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>Also found it interesting that when the Dodgers moved to LA, they also talked the hated Giants into moving to SF in a two for one to give the Dodgers someone else to play on the West Coast besides the Padres.

You're exactly right about how the Giants got out to SF ---- until the last three words. The Padres didn't exist as a major league team (I don't know what the minor league (Pacific Coast League???) team's name was) until 1969.