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THE GIANTS HAVE WON THE PENANT! THE GIANTS HAVE WON THE PENANT!
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Posted on 10/16/2014 8:13:19 PM PDT by kik5150
Walk off home run by Belt.
TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: giants; mlb; nlcs
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To: nd76
I root for the two most hated teams in the nation: the SF Giants (I’m from the Bay Area and have rooted for the Giants since 1960); and Notre Dame (I’m an Irish Catholic conservative American who graduated from ND in 1976).
I’ve been in exile in the DC area since August, 1976.
Go Giants!!! Go Irish!!!
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posted on
10/16/2014 9:37:18 PM PDT
by
nd76
To: robert14
Weren’t both the Angels and Giants wild card teams in a series a number of years ago?
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posted on
10/16/2014 9:38:21 PM PDT
by
catfish1957
(Everything I needed to know about Islam was written on 11 Sep 2001)
To: robert14
This is the first time 2 wildcard teams have made it to the world series in the history of baseball.
2002 Angels and Giants were both Wild Cards so, no, it’s not.
To: kik5150
There was some sort of sporting match?
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posted on
10/16/2014 9:40:51 PM PDT
by
spodefly
(This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: builder
Giants fan here and I agree with you completely. Matheny would be snatched up by another team quickly. First class baseball mind there always. Even after a great career ended by concussions.STL fans are spoiled... They have had guys like Schoendist (sp?), Herzog, Torre, LaRussa. All legends.
Versus me, who has had to endure Jimy Williams, and Cecil Cooper just within the past 10 years.
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posted on
10/16/2014 9:41:31 PM PDT
by
catfish1957
(Everything I needed to know about Islam was written on 11 Sep 2001)
To: spodefly
There was some sort of sporting match? Why, certainly. The Giants are a baseball team. From Tokyo.
To: dfwgator
Think again. I live outside the Bay Area and I
will be rooting for the Giants just like I have
since 1958. In fact, whether you believe it or
not the Giants have one of the largest visiting
team followings of any team in the NL.
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posted on
10/16/2014 9:50:00 PM PDT
by
Sivad
(NorCal red turf)
To: kik5150
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posted on
10/16/2014 9:51:52 PM PDT
by
gunsequalfreedom
(Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
To: dfwgator
To: kik5150
Good for them! Rah rah, sis boom bah—New York!
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posted on
10/16/2014 10:01:31 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
To: kik5150
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posted on
10/16/2014 10:06:01 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
To: centurion316
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posted on
10/16/2014 10:14:51 PM PDT
by
kik5150
To: catfish1957
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posted on
10/16/2014 10:16:00 PM PDT
by
CatOwner
To: ifinnegan
True. What could be said is this is the first time neither league had a top-3 record in the World Series (in 2002, the Angels had the 3rd best record in the AL but were the wildcard team).
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posted on
10/16/2014 10:20:46 PM PDT
by
CatOwner
To: Dallas59
It isn’t like the State of Misery is Southern. Well maybe South Mid-West
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posted on
10/16/2014 10:32:22 PM PDT
by
Fai Mao
(Genius at Large)
To: Nifster
Isnt it about time that Bruce got the manager of the year vote??? That vote is reserved for the performance during the regular season. Even removing Bochy's first two seasons with the Giants to phase away from the Bonds era, the Giants have gone 524-448 under Bochy during the regular. This averages out to a 87-75 record.
Of those six seasons, the Giants have been to the postseason just three times. It's what Bochy does once in the postseason that's impressive. That alone may get him some consideration for the HOF.
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posted on
10/16/2014 10:33:24 PM PDT
by
CatOwner
To: kik5150
I continue to be disgusted by the Giants' dog-in-the-manger block of the A's proposed move to San Jose, designed to drive them out of the Bay Area - the sheer ingratitude and shamelessness involved deserve some sort of championships of their own. But there's no denying how good a manager Bruce Bochy is, how good the bullpen is, and how well this club understands how to play high-pressure post-season baseball.
Don't like seeing the Giants in the World Series? Don't let them get into the post-season at all - it's been the only way to keep them out since 2010. Once they're in, their pitchers suddenly operate on another level, that great bullpen quickly restores order if a starter happens to get chased early, and they manufacture runs out of fielder's choices, infield singles, and errors.
I don't know how they'll do against the Royals - but then I didn't think they could get by the far more talented Nationals, or the smart, tough Cards or even past the fast-rising Pirates. I wouldn't bet against the Giants, and I'll be cheering for Bochy, the players and Brian Sabean, while continuing to despise their ownership and executive management.
To: AnotherUnixGeek
I agree. Once they moved into their new ballpark and it was obvious they would draw well even in off years, they should have let go of their South Bay hold.
Part of this may stem from the fact that Giants ownership got stuck with bill to design, build, and pay for their current ballpark. The city of San Francisco did little to fund the ballpark, and even allowing them the site to build barely passed a vote.
It's why I rarely associate the Giants with the city of San Francisco. Those outside of California, particularly conservatives, do. But that's rarely the case for those who live here and are outnumbered.
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posted on
10/16/2014 10:49:12 PM PDT
by
CatOwner
To: wac3rd
Whazza matta? Gotta bad case of the Dodger blues? Hee hee hee!
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posted on
10/16/2014 11:10:13 PM PDT
by
Sivad
(NorCal red turf)
To: kik5150
Too bad, I wanted another I-70 series.
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