There’s no Giants baseball on the Fourth of July since 1981. That year, a midseason strike cancelled the games. Before that, the Giants hadn’t missed Independence Day since 1941. Today is a perfect opportunity to spend time with family and friends watch a five-and-a-half-hour game that happened nine years ago. In 2010, the Giants faced off against the Rockies in Colorado in what wound up being a 15-inning bummer of a game.
You can watch the game in its entirety (commercial breaks and all) on YouTube in glorious 360p.
To set the stage for the game, the Giants’ season was in danger of slipping off the rails.