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A convenient list of games involving teams in the San Francisco Bay Area

and their dates and times and a Memorable Sports Moment or two

Monday, June 2 through Sunday, June 8

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Monday, June 2

San Jose Giants @ Inland Empire 66ers,

7:05 p.m.

Sacramento River Cats @ Fresno Grizzlies,

7:05 p.m.

Stockton Ports v. Modesto Nuts, 7:05 p.m.

Tuesday, June 3

San Francisco Giants @ Cincinnati Reds,

4:10 p.m.

Oakland A's @ New York Yankees, 4:05 p.m.

San Jose Giants v. High Desert Mavericks,

7:00 p.m.

Sacramento River Cats @ Fresno Grizzlies,

11:05 a.m.

Stockton Ports @ Bakersfield Blaze, 7:30 p.m.

San Rafael Pacifics v. Sonoma Stompers,

7:05 p.m.

Vallejo Admirals v. Pittsburgh Mettle, 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, June 4

San Francisco Giants @ Cincinnati Reds,

4:10 p.m.

Oakland A's @ New York Yankees, 4:05 p.m.

San Jose Giants v. High Desert Mavericks,

7:00 p.m.

Stockton Ports @ Bakersfield Blaze, 7:30 p.m.

San Rafael Pacifics v. Sonoma Stompers,

7:05 p.m.

Vallejo Admirals v. Pittsburgh Mettle, 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 5

San Francisco Giants @ Cincinnati Reds,

9:35 a.m.

Oakland A's @ New York Yankees, 10:05 a.m.

San Jose Giants v. High Desert Mavericks,

7:00 p.m.

Sacramento River Cats @ Salt Lake Bees,

6:05 p.m.

Fresno Grizzlies @ Las Vegas 51s, 7:05 p.m.

Stockton Ports @ Bakersfield Blaze, 7:30 p.m.

San Rafael Pacifics v. Sonoma Stompers,

7:05 p.m.

Vallejo Admirals v. Pittsburgh Mettle, 7:00 p.m.

Friday, June 6

San Francisco Giants v. New York Mets,

7:15 p.m.

Oakland A's @ Baltimore Orioles, 4:05 p.m.

San Jose Giants @ Modesto Nuts, 7:05 p.m.

Sacramento River Cats @ Salt Lake Bees,

6:05 p.m.

Fresno Grizzlies @ Las Vegas 51s, 7:05 p.m.

Stockton Ports v. High Desert Mavericks,

7:05 p.m.

San Rafael Pacifics v. Pittsburgh Mettle,

7:05 p.m.

Sonoma Stompers @ Vallejo Admirals, 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, June 7

San Francisco Giants v. New York Mets,

7:05 p.m.

Oakland A's @ Baltimore Orioles, 4:15 p.m.

San Jose SaberCats v. LA KISS, 7:30 p.m.

San Jose Quakes @ Toronto FC, 1:00 p.m.

San Jose Giants @ Modesto Nuts, 7:05 p.m.

Sacramento River Cats @ Salt Lake Bees,

6:05 p.m.

Fresno Grizzlies @ Las Vegas 51s, 7:05 p.m.

Stockton Ports v. High Desert Mavericks,

7:05 p.m.

San Rafael Pacifics v. Pittsburgh Mettle,

5:05 p.m.

Sonoma Stompers @ Vallejo Admirals,

5:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 8

San Francisco Giants v. New York Mets,

1:05 p.m.

Oakland A's @ Baltimore Orioles, 10:35 a.m.

San Jose Giants @ Modesto Nuts, 1:00 p.m.

Sacramento River Cats @ Salt Lake Bees,

12:05 p.m.

Fresno Grizzlies @ Las Vegas 51s, 12:05 p.m.

Stockton Ports v. High Desert Mavericks,

2:09 p.m.

San Rafael Pacifics v. Pittsburgh Mettle,

1:15 p.m.

Sonoma Stompers @ Vallejo Admirals,

1:00 p.m.

Radio:

Cal BB (M) - KGO 810 AM

Cal BB (W) - Pac-12 Network

Cal football - KGO 810 AM

Fresno Grizzlies - KYNO 1430 AM

Golden State Warriors - KNBR 680 AM

Oakland A's - 95.7 FM The Game

Sacramento Kings - KHTK 1140 AM

Sacramento River Cats - Talk 650 AM KSTE

San Francisco Giants - KNBR 680 AM

San Jose Earthquakes - 1590 KLIV AM,

1370 KZSF AM (Spanish)

San Jose Giants - MiLB Gameday Audio

San Jose SaberCats - KNBR 1050 AM

San Jose Sharks, KFOX 98.5 FM San Jose,
102.1 FM San Francisco

Stanford BB (M) - KNBR 1050 AM, TBS (TV)

Stanford BB (W) - KZSU 90.1 FM

Stanford football - KNBR 1050 AM

Stockton Ports - KWSX 1280 AM

FIFA World Cup begins on Thursday, June 12

and ends on Sunday, July 13

"The strongest thing that baseball has going for it today

are its yesterdays."

~Lawrence Ritter

American writer on economics and baseball
(1922-2004)

"Greaseball, greaseball, greaseball. That's all I threw Rod Carew and he still hits them. He's the only player in baseball who consistently hit my grease. He sees the ball so well,

I guess he can pick out the dry side."

~Gaylord Perry

MLB pitcher

Won Cy Young award in each league

Baseball Hall of Fame, 1991

There are 95 days left until the start of the NFL season, September 4, with the Green Bay Packers visiting the Seattle Seahawks.

NBA Sports Quiz

Question: On May 30, the Miami Heat eliminated the Indiana Pacers and made it to the NBA finals for the fourth straight year. Only two other teams in NBA history have done this. Who are they?

Answer: The Los Angeles Lakers with coach Pat Riley reached the finals in 1982, '83, '84 and '85. The Lakers split two series with the Philadelphia 76ers and Julius Erving, and split two series with the Boston Celtics and Larry Bird.

The other team to do it was Boston under coach Red Auerbach. They reached the finals a record eight straight seasons from 1959 to '66 and won them all. During the 13 seasons Bill Russell was their center, from 1956 to '69, the Celtics won 11 championships.

The above question was submitted by Nick Curran, the NBA's director of public relations, 1969-76. A full account of the Golden State Warriors' winning the 1975 NBA championship, contributed by Curran, will appear shortly in the new Baseball edition of the Ultimate Sports Guide.

Memorable Sports Moment

Giants and Mets

... and Bing

Bruce Macgowan

Bay Area Sportscaster

One of my favorite sports memories is a game I attended at Candlestick Park with my family back in the fall of 1966. The Giants and Dodgers were in the midst of another tight pennant race, and on a cool, gray Sunday afternoon in mid-September, the Giants were hosting the lowly New York Mets.

Willie McCovey was in his prime at 28 and Willie Mays was still a force, having just come off an MVP season the previous year. The Giants' pitching staff featured ace Juan Marichal and spitball specialist Gaylord Perry, who won 12 of his first 13 decisions and ended the season with the first 20-win campaign of his long career.

Late in the game the Giants were trailing by a run, even though McCovey had blasted a pair of homers. With one out and none on, Jimmy Ray Hart, who normally started at third base, stepped to the plate as a pinch hitter. Hart's shoulder had been bothering him and San Francisco manager Herman Franks had wanted to give him a few days off. But the Giants needed a jolt, and longtime Giants beat writer Bob Stevens of the San Francisco Chronicle had said of Hart, "He hits balls over buildings!" Sure enough, he hammered a line-drive game-tying homer just inside the left-field foul pole at Candlestick and sent the crowd of nearly 30,000 into a frenzy.

The game then went spinning into extra innings. In the top of the 10th inning, a little-known journeyman outfielder named Al Luplow of the Mets smacked his second homer of the day, a two-run shot to put New York back in front by two runs.

In the bottom of the 10th, with two on and one out, up stepped McCovey again, and the crowd was on its feet in anticipation of fireworks. The fans didn't have to wait long as "Stretch" uncoiled that powerful swing of his and slammed a long, high drive that soared over the right-field bleachers for a game-winning three-run homer.

It is a great memory and as my dad, mom, brother, sister and I were leaving, we had another interesting experience. We almost walked right into Bing Crosby, who was a big baseball fan and who, like the rest of us, was walking through the crowd to his car.

The above Memorable Sports Moment was submitted by sportscaster Bruce Macgowan. Macgowan will appear shortly in the new Baseball edition of the Ultimate Sports Guide with reports on both the San Francisco Giants and Stanford Cardinal.

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