Giants are approaching modern day dynasty territory.

Let's not get hyperbolic here.

Shit, that BS ball 4 call to Austin Jackson comes back to bite the Giants.

That was a routine popup.

See Tigers, nobody dies when you score.

Blanco swings at ball 4 and Belt gets thrown out. Bochy's getting a little too excited here.

See Tigers, nobody dies when you score.

There's no Dennis Hopper threatening a bus full of nuns and school children in Detroit?

SI

BUSTER POSEY!

MVPosey baby!!!

Maybe it happens a lot, but when's the last time MVPs played each other in the World Series?

Okay Bochy. Get the bullpen in. Cain is to succeptable to the fly ball which is not good on a night like this.

Maybe it happens a lot, but when's the last time MVPs played each other in the World Series?

Gibson/Conseco in 88?

Delmon Young? Really? This should be Cain's last inning.

Okay Bochy. Get the bullpen in. Cain is to succeptable to the fly ball which is not good on a night like this.

Yep. Called that one. :rant:

Yeah, that's on BORK. RF is like a vortex right now.

Tiger fans, does RF ever play like this usually or just today?

Only saving grace at the moment is that this will likely turn into a battle of the bullpens.

Interesting "God Bless America" there...

Nothing like having your harmony person louder than the other three combined

For the love of God, can he force them to sing Take Me Out to the Ballgame rather than something about him blessing America?

SI

I'm biting fingernails.

So what's Coke's longest outing? I doubt Leyland wants to use anybody else left in the pen.

Here we go. This could be it

SI

of course he did!!!

I'd really like to watch another game or two, C'mon Tigers don't let baseball season end!

I'm terrified, stil. Cabrera is coming up.

SCUTARO!!!!!! This is nuts. I can't believe they are 3 outs from winning a second World Series in 3 years after going the first 29 years of my life with none.

Hello Mr. $cutero.

How much money has he made this post season?
The guy is amazing.

of course he did!!!
Yes. Yes he did.

SCUTARO!!!!!! This is nuts. I can't believe they are 3 outs from winning a second World Series in 3 years after going the first 29 years of my life with none.

44 for me.

Glen, never knew you were a Giants fan.

Damn that is nasty.

Congrats Giants Fans!

Congrats to Giants fans

YES! YES! YES!

THE GIANTS WIN! THE GIANTS WIN!

Glen, never knew you were a Giants fan.

Yup my father raised me right.

Disgusting.

The better team won though.

Wish we had a longer World Series out of this but congrats, Giants fans

SI

Woo hoo! Congrats to the Giants. The NL wins again!!

Disgusting.

The better team won though.

+1. Losing is one thing, but this was a virtual shameful overall performance from the Tigers. Congrats to the Giants though.

Thanks guys, appreciate all the good natured ribbing here. I would have been a far far worse loser. 4 months until pitchers and catchers report!

Congrats to the Giants. Great work this post season.

Congrats to the Giants on 2 World Series in 3 years! Great season and post-season!

Operation Redemption Zito complete.

One more thing and I'm done in this thread.

I have nothing nice to say. So.......

The ending was absolutely perfect. Romo versus Cabrera. 2-strike fastball down the heart of the plate freezes him as everyone in the world KNEW it had to be a slider away.

This will probably go down as the best baseball season of my life.

-Matt Cain's perfect game.
-Buster Posey healthy and miraculously BETTER than his rookie season.
-4 consecutive shutouts, including a series shutout of the Dodgers.
-Ryan Vogelsong continuing his triumphant return to Major League baseball and proving it on the biggest stage after a late-season slump.
-The Giants basically winning the All-Star Game by themselves.
-Buster: Batting title, probable MVP, Grand Slam in the NLDS clincher against the hated Mat Latos, and a huge 2-run Home Run in the World Series clincher.
-Barry Zito pitching an absolute GEM to stave off elimination in the NLCS, then pitching another fantastic outing to out-duel Justin freaking Verlander in game one of the World Series.
-The absurd comebacks in both the Divisional Series and the Championship Series.
-Pablo Sandoval's 3 Home Run game, and World Series MVP.
-Tim Lincecum rising from the ashes of his season to be a long relief genius.
-The awesomeness that is Marco Scutaro.
-Sergio Romo getting some recognition for being every bit as good as Brian Wilson, if not better.

Sooooooo many amazing stories. It's insane to think that this could possibly be a better season than 2010. It can't obviously compare, because of the whole "first World Series win in San Francisco" thing...but it does. Amazing.

Dola

Great season for the Tigers. They happened to run into a buzz saw at exactly the wrong time. Between their hitters being cold and the Giants' pitching being on point, there wasn't much they could have done.

I almost wish the Yankees had beat the Tigers now, as it really wouldn't have made a difference here and we would have seen a hurricane screw up a World Series.

Game 4 could have been moved to an earlier time, but game 5? How do you do a game 5 with no public transit and a HUGE hurricane hitting?

Congrats to the Giants and their fans and condolences to the Tigers and their fans. Seeing the Tigers struggle so badly, I don't feel so bad about my Cards struggling against the Giants...okay maybe I still do. :)

Congratulations Giants fans!!! Wow.. what a run!

Congrats to Giants fans. When I was there at the end of June, I met some really cool fans at the park and surrounding areas. If I'm not rooting for the Reds, I'm rooting for the Giants. Seems like a great organization.

Congrats, Giants and fans. Assholes. :D

(Signed, bitter fan of non-title-winning team) ;)

I really appreciate the Giants sweeping the Tigers. We only had to endure Joe Buck for 4 games....whew!

Oh - the baseball season was still going on?? Yawwwwnnn ;)

'grats to the Giant fans on the board..

Woohoo!

I spent the entire day (and night) Saturday in San Francisco for a friends bachelor party. I didn't go to sleep at all Saturday night, which meant I was operating for nearly 48 consecutive hours without sleep by the time game 4 started last night.

It was great to see Posey finally do something huge with his bat during the WS. I was afraid he was going to finish out the series similar to how Pat Burrell did the 2010 series...practically zero contribution. Cain didn't bring his A game yesterday either, or his B game for that matter. From the 4th inning thru the 7th, he was lobbing grapefruits over the plate to almost every single Tigers hitter, including all of the big boppers. I'm honestly surprised the Tigers weren't teeing off on him all game long. Whew!

I couldn't be happier about the Giants this season. I was a big Freddy Sanchez fan, but if anyone were going to replace him, I would want it to be Marco Scutaro. I'm also an unabashed Zito supporter, and to see him erase a half-dozen years of shite by almost single-handedly propelling this team into the Series...it's almost like poetry.

Great game last night, and many thanks to all the classy Detroit Tigers fans here and in San Francisco this weekend. You guys never talked smack in bad taste, nor did you blame bad bounces or take away credit from the Giants. Congrats on your great season, and I will gladly meet you guys back here next year for a rematch.

Cheers!

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Mind. Blown.

Yes, you can give a high five to a giant shaving cream bottle while having a panda chainsaw the head off of a tiger!

SI

That is one fantastic piece of cinema.

Mind. Blown.

+1

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Am I dreaming

Least watched World Series ever.

Average viewers just 12.7 million, down 23% from last year, worse than the previous low of 13.6 million for the Phillies-Rays in 2008.

World Series ratings least-watched on record - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/world-series-ratings-least-watched-180012324--mlb.html)

Went grocery shopping today and saw last week's SI issue up with Cabrera on the cover proclaiming to fear his awesomeness. Kind of sucks to see your team bounced before the weekly sports mag can be replaced.

Least watched World Series ever.

Average viewers just 12.7 million, down 23% from last year, worse than the previous low of 13.6 million for the Phillies-Rays in 2008.

World Series ratings least-watched on record - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/news/world-series-ratings-least-watched-180012324--mlb.html)

Would have helped if it was more than 4 games

SI

I spent all of yesterday in SF for the Giants parade. It was an incredible experience in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, just like 2010.

In 2010 the players went by on slow-moving cable cars. This year the players were in the back of fast-moving regular cars, which was disappointing to anyone who wasn't in the very first row. I'd say 80% of the 1 Million people at the parade didn't see a single player because of this rather odd decision. Still, the experience and buzz around the city was incredible. The smell of prop 19 was in the air, and it was lovely. After the parade was over, my Wife and I walked down the middle of Market street all the way to the bay with a half-million other Giants fans.

For those of you that are friends with me on Facebook, I posted a video of the crowd singing along to "Lights" just before the parade started up.