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Thoughts on the Giants and the World Series

Tue, 02 Nov 2010 12:36:11 +0000

Tim Lincecum and company simply dominated Texas.

Let me begin by saying congratulations to the San Francisco on an incredible World Series victory. It is the first title for the Giants in over 50 years and the first since the team moved to the Bay. The Giants dominated this series with incredible pitching, clutch hitting, and great defense. Behind the arms of Lincecum, Cain, Bumgarner, Wilson, and others, they dominated what was considered one of the most dangerous hitting clubs around.

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2010 World Series, Congratulations, Consolations, and Final Thoughts…

Jonathan Azares — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:55:53 +0000

I know that we’re a Tampa Bay Rays fan blog, but I am not above awarding credit where credit is due. With that said, I would like to extend my congratulations to the 2010 World Series Champions, the San Francisco Giants. As I mentioned in a previous post, as much as I wasn’t fond of either team I’m glad the Giants won. It’s amazing, despite baseball analysts, news reporters, fans, and forty-nine states predicting their demise, they defied all odds, polls, and statistics to pull off what seemed to be an improbable feat. They were in 4th place and 7 1/2 games out in July, then came storming back on the last day of the regular season, October 3^rd, to clench the NL West Division over the San Diego Padres. They went on to eliminate the Braves in Atlanta (3-1) in the NLDS, defeat the Phillies in Philadelphia (4-2) in the NLCS, and finished their run by besting Cliff Lee not once, but twice to beat the Rangers in Arlington, Texas (5-1) to win their first World Series title in over 50 years, ending a very long drought. They outclassed and outplayed the Texas Rangers in every facet of the game. It is amazing that a team made up of cut, leftover players from other teams throughout the league were somehow able to band together with the common goal of winning and win they did. They weren’t always pretty to watch, but they did it and are now the undisputed World Champions. As confetti falls in San Francisco, and the final game officially over, let’s take one last moment in the 2010 major league baseball season to ask what can the Tampa Bay Rays learn from their failures and the success of others this season? (more…)

Giants dominate

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:40:57 +0000

Tim Lincecum will try to end the series tonight.

Hope everyone survived Halloween and didn’t eat too much candy (or drink too much). The Texas Rangers are in the middle of a nightmare right now facing elimination as they fell last night to the Giants. The 21 year old rookie, Madison Bumgarner dominated the now silent Texas offense. Bumgarner controlled everything with his breaking ball and located his fastball perfectly as Buster Posey did just enough to give the Giants the 3-1 series lead.

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