And their fans. The town and the whole region certainly deserves it after what went down earlier in the year.

I wonder though, now that the curse is really, most sincerely gone, if that somehow makes the team less special, especially to those who were super-invested in "the curse." Now they're just a team that wins sometimes (YAY) and loses ( Read more... )

For those who've been following me on LJ going back to 2005 and 2006, or anyone who happens to know me in real life, my Lance loathing will come as no surprise.

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Voters Shut Out Hall of Fame Candidates

For the first time since 1996, no players received the necessary 75 percent of the votes from baseball writers, a rejection clearly linked to misgivings about the sport’s steroids era.

San Francisco is going BATSHIT CRAZY!!!!

I'm having one of my more imperfect atheist moments right now. Dear God, please let me be wrong about the election.

Or why I'm not rooting for the Giants to win the World Series.

( Warning-Politics and mishegas ahead )

They actually pulled it off? Holy. Fucking. Shit ( Read more... )

Despite being right here in San Francisco, I’ve avoided mentioning Barry Bonds. For one thing I’m not that much of a baseball fan. My sport is American Football, although I’ve picked up a bit on Soccer and professional cycling over the last few years. But Barry-mania is pretty hard to avoid right now ( Read more... )