{"id":1374,"date":"2026-05-02T01:25:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T05:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/?p=1374"},"modified":"2025-09-15T07:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T11:24:40","slug":"this-date-in-ny-giants-history-may-2-1928-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/?p=1374","title":{"rendered":"THIS DATE IN NY GIANTS HISTORY:                             MAY 2, 1928 &#038; 1956"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>MAY 2, 1928<br>With the bases loaded and two out in the ninth inning, Giants&#8217; manager John McGraw orders that Dodger rookie Del Bissonette be intentionally walked with the bases loaded by Larry Benton, forcing home a run. The strategy works when Harry Riconda strikes out giving New York a 2-1 victory in the Polo Grounds contest.<br>(Nationalpastime.com)<\/p>\n<p>MAY 2, 1956<br>During a game in which 48 players see action, Chicago&#8217;s third baseman Don Hoak strikes out a record six times against six different New York pitchers. The Giants outlast the Cubs in the 17-inning Wrigley Field marathon, 6-5.<br>(Nationalpastime.com)<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cropped-banner-1-38.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cropped-banner-1-38.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2767\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cropped-banner-1-39.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cropped-banner-1-39.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cropped-banner-1-39.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cropped-banner-1-39-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cropped-banner-1-39-768x221.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cropped-banner-1-39-500x144.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MAY 2, 1928With the bases loaded and two out in the ninth inning, Giants&#8217; manager John McGraw orders that Dodger rookie Del Bissonette be intentionally walked with the bases loaded by Larry Benton, forcing home a run. The strategy works &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/?p=1374\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1374"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2893,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1374\/revisions\/2893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newyorkgiantspreservationsociety.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}