A couple other division rivals such as the New York Giants and the Cardinals ( formerly in their time as their existence in St. Louis ) have purposely worn white at home against the Cowboys in the past.

As a result of his standout play, Aaron received two offers from MLB teams via telegram ; one offer was from the New York Giants, the other from the then Boston Braves.

The other five caves open to the public in the area are Jewel Cave, Lake Cave, Ngilgi Cave, Calgardup Cave and Giants Cave.

The Saints were forced to play their first scheduled home game against the New York Giants at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey ( the Giants ' home stadium ); other home games were rescheduled at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas or Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Since the two teams play each other so infrequently in the regular season, some, including players on both teams, have questioned whether the Giants and Jets have a real rivalry.

In the 1980s the Giants and Redskins clashed as both struggled against each other for division titles and even Super Bowl Championships.

Numerous members, including Larry Csonka, Ray Flaherty, Joe Guyon, Pete Henry, Arnie Herber, Cal Hubbard, Don Maynard, Hugh McElhenny, and Jim Thorpe were at one time associated with the New York Giants, but they were inducted largely based on their careers with other teams.

The Giants went on to win the game, with two other Giants contributing long home runs, but, as the Associated Press reported, " the biggest shot of them all belonged to Roberto Clemente.

His next series, Lost in Space, a space opera which aired from 1965 to 1968, became popular with audiences, and quickly led to two other sci-fi favorites in 1966 ; Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants.

The Gothams, as the Giants were originally known, entered the National League in 1883, while their other club, the Metropolitans ( the original Mets ) played in the American Association.

In addition to Bobby Thomson and Willie Mays, other memorable members of the Giants teams during the 1950s include: Hall of Fame manager Leo Durocher, coach Herman Franks, Hall of Fame outfielder Monte Irvin, outfielder and runnerup for the 1954 NL batting championship ( won by Willie Mays ) Don Mueller, Hall of Fame knuckleball relief pitcher Hoyt Wilhelm, starting pitchers Larry Jansen, Sal Maglie, Jim Hearn, Marv Grissom, Dave Koslo, Don Liddle, Max Lanier, Rubén Gómez, and Johnny Antonelli, catcher Wes Westrum, catchers Ray Katt and Sal Yvars, shortstop Alvin Dark, third baseman Hank Thompson, first baseman Whitey Lockman, second basemen Davey Williams and Eddie Stanky, outfielder, pitcher Clint Hartung, Hall of Fame second baseman Red Schoendienst and utility players: Bill Rigney, Daryl Spencer, Bobby Hofman, and Dusty Rhodes among others.

Matt Williams and Glenallen Hill were the only other Giants with 20 + HR, and the rest of the team had mediocre offensive numbers.

Unlike many other historic baseball match-ups in which one team remains dominant for most of their history, the Dodgers – Giants rivalry has exhibited a persistent balance in the respective successes of the two teams.

As of 2012, the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame has inducted 66 representatives of the Giants ( 55 players and 11 managers ) into the Hall of Fame, more than any other team in the history of baseball.

It was the first of only two times that two teams have played each other in the Super Bowl after playing on the final weekend of the regular season ( the New York Giants and New England Patriots played in the final week of the 2007 regular season and met again in Super Bowl XLII ). Under NFL scheduling rules put in place by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell prior to the 2010 season, the Super Bowl participants will not be able to play each other on the final weekend of the regular season, since all games on the final weekend now match division opponents.

Belichick also felt that Jim Kelly was not as good at reading defenses as some other elite QBs, like Joe Montana, were, and that Kelly tended to " freeze " what he was seeing from a series and then use that information on the next one, which meant the Giants could be a step ahead of him all game if they alternated their cover plans from drive to drive.

The war lasted ten years, with the Olympian gods, Cyclopes, Prometheus and Epimetheus, the children of Klymene, on one side, and the Titans and the Giants on the other ( with only Oceanos as a neutral force ).

The other big loss for the Redskins that season occurred during a coin-tossing ceremony prior to a game against the Giants.

The Giants derisively suggested that the Yankees relocate " to Queens or some other out-of-the-way place.

The network ran science fiction fare, a genre that other networks considered too risky: The Outer Limits, The Invaders, The Time Tunnel and Land of the Giants.

As the Giants began to fade, the Atlanta Braves started making a run at the Rockies that was starting to look similar to Colorado's 2007 run.

In recent years, the Colts and Giants featured brothers as their starting quarterbacks ( Peyton and Eli Manning respectively ) leading to their occasional matchup being referred to as " the Manning Bowl ".

After starting 3 – 7 in 1994, the Giants won their final six games to finish 9 – 7 but missed the playoffs.

The Giants experienced some hard luck in the early 1910s, losing three straight World Series starting in 1911 to the A's, the Red Sox, and the A's again ( the Giants and the A's both won pennants in 1913 ; two seasons later, both teams finished in eighth place ).

Although the team used fifteen different starting pitchers, the 1989 Giants won the National League pennant.

On January 9, 2007, the Giants resigned pitcher Russ Ortiz to compete for the fifth starting position in spring training.

During the off season, the Giants strengthened their pitching staff by acquiring veteran starting pitcher Randy Johnson and relievers Bobby Howry and Jeremy Affeldt.

2009's pitching staff will go down as one of the strongest starting rotations in Giants history – the Giants sent two of their starting pitchers to the All-Star Game, including that year's starter, Tim Lincecum.

Game 4 belonged to the Giants, as rookie left-handed starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner shut out the Rangers over eight innings with home runs by Aubrey Huff and Buster Posey propelling the team to a 4-0 victory.

After spending three years with the Giants, Morton became the starting quarterback for the Broncos and helped Denver to a 12-2 regular season record.

The game is best remembered for Bills placekicker Scott Norwood's last-second field goal attempt which went wide right of the uprights, leading to a Giants victory, and starting a four-game losing streak in the Super Bowl for the Bills.

In January 1913, he turned down a starting position with the American League cellar-dwelling St. Louis Browns, choosing instead to join the 1912 National League champion New York Giants, who with Thorpe playing in 19 of their 151 games, would repeat as the 1913 National League champions.

* Matt Cain, a starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants, was born in Dothan and pitched a perfect game against the Houston Astros on June 13, 2012.

* Antonio Pierce ( born 1978 ), starting Pro Bowl Linebacker for the National Football League's New York Giants.

He was extremely durable, starting 125 consecutive games during his Giants career.

* Sidney Ponson, former starting pitcher for the Orioles, San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals, New York Yankees, Minnesota Twins Texas Rangers, and Kansas City Royals ; knighted by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands

Nevertheless, in 1964 he was given the opportunity to join the starting rotation, finishing with a 2. 75 ERA and a 12 – 11 record, both second best for the Giants that year behind Juan Marichal.

After slugging it out in seven close games, the teams met for the deciding game eight at Fenway with future Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson starting for the Giants.

The following season, Warner was replaced as the Rams ' starting quarterback for good after fumbling six times in the team's opening-day game against the New York Giants.

Denver's linebacking core, led by three time Pro Bowler Tom Jackson and Karl Mecklenburg, who recorded 9. 5 sacks, was viewed as comparable to the Giants ' Pro Bowl linebackers.

The Giants ' defense ranked second in the league in fewest total yards allowed ( 4, 392 ) and first in fewest points allowed, and boasted three Pro Bowl selections: defensive tackle Erik Howard, and linebackers Pepper Johnson and Lawrence Taylor.

Theismann's career ended on November 18, 1985 when he suffered a comminuted compound fracture of his leg while being sacked by New York Giants linebackers Lawrence Taylor and Harry Carson during a Monday Night Football game telecast.

Giants linebackers Gary Reasons and Harry Carson then joined Taylor in the sack.

In winning Super Bowl XXV, the New York Giants played with two down linemen, four linebackers and five defensive backs, a strategy that prevented their opponents, the Buffalo Bills, a team with a strong passing game, from completing long passes.

In 1975 he was hired as a linebackers coach for the NFL's New York Giants and in 1977 became defensive coordinator.

Reeves brought Nolan with him from Denver ( where he was linebackers coach ) to be the New York Giants defensive coordinator in 1993.

However, a very poor performance by Manning, and a defense missing three starting linebackers, saw the Giants get shut out 23 – 0 at the hands of the Carolina Panthers at Giants Stadium.