It Had to Happen Sometime

As a baseball fan and particularly a fan of the National League (screw those AL namby-pamby DH-using sissies) I'm happy to see the Senior Circuit show such dominance in this World Series. Pitching really does (really does) win the World Series. That the Giants were the best and most deserving team this year can no longer be doubted by anyone, even a Dodger fan like myself. They were clearly a better team than the Rangers, and to any who might downplay that feat, remember they beat Cliff Lee twice. Remember that the Rangers beat the World Series defending Yankees, and the Giants beat the defending National League Champion Dynasty-In-The-Making Phillies. No easy feat for either team.

So it's over. The San Francisco Giants are the World Champions of Baseball for the first time ever. They worked hard, they played tough, they earned every bit of it, as angry as that makes me (which anger, I acknowledge fully, is borne completely from jealousy).

While I cannot wish the Giants any sort of congratulations or goodwill on their monumental achievement, I do look forward to welcoming the defending champions to Dodger Stadium next year, where the joy I normally get in watching the Orange and Black go down in defeat will be multiplied. The score is now tied at 6-6, and with any luck the Dodgers and Giants will get to battle it out for the chance to attain #7 in next year's NLCS.

In closing, San Francisco is a wonderful and proud city and extremely deserving of the spotlight shining on them right now. I just wish it it didn't have to come by the arms and bats (?!) of the Giants.

Goodnight.