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SAN FRANCISCO - Sixty-three years after moving west from New York to San Francisco, the Giants have won three World Series titles, hosted some of the game’s all-time great hitters in Willie Mays and Barry Bonds and watched elite pitchers such as Juan Marichal and Tim Lincecum overwhelm their opponents.
