Two Timers Multi Sport  Giants

By Tony “the Tiger” Hayes

(SAN FRANCISCO)   With as many fans glued to Warriors Playoff BASKETBALL action than the ordinary old baseball game the Giants were playing vs. Padres at AT&T Park and with former former Notre Dame football star Jeff Samardzija on the hill for the Orange & Black – your trusty sports obscurity servants here at Sports Radio Service have put together the Giants ultimate multi-sports All-Star team.

Pitcher : Samardzjia with his flowing curls , the Shark was a memorable pass catcher for the Irish and so far a worthy ace for the Giants.

Advantage: Baseball

Catcher : Tom Haller. Giants fans know Haller as the 1960s era power hitting backstop and mediocre 1980s era GM, but he was also the starting quarterback at University of Illinois in the 1950s.

Conclusion: better at baseball.

First Base: Rick Leach. Leach hit .293 in a part time role for the 1990 Giants before leaving the club under mysterious circumstances before the season concluded. 15 years earlier As a quarterback Leach led the university of Michigan for four straight seasons and three Rose Bowl appearances then disappeared mysteriously in each of those as well.

Conclusion : better at football, barely.

Second Base: Dick Groat. Groat was the 1960 NL batting leader and MVP playing for the Pirates before ending his career with SF in 1967. But before turning pro he was multi-time basketball All American at Duke.

Advantage : tie

Shortstop Andre Rodgers. The Giants discovered Rodgers playing cricket in the Bahamas and converted him to shortstop. They shouldn’t have.

Advantage: cricket

Third Base: JimDavenport. An original 1958 SF Giant, Davenport was here from the start. But before that he was the starting quarterback at Southern University.

Advantage : baseball

Outfield

Kenny Lofton

This Dynamo appeared in the Final Four in basketball with the University of Arizona then led the Giants to a World Series berth in 2002.

Advantage : baseball

Randy Winn

At the University of Santa Clara Winn was a starting guard opposite the great Steve Nash. With the Giants he started opposite the great Dan Ortmeier.

Advantage : baseball

Deion Sanders

The only athlete to play for both the baseball Giants and Forty Niners – Deion won a Super Bowl with SF in  ’95 before getting traded later that year to the Giants.

Advantage : football