10 Facts About Oracle Park

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Oracle Park is a Major League Baseball stadium in the SoMa neighborhood of San Francisco, California.

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Oracle Park has hosted professional and collegiate American football games.

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3.

Oracle Park has a reputation of being a pitcher's park and the most pitcher-friendly ballpark in the National League, because the depth of the outfield limits home runs, according to ESPN.

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4.

ESPN's MLB Park Factors lists Oracle Park as having the fewest home runs per game 6 out of the past 7 years, the one exception coming in 2013, when it was the 3rd lowest.

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5.

Giants fans who contributed funds to China Basin Oracle Park had their own tiles with their own inscriptions set into the wall.

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6.

Oracle Park hosted games three through five of the 2002 World Series against the Anaheim Angels, which the Giants lost four games to three.

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7.

Oracle Park hosted Games 1 and 2 of the 2012 World Series on October 24 and 25.

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8.

Oracle Park was home to the XFL's San Francisco Demons in 2001, was the home of the East-West Shrine Game, and was the former home stadium of the California Redwoods of the UFL in 2009.

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9.

In 2011, Oracle Park became the temporary home football stadium for the California Golden Bears while Cal's on-campus stadium, California Memorial Stadium, underwent renovation.

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10.

Oracle Park hosted its first high school football game in 2011, the Central Coast Section Division III football championship game between long-time San Francisco rivals St Ignatius College Preparatory and Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory.

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