Harrison Bader slams A's, Giants build momentum with wind-whipped series victory

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A generation of San Francisco Giants fans understood it to be true: When you attended a game at Candlestick Park, you would watch the home team battle a pair of adversaries.There was the National League rival who happened to be in town that series. And there was the invisible yet undeniable influence that turned hot dog wrappers into urban tumbleweeds and fly balls into unstable particles. The winds might swirl more or less from one night to the next. They might be stronger or frostier. But they were guaranteed to be a constant and inhospitable presence in a sport that is supposed to be about sunshine and shirtsleeves.Advertisement