I just want to use my blog to vent about my love for the San Francisco Giants (I have to specify the city because too many on the East Coast get confused with those football playing Giants of NY). If you are a Braves, Phillies, or, heaven forbid, Dodgers fan, I apologize (well, not the the Dodgers) but here we go. I LOVE MY GIANTS. Not only do I love the organization, but this team is truly something special. I have never seen this kind of chemistry, personality, and pure talent from any other team; except those who have won the World Series. It may sound crazy that this ragtag group of boys that was pieced together all throughout the season could actually be contending for a World Series championship yet alone win it, but it's real. It's happening. And I couldn't be more pumped.
I have always been a dedicated Giants fan: sticking with them after their heart-breaking, gut-wrenching, stab in the back loss to the Angels in seven games in the 2002 World Series (it hurts to write); cheering as loud as ever even after Barry Bonds...incident with steroids; and trying my best to defend them to obnoxious A's and Dodgers fans the past few years and insist/lie-through-my-teeth that they were the better team despite their abysmal performance on the field. So please don't ever think that I am a bandwagon fan. I love the Giants, I always have and I always will.
However, this year, I love them a little more. Over the summer I started to listen to KNBR (Giants Radio!) daily and really start to follow this little team come together. We are quite lucky in the Bay Area to have such an amazing radio/television network to follow our Giants, and I couldn't be happier that I became a dedicated listener. Kruk and Kuip with John Miller and Dave Flemming; doesn't get much better. Anyways, I started watching games daily, checking the scores, listening to chatter on the radio, and I just LOVED it all. This team did not have a lot of big name stars (they are big names now after their incredible run in the playoffs) and they were just getting it done while having fun.
It was never easy though. The slogan that Kuip came up with for the year that is oh so fitting is...Giants baseball: torture. And it is SO true. No matter how much the Giants are up by (or often how little), they will find a way to make it interesting. Fans bite their lip, pull their hat over their eyes, throw their head back and curse under their breath, as the the Giants let another lead slip away or wait until the last few innings to get going. It may shave a few years off of my life and raise my blood pressure, but I wouldn't have it any other way! That's how this team gets it done, and I'm alright with that.
This postseason has been absolutely amazing. Unfortunately, I had to go to this place called college that dragged me away from the city by the bay and I wasn't able to catch all the action leading up to the Giants' NL West victory (over SD on the last day of the season...you see what I mean by torture??), but I have been flaunting my orange and black as much as possible here in Bethlehem, PA! I've found about four other people too who don their Giants t-shirts, caps, or jackets, and we all wave/smile/nod our heads in approval at one another as we pass by. I love it.
I was happy enough that the Giants won their league and made the playoffs, but now they keep winning. They took down the Braves in 4 which was absolutely amazing because if I heard that chant one more time I would shove those foam tomahawks where the sun don't shine of any Braves fan in the vicinity. Then we got to the two-time defending NLCS champions Phillies, and I won't lie, I was very nervous. I must've forgotten that we are home to the best bullpen in the league and have a young man by the name of CODY ROSS. He has EXPLODED. The man is batting .348, has 7 RBIs, and 4 homeruns (3 in the NLCS alone) and essentially has gotten it done in the clutch with full confidence for the Giants. He is THE MAN. San Francisco will always love him. And now after solid pitching and key performances from just about everyone, as the Fox announcer put it: "The underdog Giants are one win away from the World Series..." Chills.
So, here's a thank you to all of the 2010 Giants: Juan Uuuuribe (game-winning sacfly tonight. awesome.), Freddy Sanchez, Andres Torres, Mike Fontenot, Edgar Renteria, Pablo Kung Fu Panda Sandoval (I don't really hate you even though I might have said it once or twice), Aaron Rowand, Pat Burrell (you're much better off here than in Philly), Timmy (you are just awesome Cy), Matt Cain, Jonathan Sanchez, Madison Bumgarner, Brian Freaking Wilson, Mota, Ramirez, Ishikama (#10), Whiteside, Scheirholtz, Romo, Lopez, Casilla, Affeldt, and of course Aubrey Huff (you and your red thong are amazing) and my personal favorite, Buster Posey (you are just the cutest and so freaking amazing I can't believe it).
You boys are awesome. Keep this going and know that you have the entire city of San Francisco and all the Giants supporters around the world (including a huge fan in Bethlehem, PA!) behind you who believe in you 100%. 5 more wins.
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