Nick Peters
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Nick Peters, is a former baseball writer
, who mostly covered San Francisco Giants
games in his career, one that spanned 47 seasons (1961–2007).
He spent the majority of his career on the Giants beat at The Oakland Tribune
and The Sacramento Bee
and also worked for the Berkeley Gazette and San Francisco Chronicle
.
Peters, who retired in 2008, had attended all 50 of the Giants' home openers and authored five books on the team.
He was elected the 2009 winner of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America
, for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
.
Baseball Writers Association of America
The Baseball Writers' Association of America is a professional association for baseball journalists writing for daily newspapers, magazines and qualifying Web sites. The BBWAA was founded on October 14, 1908, to improve working conditions for sportswriters in the early part of the 20th century...
, who mostly covered San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
games in his career, one that spanned 47 seasons (1961–2007).
He spent the majority of his career on the Giants beat at The Oakland Tribune
The Oakland Tribune
The Oakland Tribune is a daily newspaper published in Oakland, California, by the Bay Area News Group , a subsidiary of MediaNews Group...
and The Sacramento Bee
The Sacramento Bee
The Sacramento Bee is a daily newspaper published in Sacramento, California, in the United States. Since its creation in 1857, the Bee has become Sacramento's largest newspaper, the fifth largest newspaper in California, and the 25th largest paper in the U.S...
and also worked for the Berkeley Gazette and San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
thumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...
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Peters, who retired in 2008, had attended all 50 of the Giants' home openers and authored five books on the team.
He was elected the 2009 winner of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America
Baseball Writers Association of America
The Baseball Writers' Association of America is a professional association for baseball journalists writing for daily newspapers, magazines and qualifying Web sites. The BBWAA was founded on October 14, 1908, to improve working conditions for sportswriters in the early part of the 20th century...
, for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located at 25 Main Street in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests serving as the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, the display of...
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