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Tag Archives: World Serious
‘Break Up The Giants!’
The hardworking staff, which grew up in New York during the ’50s, never hated the Giants for moving to San Francisco in 1957. We outsourced that to our relatives in Queens, the same way we let our cousins in Brooklyn … Continue reading
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Tagged Detroit Tigers, NLCS, NLDS, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Giants, World Serious
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Let Timmy Smoke (‘Em – Again!)
What the hell, right? The San Francisco Giants pitchers are doing to Detroit hitters in the World Serious what Tigers pitchers did to Yankee batters in the ALCS. That is, shut them down. Game 3 box score: Oh, yes – … Continue reading
“Let Tim Smoke”
That’s exactly what San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum did in the World Serious, although the slogan actually refers to Lincecum’s pot bust last year, as New York Times reporter Tyler Kepner has noted: Lincecum dresses in the space that … Continue reading
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Tagged New York Times, Roger Angell, San Francisco Giants, Tim Lincecum, Tyler Kepner, World Serious
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How About Them Jints? (World Serious Champion Edition)
The lovably misfit San Francisco Giants, the postseason team least likely to win the World Serious, did just that Monday night. In the process, they once again (after cuffing him around in Game 1) made Texas Rangers ace Cliff Lee look … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Wilson, Cliff Lee, Edgar Renteria, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Tim Lincecum, World Serious
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Damn Yankees! (2010 ALCS Edition)
Dude, can the Yankees please get a mercy rule for the 9th inning of their games? I understand why Sergio (The Human White Flag) Mitre was on the mound for the final frame of last night’s beatdown by the Texas … Continue reading
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Tagged 1962 Yankees Giants, ALCS, Dorothy Parker, mojo, New York Yankees, nojo, one C.C. of Sabathia, Texas Rangers, World Serious
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