The Giants win the Pennant! The Giants win the Pennant! The Giants win the Pennant!

[villager]

It's a clear Blue vs. Red World Series!

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. Well, this Red Sox fan is delighted! Suspect the sponsors would have

preferred a NY, Phila or both for the big east coast city $$$...but it is great when teams that spend a fortune don't get what they expect!

[Ken Burch]

2. My only regret is that the Giants didn't win on Thursday, at home

when Val Diamond from "Beach Blanket Babylon" sang "God Bless America" while wearing
THIS tasteful and understated ensemble:

[ProudDad]

11. And Bob Weir and Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead

sang the anthem.

One of the best versions I've ever heard...

[Old and In the Way]

21. Have to go find that one....

I've got Bob, Jerry, and Vince Welnick doing it for the '94 season opener...magnificent a cappella version and the whole place rocked out. "And asked how they got the Dead to sing it, the Giant's PR staff said, "we just asked them""...lol. This Bosox fan knows who he'll be rooting for in this series!

[ProudDad]

26. I started out my baseball fan life as a Red Sox fan (1954)

If it ain't the A's or the Giants I root for the Bosox...! :hi:

Anybody but Texas or the Yankees...

[EFerrari]

33. I remember when my mom came home from work in 1962

and said she'd won the pool. I thought we were getting a swimming pool. lol

[Brother Buzz]

13. And THAT was a SMALL 'Beach Blanket Babylon' hat!

Kate Smith was smiling because that singer nailed the song.

[Ken Burch]

27. Maybe they can bring in the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence for the Game One Seventh Inning Stretch.

It'd be worth it just to see the look on Bud Selig's face.

[ProudDad]

40. OH GOD YES!!!!

In the first game of the series!!!

On edit: for those poor folk in the rest of the country that are unaware of this honored, august organization:

http://www.thesisters.org/

A couple of my good friends in S.F. were sisters!

And the Sisters in action: http://www.thesisters.org/video.html

[Brother Buzz]

49. Yes, and an invocation by Father Guido Sarducci before the game, too

He's a big Giants fan. He and his Portuguese water dogs.

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/story?id=100963&page=1

Bo Obama should be invited to the fun.

[Renew Deal]

6. And yet people continue to whine about the teams that spend a fortune

10 different teams in 11 seasons will have won the World Series after this year.

[ProudDad]

41. The only 2 things good about the Texas vs Yankee series

1) The Yankees lost!
2) Yankee payroll over $250,000,000 vs Texas around $50,000,000

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


GO GIANTS!

[blueamy66]

54. love it

posted the same on FB

[bottomofthehill]

15. i hope Fox looses its shirt on this dog

[TheDebbieDee]

3. Congrats to Giants fans..............and Rangers fans!

[asdjrocky]

4. My Dad.

All I can think about is my Dad and how damned happy this would make him. I remember so well sitting on the front porch as a boy, listing to the Giants on that little radio he had that was wrapped in a really cool genuine leather case.

It's why I still watch.

[MagickMuffin]

5. GO RANGERS ;=}

Sorry but I live in Texas and considering Texas has NEVER EVER even made it to the World Series I will be rooting for the Texas Rangers.

:hi:


edit to add: Congratulations to the SF Giants. I was rooting for them tonight!

[Ken Burch]

18. That's cool.

n/t.

[rocktivity]

7. The team with San Francisco values vs the team from the land of Bush!

:rofl:
rocktivity

[eleny]

20. I told my husband, "Mark my words..."

That someone besides me would make it the libs vs. the conservatives. :hi:

[CreekDog]

32. The team with government funded ballpark (Rangers) versus privately funded ballpark (Giants)

:think:

[WCGreen]

22. Once owned by Bush...

Once operated by Bush...

The team that legitimized the way ward son so he could point to one success in his personal history...

[Ken Burch]

28. D'ya think he's been telling friends

That the Yankees "misunderestimated" the Rangers?

[ProudDad]

42. Actually

shrub bush was a "silent partner" -- his small limited partnership share bought by FOB (friends of Poppy bush) after shrub's "businesses" had all failed.

His "JOB" with the Rangers was to sit in a front row and glad hand the fans and wait for his run for governor of Texas...

That fucker couldn't run a candy stand...let alone a baseball franchise...

[WCGreen]

61. Of he was a figure head...

But he was also working behind the scene in order to get various Texas governments to pay for almost every penny of the new stadium which increased the value of the team so they could sell it for a huge profit which Bush then paid a pitance of income tax on because it was classified, illegally, as capital gains...

[democracy1st]

62. true almost every team does that

[WCGreen]

63. Does that make it right?

[AsahinaKimi]

8. Giants eliminate Phillies to win NL pennant

(10-23) 20:40 PDT PHILADELPHIA (AP) --

Juan Uribe hit a tiebreaking homer off Ryan Madson with two outs in the eighth inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 Saturday night in Game 6 of the NL championship series to reach the World Series for the first time since 2002.

The pitching-rich Giants will host the Texas Rangers in Game 1 on Wednesday night.

Slumping Phillies slugger Ryan Howard looked at a called third strike with runners on first and second to end it.

Giants ace Tim Lincecum struggled in the eighth inning, pitching in relief on one day of rest after losing Game 5. Brian Wilson got five outs to finish off the Phillies, who were trying to become the first NL team in 66 years to win three straight pennants.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/10/23/sports/s204048D47.DTL&tsp=1


Woot! Way to go SF!!

[eleny]

19. oops - replied to the wrong reply

[BeyondGeography]

9. Go Giants...end the 56-year schneid and win the Series

[Ken Burch]

29. Has anybody ever suggested that the Giants had been under a curse

Y'know, like the Curse of the Babe with the Red Sox or the Curse of the Goat with the Cubs?

[EFerrari]

34. No, that's pretty much how they play.

lol

[political_Dem]

10. Yay!!!!!! Go Giants!

[jgraz]

12. Aw crap.

I work two blocks from AT&T park. This next week is gonna suck.

[CreekDog]

35. Then stay home...what the hell, I work four blocks from the park

I LOVE IT.

If you want every day to be like all the rest then let's not celebrate anything.

:grr:

[ProudDad]

44. Hey, at least there's a decent mass transit system in S.F.

Where do you commute from? (horrible concept; "commute" - destructive to the Earth)...

Or just go to the games!

I know, I know. The cheapest seats (which is standing room) are like $40 during the season. I seem to remember looking it up and the series standing room only tix are about $95. As I remember, ticket prices go up to around $16,000 per for the series.

Ooops, I was off. I found one site where they range from $434 to $95,419 each... Cheap at 1/2 the price... :puke:

[Ken Burch]

48. What is the $95,418 seat like?

At that price, it ought to include a Bottomless Caviar Bowl. AND a small Golden Calf emblazoned with the team logo.

[ProudDad]

58. I think you get to come in in the 7th

and pitch to a batter...

And ya' get a uniform... :)

[CreekDog]

50. It's NOT disruptive, most people take transit to/from the game

it's a bit busy after the game with everyone getting on streetcars and walking back to the BART/MUNI stations on Market St. (about a mile away). before the game is actually far more orderly since people arrive over the course of an hour or even more.

but i was working in the neighborhood in 2002 and commuting and had NO problem, in fact, it was very exciting to have it so close (since I couldn't go).

there are 80 games per year at this ballpark and it's a wonderful thing to have in the neighborhood. i've been to multiple games this year.

[Ken Burch]

51. And the A's-Giants "Baysball" series probably saved lives

Since a lot of people who would have otherwise been on the Nimitz Freeway at the time the Loma Prieta earthquake hit and collapsed it were instead at the ballpark or at home getting ready to watch the game on tv.

[K8-EEE]

14. As a Dodger fan all I can say is......

yessss!!!! YES! GO GIANTS!!!!!!!

[EFerrari]

24. LOL!

Whew, that was close!

:P

[K8-EEE]

36. It took Wilson so long to get that last strike that I...

FELT LIKE I WAS WATCHING THE DODGERS!

Although when he DID get the last strike I realized I wasn't watching the Dodgers!

[EFerrari]

39. LOL. The Giants don't even spit until after the 7th inning stretch.

Middle of the 8th, they're almost warmed up.

:rofl:

[senseandsensibility]

16. bye bye

baby!

[oldlib]

17. A San Francisco - Texas

World Series will be most enjoyable!

[WillyT]

23. Yeah Baby !!!

:toast::woohoo::toast:

:kick:

:hi:

[MilesColtrane]

25. See you in the Fall Classic my friend.

Are you ready for a healthy dose of Cliff Lee?

[Lugnut]

30. Congrats to the Giants!

Beat the Rangers!

[CreekDog]

31. Humm Baby!

New York Times: "The San Francisco Giants concluded an improbable run to the World Series here Saturday, stunning a crowd of 46,062 and much of the baseball world by reaching the sport’s ultimate stage with a ragtag roster filled with players other teams had cast off."

[pacalo]

37. That young pitcher Tim Lincecum sure is a cutie!

[Subdivisions]

38. Congratulations Giants! We'll see you in the World Series! n/t

[ProudDad]

45. Congratulations to Y'all too!

Thanks to the old ex-A's coach Ron Washington, it was nice to see a team with 1/5 the payroll beat those damn Yankees!

See ya' in the series... :hi:

[proud patriot]

43. Bay Area Born and Raised Here

I'm so stoked :woohoo: :bounce: :woohoo:

[ProudDad]

46. I let out a hoot on that 3rd strike on Howard too!

Great fun...

[proud patriot]

59. I was hooting and clapping got buddy all riled and barking too

Talk about sitting on pins and needles

[NBachers]

47. Yesssss! Go Giants!

Lots of noise around my Mission District home; I'm sure the rest of the city's pretty boisterous right now, too.

What if these miracle mutts actually beat the Bush Rangers and won the series? The Bay Area would go nutz.

The city's filled with jubilation, joy, and celebration. Bars, restaurants, streets, and establishments are filled with happy people; the media's having the time of its life, and every shape, size, color, and strata of our diverse population is bursting with civic pride.

I saw a father and little son walking down Mission Street the other day with identical Giants shirts on. It was just heart-melting- this little kid will remember him & his dad during these playoffs for his entire life. Whole families are turning out in team colors.

What a season! Go Giants Go!

[PCIntern]

52. My Phillies weren't up to the task...

2 points:
Phils won more games than any other tame in MLB although they had 18 players on the DL at one time or another

Phils' heads haven't been in the playoffs since the Championship in 2008. they just seem to disappear and all the verve goes out of the team.

:argh:

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[MH1]

60. I was kind of surprised that missed catch by Victorino wasn't called an error

or was it?

If he catches the ball the Giants don't score those 2 runs, right?

Sure it was a hugely difficult catch but the ball hit his glove. If the ball hits your glove ya gotta catch it.

Still, losing by Howard looking at a called third strike kind of sums it all up.

[Cali_Democrat]

53. Bay Area sports are so damn weak.

It's about time they have a shot at winning something :shrug:

I'll definitely be pulling for Texas in this one.

Go Rangers :applause:

[n2doc]

55. Hummm Baby!

Go Los Gigantes!

[spanone]

56. what about the midgets?

[CanonRay]

57. What are the mainstream sports press going to do

all their horses are out of the race! No Yankees! No Red Sox! No Phillies!. I didn't think all season there were any other teams.

[GSLevel9]

64. Rangers are BIG vegas favorites already...

I don't see it even being close. Rangers in 4-5.