Meet Lou Seal, the beloved mascot of the San Francisco Giants, and discover the wild history behind his predecessor, the Crazy Crab.

Meet Lou Seal, the beloved mascot of the San Francisco Giants, and discover the wild history behind his predecessor, the Crazy Crab.

Willie Mays signs a two year contract with the San Francisco Giants making him the highest paid baseball player ever / Mays sits down in front of press and bright lights / signs his contract while chatting with management of Giants /...

Baseball traditions change in New York City.

Title card: "New York hails Giants as champions" / car driving past crowd and band and pulling up in front of City Hall / crowd watching / New York Giants baseball team standing on steps of City Hall / NY Mayor John P. O'Brien speaking,...

Title: "World Series Paramount News Presents", "Baseball", "Narrated by Marty Glickman" superimposed over graphic of baseball and Yanks, Giants, and Dodgers banners / high angle Yankee Stadium / Pan spectators and diamond / MS spectators...

Title superimposed on the New York Giants in their dugout at Ebbets Field, "And in New York, The Giants do it!" / The crowd of thousands at a night game, with a pan to the diamond / Giants players watching the game, right profiles /...

Sports fans watch the San Francisco Giants baseball game at the AT and T Park in San Francisco, California from the upper deck.

Baseball fans leaving AT&T Park at the conclusion of a San Francisco Giants baseball game.

A mother and daughter watch the San Francisco Giants play the Arizona Diamondbacks in the right field bleachers at AT andT Park in San Fransisco.

San Francisco Giants fans gather around the statue of Giants great pitcher Juan Marichal in San Fransisco, California.

Fans watch a San Fransisco Giants game from behind the home plate at AT and T Park in San Fransisco.

A crowd disperses at the conclusion of the World Series Parade on Market Street in San Francisco, California.

Fans watch a San Fransisco Giants game from behind the home plate at AT andT Park in San Fransisco.

Fans watch a San Fransisco Giants game from behind the home plate at the AT and T Park in San Fransisco.

Baseball fans leaving AT&T Park at the conclusion of a Giants game.San Francisco Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge, on 3rd St Near Giants' AT&T Park, built 1933

Baseball fans leaving AT&T Park at the conclusion of a Giants game.

Los Angeles residents head to a COVID-19 testing site at Dodger Stadium on the day that the baseball season resumes, with the Dodgers set to face the San Francisco Giants (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Oct. 28 -- As the Giants and Royals face off, columnist Will Leitch and filmmaker Griffin Hammond examine the cultural differences between San Francisco and Kansas City. (Source: Bloomberg)

Giants Take World Series Opener

This year's baseball classic is an all New York event - Giants vs Yankees - and a nickel subway ride to either ballpark. Opening day at the Polo Grounds sees the Giants' Carl Hubbell outpitch the...