As rain pounded the field in the ninth inning, second baseman Marco Scutaro spread his arms and looked to the heavens. As the water soaked his face, he beamed a 100,000-watt smile.
Moments later, he looked up again. This time his ticket to the World Series, a Matt Holliday popup, was falling his way. As Sergio Romo bounced on the mound like a kid on a pogo stick, Scutaro squeezed his glove and the Giants had a most improbable pennant.
Down three games to one in the National League Championship Series, they dominated the Cardinals over the final three games and bulldozed the defending World Series champions 9-0 Monday night.
Tip of the cap to the Giants. They put it to my boys and no mistake. I’m going to be pulling for the Tigers in the Series though. It’s a Midwestern thing. 🙂
I believe that the peoples of the world are, tonight, donning Tigers caps.
Hyperbole? Not in a billion gazillion years.
Bring it. I don’t know that any of us really thought our boys would make it this far, but make it they did. At this rate we could be three games down to Detroit and it would make no difference. Cincy, St. Louie, and now Detroit. Maybe it [i]is[/i] a Midwestern thing. Go Giants!