “Gotham” areas that will be hidden inside the ballpark by next season. Next season the Giants will be building a the “Gotham Clubhouse” somewhere in centerfield. They already have the “Gotham Bullpen” in right field.
The clubs were given their Gotham theme to honor the franchises roots as the New York Gothams back in the 1800s. All three of these areas are supposed to duplicate spots that existed inside the Polo Grounds in New York.
Members of the Gotham Club are given access to the swanky off limits areas inside the ballpark and invitations to special team events. Field of Teams requested access to the Gotham Club, but was denied permission to go inside and shoot video of the club.

Appears to be a great new read from author Joe Konte. (Thanks to NYGPS Member Barry M. for the find) Brian Wilson’s signing with the Bums will only add to the fire. Here is the synopsis from Amazon.com:
Games between the Dodgers and Giants are never just another day at the ballpark. Dating back to the late nineteenth century—when the teams embodied the competitive spirit of rival metropolises of New York and Brooklyn—the Giants-Dodgers rivalry gained intensity throughout the early twentieth century. The cheering and jeering continued unabated until 1957, when the clubs backed the moving vans up to the Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field, and took their rivalry to new venues in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Indeed, Brooklyn–New York baseball was a tough act to follow, but the West Coast version didn’t take long to fire up the emotions. Only six games into the first West Coast season, the clubs had their first beanball dustup. The venue had changed but the venom remained, and the rivalry became author Joe Konte’s obsession. Fifty-five years ago, he attended one of the first Giants-Dodgers games ever played outside of New York. A longtime newspaper editor and baseball fiend, Konte understands what is so special about what is one of the most significant rivalries in American sports. And so—via statistical analysis, game summaries, roster scrutiny, manager matchups, season recaps, and more—he has put together a rivalry bible. Focusing primarily on the California years, but also providing background on the origins and the New York years, The Rivalry Heard ’Round the World captures the spirit and intensity of one of the greatest rivalries in American sports.

Thanks to NYGPS Member and Mets Blogger Extraordinaire Greg Prince

for posting this.