Even though Candlestick hasn’t been a baseball park for the past 15 years, ever since the Giants opened a new ballpark on the corner of Third and King, I was still connected to the place.

Candlestick Park opens for baseball. A crowd of 42,269 watches Sam Jones throw a complete-game three-hitter as the Giants beat the Cardinals 3-1. Orlando Cepeda drives in all three runs.

The San Francisco Giants moved into frigid Candlestick Park in 1960, two seasons after they came to the West Coast from New York. The Giants first played baseball at Seals Stadium before moving to ...

CANDLESTICK ... Bay Area recently. The Giants, who were tenants of the Stick until 1999, have won three of the last five World Series after setting up residence at AT&T Park in 2000.

As told in Candlestick Park by Ted Atlas, the story goes that in 1957, Horace Stoneham, owner of baseball's New York Giants, was in San Francisco looking for a new home for his team. Sponsor ...

The San Francisco Giants moved out of Candlestick Park following the 1999 baseball season. The Candlestick site is slated to become retail space and might even house a smaller arena, which could ...

The demolition of Candlestick Park, the former home of the San Francisco 49ers and San Francisco Giants, is in its final stages with more than 80 percent of the structure reduced to rubble.

This is, of course, assuming the Giants aren't too scared by Candlestick Park to put up a fight. The 49ers are a tough team, but they are that much tougher when they are playing in their home digs.