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On May 27, 1980, Carl Yastrzemski hit a walk-off homer to lift the Boston Red Sox past the Toronto Blue Jays.

It was the last walk-off homer of his Hall of Fame career.

Thirty-nine years later, rookie Mike Yastrzemski followed in his grandfather's footsteps with his first-career walk-off homer to give the Giants a 3-2 win over the Mets in 12 innings at Oracle Park on Sunday.

Blasting off again. 🚀
#SFGiants pic.twitter.com/pSVQJmM02O

— SFGiants (@SFGiants) July 21, 2019

With the win, the Giants took three out of four from the Mets and moved back to the .500 mark (50-50) as they welcome the NL Central-leading Cubs to town on Monday.

Yastrzemski's walk-off homer ended a year-long drought for the Giants, who hadn't hit one since Brandon Crawford on June 27, 2018.

The Giants announced that Brandon Crawford hit the team’s last walk-off home run on June 27th of last season

— Jon Wilson (@WhoIsJonWilson) July 21, 2019

The last time a Giant hit a walk-off homer in extra innings was Andrew McCutchen on April 7, 2018.

After being released by the Baltimore Orioles, Yastrzemski is having a breakout rookie season with the Giants. He now has nine homers, 27 RBI and is slashing .259/.303/.500 in 48 games.

Mike Yastrzemski is the first @SFGiants player to hit a walkoff homer in his first MLB season since Al Gallagher in 1970 off Bob Priddy.

Priddy also allowed 2 homers in his career to Mike's grandfather, Carl Yastrzemski.#SFGiants

— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) July 22, 2019

After the game, Yastrzemski spoke with NBC Sports Bay Area's Amy Gutierrez and discussed what it says about the Giants that they've won in so many different ways recently.

"We proved something to ourselves, that we can win a game when we're down, that we can win a game when we go to extra innings," Yastrzemski said. "So to be able to come through in those situations, it gives you all the confidence in the world."

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Through 100 games, the Giants are 2.5 games behind the Milwaukee Brewers for the second NL Wild Card. If they keep playing like this, there's no doubt that they could sneak into the playoffs.

Despite what Giants fans want to believe, Madison Bumgarner and Clayton Kershaw are friends.

Before many Giants-Dodgers games over the years, they could be seen talking on the field, in plain sight of everyone.

So it should come as any surprise that Kershaw would love to have Bumgarner on the Dodgers.

"I love Bum," Kershaw said Friday at a Dodgers holiday event according to Dodgers Nation. "If we signed him, that’d be great."

“I love Bum..... if we signed him, that’d be great!” - Clayton Kershaw pic.twitter.com/yfvIv5JhRr

— Dodgers Nation (@DodgersNation) December 13, 2019

NBC Sports Bay Area's Alex Pavlovic reported Thursday, citing sources, that the Dodgers and Bumgarner have a mutual interest in a deal.

Bumgarner in Dodger blue is the worst nightmare for Giants fans. But it's a real possibility with Los Angeles missing out on top free agent Gerrit Cole.

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Kershaw hasn't been able to bring a World Series to Los Angeles on his own, so of course, he would love for a postseason hero to come help him end the Dodgers' title drought.

The teams in the NL West appear to really like free agent Madison Bumgarner.

The Padres are the latest team to show interest in the former Giants ace.

MLB Network's Jon Heyman reported Friday night that the Padres are "taking close looks" at Bumgarner and former Cy Young winner Dallas Keuchel.

Padres are taking close looks at Madison Bumgarner and Dallas Keuchel. There have been suggestions they probably won’t sign a huge free agent but they are building a team to win in 2020. With Machado and Tatis on left side, southpaws makes sense.

— Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) December 14, 2019

Bumgarner has been linked to the Dodgers and D-backs this week. The Rockies are the only NL West foe not to be linked to the 2014 World Series MVP. The Angels, in the AL West, reportedly are also pursuing Bumgarner after missing out on top free agent Gerrit Cole.

With Cole, Stephen Strasburg and Zack Wheeler off the free-agent market, Bumgarner, Keuchel and Hyun-Jin Ryu are the best available arms remaining.

NBC Sports Bay Area's Alex Pavlovic reported Thursday night, citing sources, that there is mutual interest between Bumgarner and the Dodgers. The Giants are still talking to Bumgarner's representatives, according to Farhan Zaidi.

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Most Giants fans would like to see Bumgarner return to San Francisco. But if he doesn't, they would probably prefer if he leaves the NL West. It would be tough to watch the longtime face of the Giants come back to pitch against his former team multiple times a year.