Write to me, Brett Mullin

I love baseball. I love sports rivalries. And, in the interest of full disclosure, I love the Dodgers. By definition that means I hate the Giants. This is a great rivalry that I believe is the best in (American) sports. The competition has been balanced while both franchises have maintained a high level of success. The Yankees-Red Sox rivalry is tremendous, with its best years coming recently, but the back-and-forth nature of the Dodgers-Giants history is, to me, more compelling.

This website, the Dodgers-Giants portion of it anyway, was put together while I had far too much time on my hands. I used Baseball-Reference.com and Retrosheet.org for all of the stats. Much of the data is already grouped together on the site; however, I spent a lot of time going over individual game scores to fill in some holes and to create new statistical categories.

There is also a great book by Andrew Goldblatt entitled, "The Giants and the Dodgers: Four Cities, Two Teams, One Rivalry." The more right-brained information comes from this book, as well as from general knowledge I have soaked up throughout the years.

Sources

Baseball-Reference.com

Retrosheet.org

Dodgers.com

SFGiants.com

"The Giants and the Dodgers
Four Cities, Two Teams, One Rivlary"
by Andrew Goldblatt

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