The San Francisco Giants are hoping to move their new franchise slugger to first base, though he refused to do so for the Boston Red Sox.

It wasn't a series highlighted on the calendar at the beginning of the season, but it's now the showdown all of Major League Baseball is talking about. The Boston Red Sox have arrived in the City by the Bay for the weekend to take on the San Francisco Giants.

It was a deal that shook the baseball world and exposed the deep rift between the Red Sox and their highest-paid player.