This particular win expanded the Rockies ' Wild Card lead to four games over Giants.

" The strategy worked in the Rockies ' favor ; Eaton walked with the bases loaded, scoring Dexter Fowler to cut the Giants ' lead to 4 – 2.

When they returned to San Francisco for their final series with the Giants on September 14, the Rockies had once again built a large Wild Card lead.

Tarkenton would go on to lead the Vikings to three Super Bowls and earn a place in the Hall of Fame, while the Giants suffered through one of the worst stretches in their history, winning only 23 games from 1973 – 79.

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 currently lead the series 81 – 72 – 2.

The Giants lead this series 91 – 63 – 4.

The Giants lead the all-time series 81 – 74 – 2.

The Giants had been thirteen and a half games behind the league-leading Dodgers in August, but under Durocher's guidance and with the aid of a sixteen-game winning streak, caught the Dodgers to tie for the lead on the last day of the season.

The Giants never would hold a lead in any of the 4 games and never even managed to send the tying run to the plate in their last at-bat.

However, the Giants ' defense tighened up and halted the drive at the 30-yard line, forcing Denver to settle for Rich Karlis's 48-yard field goal to give them a 3-0 lead.

Finally, Simms threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to tight end Zeke Mowatt, giving the Giants a 7-3 lead.

The penalties moved the ball to the Giants ' six-yard line, and three plays later Elway scored on a 4-yard touchdown run to give the Broncos a 10 – 7 lead.

This proved crucial, as on the next play Giants defensive tackle George Martin sacked Elway in the end zone, recording a safety and cutting the Denver lead to 10-9.

Two plays later, Simms finished the drive with a 13-yard touchdown pass to Bavaro to give the Giants a 16-10 lead.

The Broncos managed to keep the Giants out of the endzone, but New York kicker Raul Allegre kicked a 21-yard field goal to increase their lead to 19-10.

On the next play, Ottis Anderson scored on a 2-yard touchdown run, giving the Giants a 39-13 lead after Allegre missed the extra point.

The Giants opened the third quarter and resumed their original game strategy by driving 75 yards in 14 plays to score on Ottis Anderson's one-yard touchdown run, taking the lead at 17-12.

Then in 1993, New England turned to veteran head coach Bill Parcells to lead the team, hoping to repeat the success he had with the New York Giants.

However, the Redskins failed to hold a 21 – 7 lead and lost to the New York Giants 24 – 21.

Sawa appeared in lead roles in the films Little Giants, Casper, Now and Then, Wild America, Idle Hands, and Final Destination.

* October: National League pennant playoff: After finishing tied for the league lead, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants played-off for the title.

Elway and the Broncos started out the Super Bowl against the New York Giants very well, building a 10 – 7 lead and then driving to the Giants 1-yard line in the second quarter.

The Giants defense finished 13th overall under Sheridan, giving up 324. 9 yards per game, and the final two losses of the season against Carolina and Minnesota, in which the Giants gave up 85 points, ultimately led to the firing.

The World Series between the Giants and Oakland Athletics was subsequently delayed for 10 days, in part to give engineers time to check the stadium's ( and that of nearby Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum ) overall structural soundness.

Yary was the first overall pick of the 1968 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings, who had traded Fran Tarkenton to the New York Giants for that selection, becoming the first offensive lineman ever to be selected first overall.

Gallagher has been in professional baseball since 1965 when he was the fourteenth player overall selected, taken in the first round by the San Francisco Giants, and took another managing job with the St. Joseph Blacksnakes.

The Giants had a 5 – 4 win-loss record at the time of Warner's benching, finishing at 6 – 10 overall ( going only 1 – 6 under Manning ).

After a resurgent regular season for which he was named the AL Comeback Player of the Year, Salmon was a crucial part of the Angels ' playoff and World Series run in, hitting two key home runs in Game 2 of the World Series against the San Francisco Giants and batting. 346 with a 1. 067 OPS in the series overall.

He was drafted as the first overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft by the San Diego Chargers and immediately traded to the New York Giants, who in return gave up a package highlighted by fourth overall selection Philip Rivers.

He attended Ole Miss as starting quarterback and was drafted No. 1 overall by the San Diego Chargers in the 2004 NFL Draft, but was traded to the Giants for Philip Rivers on draft day.

* 1933 Cole's Chicago American Giants ( first half ), Pittsburgh Crawfords ( second half with better overall )

In his career he has played for the Los Angeles Dodgers ( 2007 – 2009 ), San Francisco Giants ( 2001 – 06 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1996 – 2001 ) and Atlanta Braves ( 1995 – 96 ), by whom he had been drafted in the eighth round, 206th overall, of the 1991 draft.

Palmer was chosen by the New York Giants in the fourth round ( 125th overall pick ) of the 2001 NFL Draft, and he played for the Giants for four seasons from to.

The San Francisco Giants drafted Ramirez, who is of Mexican American descent, in the 11th round ( 338th overall pick ) in the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft.

After a standout career at Morehead State University, Simms was drafted in the first round by the New York Giants of the National Football League ( NFL ) with the number seven selection overall in the 1979 NFL Draft.

After playing on the defensive line on the Penn State University football team, Grier was drafted as the 31st overall pick in the third round of the 1955 NFL Draft by the New York Giants.

In 1992, Mirabelli was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round ( 131st overall ) of the Major League Baseball amateur draft again.

He was the first overall pick in the 1982 MLB draft by the Chicago Cubs, and played for the Cubs ( 1985 – 95, 1997 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1996, 1998, 2001 – 02 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1997 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1998 ), St. Louis Cardinals ( 1999, 2000 ) and New York Mets ( 1999 ).

The new millennium brought renewed hope for Club América's fans, who would be rewarded quickly, with a CONCACAF Giants cup in 2001, the first League championship in 13 years in the summer of 2002, and the team's tenth overall league title in 2005.

Although he was the eighth tight end taken in the 2002 NFL Draft, McMichael ’ s receiving totals ranked second among all NFL rookie tight ends in 2002, trailing only the New York Giants ’ Jeremy Shockey-the 14th overall pick in the draft.

Later the Giants ballpark was sited at the location Agnos designated and built to the same overall design by the architects and developers he selected originally.

He was one half of the Manning-Rivers draft trade which sent him to San Diego and the 1st overall pick, Ole Miss quarterback Eli Manning, to the New York Giants.