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Roger Craig, who helped rally the Giants to prominence in the 1980s and was known as “Humm Baby” for his positive and inspirational demeanor, has died, the team announced Sunday afternoon.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Roger Craig, who pitched for three championship teams during his major league career and then managed the San Francisco Giants to the 1989 World Series that was interrupted by a ...
Twenty years ago, Giants manager Roger Craig brought the term "Humm-baby" into the Bay Area baseball vocabulary. And though Humm-baby and Craig eventually became synonymous, the manager originally ...
Roger Craig ... and split-finger pitchers.” Craig even gave the team a rallying phrase and a marketing tool with his favorite saying, “Humm Baby,” something a Little Leaguer would chant ...
Roger Craig, one of the Original ... He was nicknamed “Humm Baby,” after the old-school chatter that encouraged a pitcher to throw harder or “hum it in there.” He spent his first three ...
Gage then told the story about how he and Green came to always tell each other, "Hum baby!" That was a phrase introduced to them by Roger Craig, the Tigers' pitching coach in the 1980s.
“Roger was beloved by players, coaches, front office staff and fans." With the Giants, Craig was known for his colorful, upbeat expressions such as "Humm Baby" and "Don't let your dauber down ...
Roger Craig, a veteran pitcher who later managed the San Francisco Giants to the World Series in 1989, died Sunday. He was 93. Craig, whose catchphrase “Humm Baby” epitomized his positive ...
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former #SFGiants Manager Roger Craig. The “Humm Baby” skippered the Giants for eight seasons. His 586 wins are sixth-most in Giants history ...
We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former #SFGiants Manager Roger Craig. The “Humm Baby” skippered the Giants for eight seasons. His 586 wins are sixth-most in Giants history ...
He was 93. We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former #SFGiants Manager Roger Craig. The “Humm Baby” skippered the Giants for eight seasons. His 586 wins are sixth-most in Giants ...