San Francisco Can Be 6th Time a City Won Simultaneous World Series & Super Bowl

When the San Francisco 49ers came from behind to defeat the Atlanta Falcons to clinch the NFC Title, they did more than punch a ticket for Super Bowl XLVII.

Frank Gore, Colin Kaepernick and friends can give San Francisco fans a thrill that has only happened five other times since the first Super Bowl was played in January of 1967.

San Francisco is currently the home of the defending World Series Champion Giants. If the 49ers defeat the Baltimore Ravens on February 3, 2013 in New Orleans, then those same fans will also have the defending Super Bowl champions.

Only five other times in history had a fan base's football and baseball teams simultaneously held their league's highest honor in the Super Bowl era.

Before listing the other five, it is important to mak...

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