Last night the San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers in game 5 of the World Series in Arlington Texas. San Francisco has been waiting since 1954 to see their team come home as champions. They got within 7 outs of the title in 2002 only to lose to the Anaheim Angels. JT Snow, Jeff Kent and Barry Bonds couldn't finish their run the way they wanted in San Fran. Cody Ross, Buster Posey, Edgar Renteria, Madison Bumgarner, and Brian Wilson on the other hand managed to do the impossible. Not exactly house-hold names that came up big for the Giants this post season (other than Lincecum). Rookie Buster Posey played like a veteran, Cody Ross was on fire for all three post-season series and virtually carried their offense, and Edgar Renteria's heroic 3 run home-run in the 7th is what secured the Giants 4th win of the series and eventually won him the World Series MVP. The under the radar Giants pulled it off. The Rangers had their ACE going last night and had to feel good about their chances with him on the mound. Cliff Lee looked to avenge his game one loss, but Lincecum was just too good. Once again the 26 year old, that looks 17, out dueled the master of the post season and handed the Rangers their final loss of 2010.So what will happen next year? Will the Giants be contenders? And which team that nobody expects to contend has the best shot at going all the way?
Great post! My opinion of the Giants is that they are the typical cinderella story. I give them all the credit in the world, they deserve it, but will they do it again? I don't think so. It's one of those cases where you get all of the bounces and things just happen for you as a team. Now saying that, those bounces come to teams that work their !@#$% off all season long and who are rewarded. As I mentioned earlier the Giants will not repeat or even get close, but congratulations to them on their World Series win.
ReplyDeleteI dont like the Giants because Im an LA fan. I dont really love baseball either. I am glad baseball ended with a team winning that was a TEAM. Not a bunch of superstars with egos. Great for them. Great for baseball.
ReplyDeleteNot to be picky, but I'd recommend proofreading. :)
ReplyDeleteI dunno. The Padres will (hopefully) pick it up next year and finally reach their promise. The Rockies will continue to be good, but I don't see them as much of a threat, the D-Backs (heaven help us if they actually go through with the official renaming of the team from "Diamondbacks" to "D-Backs") won't be much good; and the Dodgers are in complete disarray. Really, I see it being between the Padres and Giants for the NL West title again.
What remains to be seen, of course, is how other divisions will stack up. The Braves are a huge wild card with Bobby Cox leaving. The Brewers just took Ron Roenike from the Angels. I don't think he'll have as much effect as, say, Joe Maddon with the Rays or Bud Black with the Padres, but it could be interesting.
All in all, though, it's hard to predict what will happen until the signing season and winter meetings get underway. Are the Giants a fluke? Are the Reds a fluke? Heck, is even Texas a fluke?
I enjoyed this postseason because some of the usual players were absent (save the Twins, Yanks, and Phillies).
Mark my words. Nationals. In. The. Playoffs.
I will await you at the noose in which you will lynch me.