To think that I lived to see the Chicago Cubs -- perennial underdogs to the point that sci-fi authors often use their losing ways as a punchline or a sign that you're in an alternate universe -- win a World Series ( Read more... )

Another even year, another improbable San Francisco Giants playoff run? So it would seem.

I'm having a harder time getting excited about the post-season than usual. I suppose familiarity might be the culprit -- I've seen several great articles (here's my favorite, from Claire McNear at The Ringer) about why even Giants fans might be feeling a ( Read more... )

I really did not think they would pull this off. But they did. Yay, Giants! Yay, Madison Bumgarner!

Parade Friday, I hope I can go.

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1. THE GIANTS WON THE WORLD SERIES OHHHHH YEAH. After two of the most stressful and exciting playoff series I can possibly imagine -- you should have seen me jumping up and down on the couch when they came back from 0-2 to beat the Reds in the NLDS, and Barry Zito's start in Game 5 of the NLCS to shift the momentum against the Cardinals was a thing ( Read more... )

Once again, I wasn't sure if they could do it, although given that they managed it last time, this time I had a little more faith. I missed the game, sadly, because this hotel room has no television, so I don't have quite the sense of reality I would if I'd seen the boys jumping up and down on the pitchers mound and spraying champagne on each other ( Read more... )

( Disbelief and bouncy glee behind the cut. )

The first game of the Giants vs. Reds playoff series is today. T was curious about how much tickets were going for, so we checked StubHub for the heck of it, and there were still seats available, and they weren't nearly as expensive as we thought they would be... so we jumped on it ( Read more... )

With everything else going on, I keep neglecting to mention another thing that has a good foothold on my attention: baseball. The Giants are on a roll, while the Dodgers (sorry,
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Matt Cain -- cornerstone pitcher for the SF Giants, my favorite player of all time, and all-around great guy -- just threw the first perfect game in Giants baseball history, and only the 22nd one in Major League Baseball.... everI literally cannot think of anyone more deserving ( Read more... )

Not ganked from anyone this year; I just felt like doing it.

Take the first line from the first post of each month, and that's your Year in Review.*

January: Drove up north today to have lunch and exchange gifts with my parents and brother.

February: I regret to report that Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today, thereby predicting six more ( Read more... )