Giants

## Overview

The San Francisco Giants are an MLB team in the NL West division that are available to play as in Backyard Baseball. The inclusion of the MLB Giants took away the custom team name of "Giants" from the original Backyard Baseball.

## Season 3

The Giants were not used in seasons 1 or 2, but they were a user team for the first time in Season 3 when crazyei8hts selected the San Francisco Giants (his favorite MLB team) to be one of his BBL teams. The Giants went 11-3, winning the NL West. Unfortunately, they were swept in the NLDS by the Expos.

## Season 4

crazyei8hts returned as the Giants' coach for Season 4, this time calling them the Humongous Giants. The Humongous Giants were the ultimate Bomberball team, made almost entirely of slow sluggers. The S4 Giants hold the BBL record with 120 home runs in a season. Despite the home run hitting prowess, the Giants did not fare as well in this season, finishing 7-7 and losing in the second round of the Tier 2 playoffs.

## Season 5

### Lulu League

For the third straight year, the Giants were controlled by crazyei8hts, this time as the Green Giants, with the colloquial nickname, the Jolly Green Giants. To date, the Giants had the best record of any team coached by crazyei8hts at 13-1, which is also tied for the second best record in BBL history. However, the overwhelming favorited Giants were knocked out in the first round by the wild card Super Duper Wombats, 2 games to 1.

### Paste League

On the Paste side of season 5, the Giants were coached by aesnop and named the New York Giants. They were guest-coached by Nate for a few games.

## Season 6

In the newly-formed Frontyard League, the New York Giants were coached by jmacdrums. They started out well, winning 2 of their first 3 games. However, one win was due to the Expos losing their side of the game 8-0, and the second win was due to the Cubs forfeiting. The hot start proved to be a mirage, at the Giants would only win one more game the rest of the way, finishing with a record of 3-11. In spite of the lack of success, coach JM still seemed to have fun with his team.
The Giants also participated in the BBL Consolation Tournament, where they lost to the Wombats and forfeited to the Marlins, thus ending their season.

## Season 7

The Giants returned in Season 7, with newcoming coach SilverBullet102. They were placed in the Frontyard League, a division for BBL rookies.
The Giants had a rough season, unable to generate much offense. However, they had a standout pitcher in Amanda Hellerman, who often pitched complete games of more than 6 innings. The Giants finished at 1-13, their only win coming against the Hornets.

## Season 8

Coach SilverBullet102 returned to coach the Little Giants in Season 8. However, the results were similar, as the Giants finished 0-14. They and the Rockies joined the Season 3 Orioles as the only teams to ever go winless in a season.

## Season 9

The Giants came back in Season 9, much stronger than their previous iterations. The Giants were coached by BBL rookie Itaniium and played in the NL East, on the 2003 version of the game. Their home field was The Paveway. The Season 9 Giants ended up winning twice as many games (8) as they had the previous three seasons combined (4), and this 8-6 record also won them the NL East. In the first round of the playoffs, they faced the #1 seeded Monsters and lost in two straight games.

## Season 10

### 2001

Itaniium returned as coach of the Humongous Giants in Season 10, moving them over to the 2001 side. They played in the AL East at their home field of Parks Dept. #2. The Giants were well known for having the top offense in the league, scoring an impressive 306 runs, over 50 more than anybody else in the league. The Giants went 11-3 and earned the top spot in the AL playoff bracket.

### 2003

On the 2003 side, crazyei8hts came back to coach the Giants for the first time since Season 5. He rehashed the Green Giants who went a league-best 13-1 in S5, but didn't quite see the same success this season. In the Frontyard League West with a home field of Dirt Yards, the Green Giants had some ups and downs but finished 6-8, out of the playoff hunt.

The Giants accepted a bid to the Consolation Tournament, but lost their first two games to the Padres and Angels.

Todd Xavier was bright spot on the Giants' roster, earning the Frontyard League Ace Wilson Award.