Six former Oriole franchise radio announcers have received the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting: Chuck Thompson ( who was also the voice of the old NFL Baltimore Colts ); Jon Miller ( now with the San Francisco Giants ); Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal ; Bob Murphy and Harry Caray ( as a St. Louis Browns announcer in the 1940s.

This made Colorado only the third team in the last half-century, and the first in the National League since the 1936 New York Giants, to have a 20 – 1 stretch at any point of a season.

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.

The Giants, however, were contending for a playoff spot and a victory would have secured their spot and their division title.

In spite of the big sibling rivalry that has resulted in trash talk between the players, both teams have formed an unexpected and consequently strong partnership sharing Giants Stadium for twenty six years and MetLife Stadium, a venture in which both teams own a fifty percent share of the stadium.

During their history, the Giants have featured 15 Hall of Fame players, including NFL Most Valuable Player ( MVP ) award winners Mel Hein, Frank Gifford, Charlie Conerly, Y.

With over 80 years of team history, the Giants have used numerous uniforms and logos.

The Giants have had a long and, at times, turbulent financial history.

It has been estimated that the Giants have a waiting list of 135, 000 people, the largest of any franchise.

While the Giants have dominated this rivalry for most of their history, the series has been even for the last 20 years or so, with the series lead to the Eagles 22-21 through the 90 ’ s and 2000 ’ s.

The Giants and Jets have the only intracity rivalry in the NFL, made even more unusual by sharing a stadium.

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.

The Giants lead the overall regular season series 8 – 4 and have won the last five meetings.

The Giants have an old and storied rivalry with the Redskins, dating back to 1932.

On January 11, 2009 the team defeated the defending Super Bowl Champions and the 2008 NFC East champion New York Giants 23 – 11 en route to their 5th NFC Championship Game in 8 years and 5th in the 10 years the Eagles have been coached by Andy Reid.

The Eagles have worn white for their home opener in every game since moving to Lincoln Financial Field in 2003, with the exceptions for the 2010 home opener ( see next paragraph ) and the 2011 home opener against the New York Giants.

The Giants ' 6 World Series Championships are also tied for second in the National League with the Dodgers ( the St. Louis Cardinals have won 11 ).

With their history, the Giants have the most Hall of Fame players in all of professional baseball.

The Giants have won four pennants and the 2010 World Series since arriving in San Francisco.

This could have been a disastrous scandal for baseball, but because Klem was honest and the Giants lost, it faded over time.

As with the New York years, the Giants ' fortunes in San Francisco have been mixed.

In his first official trade as GM, he shocked Giants fans by trading Matt Williams to Cleveland for what newspapers referred to as a ' bunch of spare parts ', with the negative reaction being great enough for him to have to publicly explain: " I didn't get to this point by being an idiot ...

The Giants routinely sell out this nearly 43, 000-seat stadium, whereas it was not uncommon for them to have a paid attendance of less than 10, 000 in Candlestick's nearly 60, 000 seating capacity, although by the 1999 season the Giants managed about 25, 000 fans a game.

On September 23, 1908, the New York Giants and Chicago Cubs played a game in the Polo Grounds.

Bonds played from 1986 to 2007, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants.

The first game ever played between the Giants and Cowboys was a 31 – 31 tie on December 4, 1960.

Among the more notable moments in the rivalry was the Giants ' defeat of Dallas in the 2007 playoffs en route to their victory in Super Bowl XLII and winning the first regular season game played at Cowboys Stadium in 2009.

In 1993, thanks in part to the efforts of Roger Staubach as an intermediary, Landry accepted induction and had a ceremony on the day of that year's Cowboys-Giants game ( Landry had played and coached for the Giants ).

San Francisco Giants pitcher Brian Wilson chose " Jump Around " as his official theme song, played whenever he enters a game.

In 1958 Baltimore played its first NFL Championship Game against the 10 – 3 New York Giants.

In an effort to conceal the fact that they played in a stadium built and decorated for another team, the stadium grounds crew was assigned to make the stadium more Jet-friendly during Jets games by putting up green banners and placing the Jets ' logo over the Giants '.

The Giants played their first game as an away game against All New Britain in New Britain, Connecticut, on October 4, 1925.

In December 1930, the Giants played a team of Notre Dame All Stars at the Polo Grounds to raise money for the unemployed of New York City.

From 1958 to 1963, the Giants played in the NFL Championship Game five times, but failed to win.

Most significantly, the Giants played the Colts in the 1958 NFL Championship Game that is considered a watershed event in the history of the NFL.

For the 2007 season, the NFL scheduled the Giants ' road game against the Miami Dolphins on October 28 in London's Wembley Stadium ; this was the first NFL regular-season game to be played outside of North America.

Wide receiver Victor Cruz ( American football ) | Victor Cruz played a critical role in helping the Giants become world champions in 2011.

The Jets played spoiler, however, beating the Giants 27 – 21 and ruining the latter's playoff hopes.

The Giants played at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan, New York, until the close of the 1957 season, after which they moved west to California to become the San Francisco 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.

The Giants played at the Polo Grounds until the end of the 1957 season, when they moved to San Francisco.

After losing the 1917 Series to the Chicago White Sox ( the White Sox's last World Series win until 2005 ), the Giants played in four straight World Series in the early 1920s, winning the first two over their tenants, the Yankees, then losing to the Yankees in 1923 when Yankee Stadium opened.

McGraw handed over the team to Bill Terry in 1932, and Terry played for and managed the Giants for ten years.

When the Giants moved to San Francisco, they played in Seals Stadium for their first two seasons.

The following inducted members of the Hall of Fame played and / or managed for the Giants, but either played for the Giants and were inducted as a manager having never managed the Giants, or managed the Giants and were inducted as a player having never played for the Giants: