Baseball: Some Perspective on Giants and Red Sox Titles and Lack Thereof

The San Francisco Giants’ remarkable 3 titles in 5 seasons, and the recent Boston Red Sox run of titles (not as pronounced with 3 in 10 seasons) is cause for asking the baseball gods, why these teams and not some of their predecessors?!

First of all, both the Giants and Red Sox beat the teams they had to in achieving those titles. Yet, especially with one title each as a wild card team, I can not help but wonder and lament that these Giants of Buster Posey and even Madison Bumgarner have three titles and such Giants’ greats as Willie Mc Covey and Juan Marichal have none.

Similarly, why such fortune for David Ortiz of the Red Sox, who in my book is great, but why three titles for him and none for say, Carl Yastrzemski of Boston Red Sox fame?

Sticking with the Giants of the 1960’s, who at one time had 5 future Hall of Famers on their roster (Willie Mays, Mc Covey, Marichal, Orlando Cepeda and Gaylord Perry), they finished second in the National League from (1965-1968), and also in the first year of divisional play in 1969.

There was no wild card team and the National League, especially in that period, was really stacked with tremendous teams.