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From the Giants own history section of their web site, "On June 3, after a rousing extra-innings victory over Philadelphia, manager Jim Mutrie was so overcome with emotion that he supposedly blurted out a description of his team that immediately became the franchise's new nickname. He called them his Giants."
There have also been rumors that they were called the Giants because many of the players were tall and because there were many skyscrapers in New York, but the above is the truest story.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoOwner Tim Mara "borrowed" the Giants name from the city's Major League Baseball team of the same name. This was not unusual among early day pro football franchises. At one time or another there were NFL franchises named the New York Yankees, Brooklyn Dodgers, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves, and Detroit Tigers. The NY Giants babseball team was originally called the 'Gothams' owned by John B. Day and Jim Mutrie. it is said that after one particularly satisfying victory, Mutrie (who was also the team's manager) stormed into the dressing room and exclaimed, "My big fellows! My giants!" From then on, the club was known as the Giants.
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∙ 15y agoBcauause NY had a baseball team called the giants
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∙ 13y agothe N.J.Giants are called NY. giants just for the hell of it.
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∙ 11y agoBefore the baseball Giants moved to San Fran they were the New York Giants. The football team was then named after the baseball team.
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∙ 13y agoGEographic dishonety
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What where the giants called before giants?
No, they were called hybrids or unclean humans
Were the New York Giants called by any other name?
Yeah, the Giants
What was the viking frost giant called?
In Norse mythology, frost giants were called Jotuns, who lived in Jotunheim. The giants were the chief enemies of the Gods.
What is a male giantess called?
Giants
Are gas giants made of rocks and ice?
no they are made of gas. which is why they are called GAS giants
What planets are called the ice giants?
Uranus and Neptune are referred to as the ice giants of the solar system due to their composition of mainly water, ammonia, and methane ices.
How do you get giant bone?
You get them from Giants and Ice giants. PS: they're called big bones
What are the outer sometimes called?
The outer planets are sometimes called Jovian Planets or gas giants or for Uranus and Neptune (Ice Giants)
What are the giants from the BFG called?
The giants in "The BFG" are called "fleshlumpeater," "bloodbottler," "gizzardgulper," "meatdripper," "maidenmasher," "butcher boy," "bonecruncher," "childchewer," and "manhugger".
Which planets are sometimes called ice giants?
The ice giants of our solar system are Uranus and Neptune.
Are the rocky planets larger or smaller compared to gas giants?
The rocky inner planets are much smaller. That's why the giants are called giants.
Are red giant stars the largest?
No, red giant stars are not the largest stars in the universe. There are stars known as supergiant and hypergiant stars that are even larger than red giants. These stars can be hundreds to thousands of times larger than our Sun.
