we win!!!!

There are a lot of things to talk about with this win - how long the fans have waited, how quirky the team is, the genius manipulations of Bruce Bochy (a man with one emotion during a game - emotionless!).  But to me the real story of this team is that in an era where so much is driven by greed and ego and profit and endorsements and a sense of entitlement, these guys play because they love baseball and each other and their fans.

Can you think of a member of  this team who doesn't - in the first minute of an interview - begin immediately singing the praises of a teammate, minimizing their own contribution, shouting out to the fans. In the best possible way watching the Giants is like watching an unbelieveably talented high school team (and not just because a couple of our stars are barely out of high school) who are on the diamond because they can't imagine being anywhere else. Watching them you forget about the exorbitant salaries,manipulative agents, and whining prima donnas that too often are the story in the sport.  The East Coast elites who've dismissed this team all season missed the real story of this club, and an incredible opportunity to watch first rate, old school baseball in the process.

They should go ahead keep dimissing us.  Laugh at the beards, keep up the mock outrage over pot smoking in the bleachers, belittle the offense.  We've got the trophy.  But even better, unlike those cynics, we had us some fun.  Torture.  Mostly fun.  Is it spring training yet?