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Holland eyes spot on his family's favorite club

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Should Derek Holland win a job on the Giants' Opening Day rotation, he'll learn plenty about Willie Mays and Willie McCovey, Stu Miller and the 1961 All-Star Game, the Alou brothers, Masanori Murakami, Bobby and Barry Bonds, Jack and Will Clark, Brian Johnson, the 'Stick (Candlestick Park) and the Shooter (Rod Beck). Count on it.

That's a reminder: He'll hear about John "The Count" Montefusco, too.

It's all due to the company Holland keeps. The left-hander's uncles, Wes and Warren Henderson (who surely remember outfielder Ken Henderson) are ferocious Giants fans dating back to the Strat-O-Matic era of the 1960s.