Could the 49ers pick up where San Francisco’s Giants left off? A Week 8 NFL quiz
False. While San Francisco could become the first city to have its baseball and football teams win titles in seasons in the same year, Pittsburgh and Boston (New England) have simultaneously had Super Bowl and World Series champions. Pittsburgh did it in 1979, when the Steelers won SB XIII in January and the Pirates won the World Series 10 months later. The same pattern was followed by the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots (who actually play in Foxboro, Mass.) in 2004 .
False. While San Francisco could become the first city to have its baseball and football teams win titles in seasons in the same year, Pittsburgh and Boston (New England) have simultaneously had Super Bowl and World Series champions. Pittsburgh did it in 1979, when the Steelers won SB XIII in January and the Pirates won the World Series 10 months later. The same pattern was followed by the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots (who actually play in Foxboro, Mass.) in 2004 .
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