<P> After the 1957 season, Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley decided to move the team to Los Angeles for financial and other reasons . Along the way, he managed to convince Giants owner Horace Stoneham (who was considering moving his team to Minnesota) to preserve the rivalry by bringing his team to California as well . New York baseball fans were stunned and heartbroken by the move, which left New York with only one baseball team, the Yankees . However, to supplant the Giants' absence, New York was granted a second baseball team, the Mets, who inherited the Giants' team colors and even former logo . </P> <P> Given that the cities of Los Angeles and San Francisco have long been competitors in the economic, cultural, and political arenas, the teams' new homes in California were fertile ground for the rivalry's transplantation . Each team's ability to endure for over a century while leaping across an entire continent, as well as the rivalry's growth from a cross-city to a cross-state engagement, have led to the rivalry being considered one of the greatest in sports history . </P> <P> While the Dodgers have won the National League West fourteen times compared to the Giants' eight since the beginning of the Divisional Era in 1969, the Giants have more total wins, head - to - head wins, National League pennants (23--22), and World Series titles (8--6) in franchise history . Since moving to California, Los Angeles holds the edge in pennants (10--6) and World Series titles (5--3). Each team has advanced to the postseason as the wild card twice, the Giants most recently in 2016 . The 2014 World Series was the Giants' most recent championship, while the Dodgers lost the 2017 World Series . </P> <P> As of the end of April 2018, San Francisco is one of only two teams in the National League with a winning overall record against Los Angeles (St. Louis is the other one). </P>

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