Post by hoyarooter on Oct 31, 2012 11:13:01 GMT -5
Two World Series trophies in three years for the San Francisco Giants. Is there a dynasty being built in the city by the bay? This is a different team that two years ago: the only starting position player that stayed the same was leading NL MVP candidate Buster Posey behind the plate. It is also a younger team: of the position players, Posey, Sandoval, Crawford, and Belt are all 26 or younger. Cain and Bumgarner are 28 and 23, respectively, and signed to long-term deals through 2017. Throw in the great bullpen, and this team has the potential to be in the World Series hunt every year for many years to come.
Another question: does anybody outside of the Bay Area care? I get annoyed when the World Series is routinely overshadowed on ESPN by regular season NFL games. All I know is that there's going to be one hell of a parade tomorrow, and we here in the city are starting to get used to it.
Record low ratings, so I guess not. Buster Posey deserves to be MVP, so I hope he gets it, but the Giants' second half and playoff MVP was without a doubt Marco Scutaro, who, let's face it has just been another journeyman throughout his career. Barry Zito's return from the grave also helped immeasurably.
These Giants don't impress me that much. I thought, and still think, that the Tigers have better starting pitcihing, but the Giants starters outpitched the Tigers starters in the series. Also, you have to give the Giants enormous credit for coming back from triple elimination twice.