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Giants reunite with Joe Nathan, add six-time All-Star to roster

CHICAGO – More than a dozen years after leaving in one of the most doomed trades in Giants history, Joe Nathan is wearing orange and black again.

The Giants purchased the contract of the veteran right-hander, who signed a minor league contract with the club on Aug. 19.

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The 41-year-old’s next appearance will be his first as a Giant since the 2003 NL Division Series against the Florida Marlins. Nathan’s struggles in that series was among the reasons the Giants deemed him expendable in the trade along with future All-Star Francisco Liriano and Boof Bonser for combustible catcher A.