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San Francisco World Series Champions!!

Ok so I’ve been concentrating on Internet marketing, but don’t forget I’m also a self proclaimed sports edifice! We’ll could there have been a better way to break the blog mold than this?

It took a while for it to really kick in… If you’re a Giants fan like my comrades and I, the sweet smell of spring is always “bittered” up a bit by  the recent memories of Scott Spizio’s red soul patch annihilating our most inner desires. For those new to the Giants, please read below:

They have won 21 National League pennants and appeared in 18 World Series championships, both tied with rivals Los Angeles Dodgers for most in the league. The Giants have been invited to the World Series an NL record 19 times, but boycotted the event in 1904.

Source: San Francisco Giants History & Roots

The old stories of fabled Seal stadium (presently a Safeway Supermarket in Potrero Hill believe it or not), New York battles translated to West Coast wars, Willy’s saucy catch, the freezing winds of Candelstick as “Will the Thrill” swung in the on-deck circle, to the transformation of the China Basin into the most thrilling and cultured of ballparks in the game, we Giants Fans, salute you 2010 Champs!!!

Well folks, we won… um We Won! Holy Crap We WON, We WON, We WON, We WON!!!

That’s kind of why it’s taken me until mid Nov. to realize this needs to be flaunted!

For all you baseball folks, when this season started, the orange & black faithful knew we had a good shot at the division with our pitching. But we were all a bit suspicious of just how far the 20th+ major-league ranked offense could actually take us.

I wonder where our Front Office ranks?

It’s easy to focus in on the hot bat of our NLCS MVP or the scariest starting 5 man rotation (don’t forget Zito) in baseball. But it was the little pick ups; the F. Sanchez, Renteria, Ray, Casilla, Lopez, Ramierz, Fontenot type nuances that assembled and sculpted the spirit of this team. The internal development of guys like J. Sanchez, Torres, & our future, Mr. Posey, were all a healthy part of the formula that made this all possible.

The term team itself, only applies in this way, so rarely to champs. Championship teams always have elite players, and this team has had it’s share, but not up and down the roster as you’d expect, or as some of the teams that got roasted in earlier rounds. There’s something special about a number of guys who work together, specialists who depend on one another’s performances to push them through the next contest, not knowing who the next contests hero will be. Ya sure we have a Heros, and some in the making, but this team, this roster of Sabeanistic majesty is truly a rock solid union. Marx would be proud!

So we ALL KNEW SD would eventually boil over, , that felt so good to say! And once we creept in, the Giants faithful were more than just delusional fans aimlessly supporting their colors. No we, being the baseball intellectual bunch that we are, knew this rotation and bullpen would keep us in any game, and as my cousin loves to say, 2 out hitting baby!!!

As Kipe said in front of 200k + in the hear t of the City, Atlanta Braves, Philadelphia Phillies, Texas Rangers, are…. Outttttta Hereeeee! Along the way, we never stopped believing…

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We also learned a few things:

1. Fear the Beard!

2. He could have helped their rotation!

3. Timmy Supported 19!

4. Philly fans have made incredible strides to become both more intellectual and Civil!

5 They still had one run left in them!

6. This guy knows how to have fun!

7. He finally got run support & attention as the most underrated pitcher in Baseball!

8. Sabes is a Magician, Boch’s head is big for good reason!

9. There’s a New Sheriff in town!

10. The TORTURE is OVERRRRRRRR!

Here’s another blog dedicated just to the Giants, 2010 World Series Champions, and please don’t hesitate to hit play and sing in place as you look at Timmy’s victory cannon raised!

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