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The hairiest team in baseball!
Definitely stoked here tonight in San Francisco!
Bill
Please tell me when the city celebrates they aren't rioting or burning the city down. I've never understood that mentality when celebrating a teams win.
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It sure was a cliffhanger. Good defense kept the score 3 to 2. That triple by the Royals on an error by the Giants in the ninth almost gave me a heart attack, though. It is great they won, and I love the hair.
Scott
Since my Tigers didn't make it this year, I was behind the Royals (since I always root for the underdogs).
No skin in the game this year. Didn't watch any of the games (life too busy).
I was rooting for San Francisco too.
Do they have lots of long hairs? I've noticed with the Red Sox that the years when they had long hair and/or beards is when they
won. Sadly the Sox went from worst to first and then back to worst. (no beards this year?)
Saddens me that my team lost this series, but it has been a good year and an even better post season. It's been a great ride, but I hope the Royals don't wait another 29 years to play in the series again. That was just too damn long of a dry spell.
Oh, and KC has the best fans which is better than who wins the games. ;-)
Daniel
The Royals are an awesome team. Anyone who could drag the Giants through seven games and force them to win by one run on the other team's turf has got to be awesome!
Of course, today as we have our victory parade down Market Street, the entire nation will be wearing the Giants' colors, not those of the Royals. (Having orange and black for our colors and it being Halloween of course helps! The team has its victory parades on Halloween on purpose, of course. Even if, like today, it's supposed to rain.)
Yeah, I agree. Having lived in Boston, and on the north side of Chicago, I can feel your pain.
Great fans, and a team that appreciates them, make for a great combination for sure. I feel sorry for the teams I see playing home games in mostly empty stadiums. The Giants, the Red Sox, and the Cubs always pack 'em in, win or lose, but of course winning is better! Just about every Giants game is a sellout. The A's, who are across the bay and which you used to have, are a great team, but they just can't stoke that fan interest even when they are winning.
Every winning team has a unique strategy that creates a love affair between all the players and their fans. The Giants have been called "misfits" and the like, but they are our misfits, and we love them. The management lets the players all be individuals, and the payback they get is the players all fight like hell as a team when they are on the field. And of course, uniqueness is celebrated among a San Francisco fan base, so they are a good fit, misfits though they may be, here. We enjoy watching the Giants not just for the baseball they play, but also to share in all the fun they clearly are having!
And of course, unlike that team whose name starts with Y, nobody gives a damn how long their hair is.
In the last World Series victory parade, which drew a million people, hair could be seen everywhere on the floats, and one of the Hispanic players wore a T-shirt that said, "I just LOOK illegal." He grew up a mile north of the Mexican border. People here just ate it up. Fans of the team whose name starts with Y would have been appalled.
Bill
Apparently there is controversy in Kansas City, the contention being that if the base runner was flagged to got to home that he would have scored while the ball was bobbled in the outfield.
That play will be debated for months on end.
Like Tampa Bay. Even when Tampa won the World Series they still had an empty stadium from what I understand.
Just like the Red Sox in 2004 or the Red Sox last year.
The management lets the players all be individuals, and the payback they get is the players all fight like hell as a team when they are on the field. And of course, uniqueness is celebrated among a San Francisco fan base, so they are a good fit, misfits though they may be, here. We enjoy watching the Giants not just for the baseball they play, but also to share in all the fun they clearly are having!
Abosolutely. One thing I would mention with the Yankees I get the distinct impression the current owners hate baseball. George Steinbrenner loved baseball and took a troubled team to the top. But when Steinbrenner died his son took over and from
what I hear he hates baseball, the team, etc. That has to very much demoralize a team.
When folks fork over big bucks for tickets they care that the team wins, they don't care how long their hair is, whether they
have beards. In fact if the team wins they'll support them.
When the Red Sox won the World Series last year stores sold tons
of fake beards. It was great to see. There were even many women who collected and wore the fake beards. They even printed fake beards in the newspapers.
So the lesson for team owners, let your players be their own unique individuals. Last years Red Sox were a "working class" team with players who had their own unique personality. That is something the Yankees never had (except Derek Jeter).
"Gordita, fajita
Ooo I wanna eat a
Taco enchilada
Come on pretty mama
Why don't we all go
Derek jeters taco hole"
-from :Saturday Night Live"
So not only did the Royals make the Giants work their butts off, but we also displayed your colors when you succeeded.
Not surprising though. KC is a classy place.
Daniel
Cool! You've definitely got some great barbecue. I'm just glad you didn't barbecue the Giants!
That museum where you dug up that old steamboat is also really great! We really enjoyed that place when we were there.
Bill
It's November!
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Yeah, it is the opposite of orange and black.
Scott
Knowing you, Scott, you are seeing a scientific basis for this observation, instead of a basis based on baseball. [wink]
Bill