October 24, 2012
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BRING IT.
The Daily News
1 Who’s down?2 The Giants in six.
3 The final score?
4 94-88.
5 That’s the win differential between these two teams.
6 I said it the other day and I’ll say it again: It is the Giants v. Verlander.
7 The Tigers’ have not hit in the playoffs; their fielding is at best suspect, and their pen useless.
8 The Giants are home after a perfect record in elimination games. It’s raining.
9 Their starting pitching seems to be back, especially with the gem Zito pitched that got us here. If Zito faulters, they have a bullpen that is the best in the majors.
10 The weather and the stadiums favor pitching.
11 Am I worried?
12 Of course I’m worried, but I’m just glad to be one of the last two teams standing, AND part of a team that sent the mighty Cardinals home with their tails between their legs.
13 So I’m going to put myself out there and say Giants in six, despite all the East Coast propaganda and odds.
14 We are a better team.
15 We are in our second World Series in three years.
16 That was no accident.
17 This team is primed. This team is coached by Bochy.
18 This team won 94 games without depending on a designated hitter.
19 That team won 88 games with designated hitters.
20 That might not seem like much, but in baseball, a six-game differential is significant.
21 I’m going with the orange-and-black.
22 It’s WAY into the ‘Tober and we’re still playing baseball.
23 Why stop now?
24 It’s just beginning to become fun. It’s pouring. My backyard is drenched.
25 Don’t stop believing.
26 Moving On, Part One: At yesterday’s preview of Midsummer, a parent came in looking for his daughter.
27 His name?
28 Mr. Zito.
29 Particles man.
30 I’m telling you.
31 Moving On, Part Two: Garbage trucks.
32 Each morning on KNBR’s Murph and Mac morning show, our two morning radio guys put in a call to Either Duane Kuiper or Mike Krukow. During one of the bad morning’s of the Cincinnati series, Kuiper was around three or four blocks from his hotel freezing his ass off, and probably not really in the mood to be talking outside on a cell phone.
33 At one point, when all hope was lost, a garbage truck drove by making it almost impossible for Kuip to hear.
34 It became a sort of odd sign of hope for the Giants. Shortly thereafter, garbage trucks in the streets seemed to be a signal that the Giants were well on their way to a World Championship.
35 Last week it happened again, and again they fought back like heroes.
36 It is the most inside of all the inside jokes, because their was a feisty madness to a guy freezing after a terrible game, and seeing hope in the streets of the enemy. It was like Kuip was looking for some real symbol of hope, like a dove or something, and this smelly garbage truck drove by, drowning out his ability to even hear his cell.
37 Ever since then, they have hoped for garbage trucks, cans, barges, etc.
38 It was almost like they were tired of all that garbage in Cincy, and then in St. Louis.
39 So let’s all pray that a garbage truck drives by in San Francisco.
40 I’ll be listening, that’s for sure.
41 Gottago.
42 Giants 94, Tigers 88.
43 That is all I have to say.
44 We will get by.
45 We will survive.
46 Peace and keep the vibes flowing!
~H~
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