[4] Safeway's poor performance led to it being the target of corporate raiders, resulting in acquisition by KKR acting as a white knight, but he stayed on as CEO until 1993, when he resigned to devote his time to the Giants.

[7] Magowan, along with a group of investors (including Charles B. Johnson, Scott Seligman, Philip Halperin, Allan Byer, and David S. Wolff) purchased the franchise on January 12, 1993, from the previous owner, Bob Lurie.

[8] While real estate mogul Walter Shorenstein had initially led the effort to put together a Bay Area-based group to keep the Giants in town, neither he nor the other partners had the time to handle day-to-day operations.

They asked Magowan, an ardent Giants fan, to assume the post of managing general partner and principal owner.

[12] In the January 2007 Congressional hearings on performance-enhancing drugs, Congressman Henry Waxman asked Commissioner Bud Selig to discipline Sabean and Magowan for their culpability.

[15] Bill Neukom succeeded Magowan as the principal shareholder and lead representative of the investors in the San Francisco Giants.

[16] On November 3, 2010, Magowan participated in the Giants victory parade as the team celebrated its first World Series title since moving to San Francisco in 1958.