San Francisco Treat GIANTS WIN WORLD SERIES

[cal04]

Source: Associated Press

Tim Lincecum, Edgar Renteria and the San Francisco Giants won the World Series on Monday night, beating the Texas Rangers 3-1 in a tense Game 5 and taking the trophy home to the city by the Bay for the first time.

Renteria hit a tiebreaking home run off Cliff Lee in the seventh, and Lincecum pitched three-hit ball over eight innings, allowing Nelson Cruz's solo homer in the bottom half. Brian Wilson finished for his first Series save.

It was an overdue victory — the Giants last wore the crown in 1954, four years before they moved west. So much for a franchise that never quite got it done in October despite the likes of baseball giants Willie Mays, Barry Bonds and Juan Marichal. It's November, and now new names stand tall in San Francisco.

Read more: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/39959453/ns/sports-baseball/

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http://www.nytimes.com/

[Arugula Latte]

1. That's my City!

SUCK IT, Bush Crime Family!

[dana_b]

49. me too!! Woo Hoo!!!

so glad they did it.

[Divine Discontent]

59. Seeing B*sh's misery late in the game made my night, especially since it was at the hands of my

Quasi-wannabe-boyfriend, Tim Lincecum! 8 awesome innings of 3 hit ball, and B*shy sitting there all glum with his hand on his face like a sad sack was golden.

Congrats to San Francisco beating the Rangers, AND George DUBYA in his backyard! Like Timmy said, they wanted to
"shut them up" at home, love it!

[EFerrari]

69. Philly fans gay baited Lincecum and tonight he won the World Series.

Sweet.

[Divine Discontent]

71. really? wow. They're cool, huh? How SWEET then for him to win game 1 & 5 in the WS!!! Also, I did

notice his tone when he said that the team wanted to win in Texas to shut em up. Loved that. You know, as I do, how people mock things that are unique, or lovely, or interesting, and it is so FREAKin awesome for TIMMY to get these big wins and bag the WS for SAN FRAN... such a great way to win it with DUBYA sitting there forced to watch his team SUCK!

[EFerrari]

89. Here's a nice pic with the trophy

[dana_b]

102. great pic - and look at those guns! n/t

[CreekDog]

92. they whistled at him like he was a girl

i thought they were making fun of his long haired look.

but i don't think someone who is homophobic would be whistling at a guy.

[dana_b]

103. idiots

reminiscent of the 60s and 70s when more men wore long hair. It was infantile then and it's more so now.

[USA_1]

115. Long Hair For Men is Infantile?

Jesus was said to wear his hair long. Existing paintings of the early Christian era all have him wearing long dark hair. Was He infantile??

[dana_b]

117. no - the attitude that

men who wear long hair are "girly" and are whistled out. sorry if my post was confusing. :)

[USA_1]

121. Thanx for clarifying

:)

[EFerrari]

105. Sure they would, in the anonimity of a crowd. I went reading around

in the Philly papers and comments sections about the story last night. The comments were v.i.l.e.

In any case, I love that he pitched the winning game. Karma, baby.

[musette_sf]

72. +1K

[Divine Discontent]

74. I LOVED being in S.F. when I visited. Such a great place. EPIC win with Timmy sticking it to B*SH's

team in their own yard! You shut 'em up Giants, way to go!!!

[sakabatou]

2. Link to Unofficial Thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x9541634

[Drale]

3. What a story those Giants

Win the division on the last day of the season. Knock off Bobby Cox and the Braves, then mow through the damn Phillies, and now take the series from the other team that ESPN said had no chance to even make it past the NLDS.

[Skittles]

4. offering congrats!

Skittles in Texas :o

I will look at it THIS way: BLUE STATE BEATS RED STATE :D

[Marthe48]

11. Me too!

and hopin' it goes the same way tomorrow!

[tridim]

5. Smoke a fatty on the plane ride home Tim, you deserve it!

Rock on NL West! Let's see ESPN ignore us now.

[Ernesto]

20. works for me

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. Why do the announcers sound so bored?

Jesus, you don't have to be homers but put some feeling into it. It's the damn World Series.

[Ernesto]

18. Because they are FOX robot-whores and they know it.......... nt

[awoke_in_2003]

64. I feel that the home team announcers...

should call the games when played in their cities.

[musette_sf]

76. They only sounded bored

when SF was kicking ass, which was, like, constantly.

Their anti-SF bias was so plain. You could tell they were utterly crushed that the Rangers were getting, well, utterly crushed.

I listened to the first 2 games on KNBR 680 AM, so I could hear some announcing with some fucking ENTHUSIASM for the Giants.

[Lugnut]

7. What a team!

That was beautiful! Congrats to the SF Giants and their fans!

:applause:

[Taverner]

8. w00t!!!!!!!!!!!

[inna]

9. F'ng A!!!

too joyous for words (no, really, and I'm not into baseball)!!

:party:

[EFerrari]

10. wooHOOOOOoo!

:woohoo:

[myrna minx]

12. Well look at those San Francisco/Nancy Pelosi values at work.

:D

[AsahinaKimi]

13. Hummmm baby!!

GIANT PILE ON!!!



MVP EDGAR RENTERIA

[tilsammans]

14. yesss!!!!!

WTG, SF!!!

:applause:

[NBachers]

15. Yay Yay Yay Yay

Good Good Good Good

San Francisco Values Damn Straight!

The San Francisco Giants- "Team Democrat!"

[Ernesto]

16. Sorry chimp (NOT) nt

[Kadie]

17. Lincecum was awesome tonight.

Great game.

Congratulations Giants!

:bounce:

[Ernesto]

19. Let Tim Smoke.................. nt

[DinahMoeHum]

21. Suck on it, Bushies. . .

Congrats, Giants!

:toast::toast::toast:

[Old and In the Way]

22. Thanks San Fransisco!

Enjoy your well deserved reign as Series champs!

And a special thanks for ruining George W. Bush's night. You know this will bother him more than all of the misery he inflicted on this country for the past 8 years.

[musette_sf]

77. Yep.

I can't believe that amoral weebag had the nerve to show up ALL THREE NIGHTS. Can you imagine what security must have been like?

Thank you Giants for hanging loose.

And I hope Georgie has nightmares of Brian Wilson getting all martial arts medieval on him in a cage fight, for weeks to come.

[femrap]

97. I just turned on ESPN and caught the wrap

up of the WS...but I couldn't see W behind homeplate....someone here needs to find the 'sad sack' and put it on DU...I so want to see him sad and pouty.

Thx to anyone who knows how to do this...

[hamerfan]

98. He wasn't behind home plate

He was behind the Texas Rangers (first base) dugout. That sorry sack got WAY too much face time during the games. Hell, the whole clan did.

[femrap]

100. I'd love to see a picture

of him being all sad and whiny and pouty. I wish he would have cried on camera. If anyone would be a sore loser, it would be him. Probably had to go home and down a bottle of vodka.

Nice the Giants beat them on Texas soil.

[David Zephyr]

23. Like the California song says: Wipe Out.

Wipe Out.

[Duer 157099]

24. As much as I wanted them to win at home

Every time I saw the shrub in the stands, I wanted to make sure his evening ended shittily for him.

[awoke_in_2003]

65. there are a lot of Rangers fans...

that were sickened seeing him. Congrats, SF- you have great pitching.

[BrightKnight]

118. I would care a lot more if Cuban

owned them. He would have removed a lot of the political BS. Baseball should be about baseball.

[awoke_in_2003]

119. I don't think Bush...

is part of the Greenburg-Ryan ownership group. If Cuban did own it I don't think it would have made a difference. If a president or ex-pres asked to be at the game they usually get their way.

[AsahinaKimi]

25. KNBR annouces WEDNESDAY ticker tape Parade

Wednesday at 11am on Market Street to City Hall. ALL GIANTS FANS in the City!! Come to the parade and help SAN FRANCISCO celebrate!!

[EFerrari]

30. My mom has been waiting for this longer than I've been alive, lol!

And one of the announcers almost made me cry, ticking off all the names of the great players we've had over the years. Mayes, Big Mac, Orlando Cepeda, Juanito Marichal, the Clark(e)s, Dick Dietz, Robby Thompson, Chris Speier my 14 yr old crush, Matt Williams, two generations of Bondses, The Count, The Bird, Rollie Fingers, Tito Fuentes, so many!

:party:

[AsahinaKimi]

47. I attended every 49ER Superbowl parade ..

But, this will be different, I think. Its nice to know after all these years, the Giants have finally got a World Championship under their belt.

[femrap]

26. So sweet that the most progressive of

cities in the US beat W's old team, the Rangers. Sorry, but this is a political statement that I like.

eta: I had no idea that W was in the stands....oh, that makes it so much fucking sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeter!

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMY!

[elzenmahn]

54. Shrub was planted right behind home plate...

...aaaaah, a group of San Francisco Giants dancing right in Shrubbie's face.

That's a beautiful thing.

[calimary]

70. SWEET! Anybody got photos?

That's something I'd LOVE to see. Especially after today - just little things but frustration after frustration after frustration just kept adding up. And then of course there's all the damned doom-and-gloom in the election-eve coverage.

So THIS is MOST welcome! The whole blue state/red state game thing. MOST welcome.

But seeing dubya getting the bad news - that would be the cherry on the sundae.

[femrap]

96. Gee, I guess I better find out

what channel ESPN is on so I can look at the reruns....damn, that is so sweet. I bet W was pissed as hell....he probably had to go home and down a bottle of vodka!:evilgrin: :party: :toast: :bounce: :smoke: :woohoo: :applause: :rofl:

[Hawaii Hiker]

27. Congratulations San Francisco!! - Now don't party too hard tonight

need to vote for Brown and Boxer in a few hours!!, :woohoo: :woohoo:

[dana_b]

50. haha! surely you jest...

they were just showing the buses not being able to get through the streets and people on top of them. ALcohol free flowing.

[Hawaii Hiker]

56. How about Coke and Pepsi tonight, and hold off the booze til the parade

on Wed....Can't have fans too blasted, won't go to the polls Tues, lol...

[alittlelark]

28. We're #1, We're #1!!!!

Sorry....I'm here in the Bay Area

[hamerfan]

29. As an old Bay Area resident,

and an old SF Giants fan, ROCK ON!
I'm just glad they did it without Barry Bonds (sorry Bobby).

[villager]

31. Lifelong Giants fan and Bay Area ex-pat here...

...feeling very happy tonight!

Gee, would it be more apropos if I felt toasted!? ;-)

[Cali_Democrat]

32. BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

[HuckleB]

51. -1,000,000,000,000,000

:puke:

[elzenmahn]

55. Whatever!

...so how's Manny?

[dana_b]

67. Who???

who are these Dodgers you speak of??

:evilgrin: :party:

[hamerfan]

91. Trust me on this one,

I feel your pain!



GO GIANTS! :woohoo:

[michaelslomo]

33. The progressive bastion . . .

. . . defeats Team Bush! Could it be an omen? How sweet would that be!

[HuckleB]

34. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL GIANTS FANS!!!!!

:toast:

[senseandsensibility]

35. Wow

Happy here in the Bay Area. It will take some time to come down off of this. Great job by Lincecum and everyone!:toast:

[pinto]

36. Clang the cable car bells...!

:thumbsup:

[AsahinaKimi]

37. After earning a few of these...

All those cold nights finally paid off!

[Brother Buzz]

46. I never saw those awards but I put in my time

Late sixties, early seventies I spent many Friday nights in the right field bleachers. Ninety cents admission was big bang for the buck. We took sleeping bags to huddle in, it was that cold.

The crazy guy in our gang would strip his sweaters off down to his skin and start yelling to Lon Simmons up in the KSFO announcer booth, "HEY Lon, It's a shirtsleeve crowd tonight", then he'd quickly don his clothes and go over and purchase a hot cocoa before he turned blue.

It was cold, but we had fun.

[EFerrari]

52. My cousin was an usher there in the early 70s. How she took the cold

I don't know. She was a skinny little thing. :)

[CreekDog]

94. we kept warm by taking enough gear to supply the Iditarod

as all good Giants fans at the 'Stick knew! :rofl:

[EFerrari]

106. Yeah, but in seats, you huddle and keep warn.

Those ushers stand up in the wind and the fog the whole game. :)

[CreekDog]

93. they gave those out for extra innings at the 'Stick?

trying to remember. :)

[alp227]

38. I remember watching the Giants/Angels WS back in 2002

The Giants were leading the Series 3-2 and blew it when they traveled to Anaheim for the last 2 games. I was watching Game 7 at a local Red Lobster. 8 years later, what a breakout for my Giants! Now let's see what happens at the polls tomorrow.

[EFerrari]

40. Outscoring 29-12 with TWO shutouts in four games.

I can't believe it.

[dennis4868]

39. Why is MLB does the world series hardly ever go...

7 games....lately the majority of the series go 4 or 5 games (although last year it took the yanks to win it in 6 games).

[droidamus2]

41. Congrats Giants

I was born August 20th, 1954 which is about 1 month before the last time the Giants won the World Series. So I can truthfully say that I have waited my whole life for this and it feels great. I was born in Eureka on the North Coast of California and am a life long SF Giants fan. With the young pitching staff we have we may be visiting the playoffs on a regular basis for the next few years.

[Grassy Knoll]

42. Humm Baby......

[MilesColtrane]

43. Congratulations to the World Champion San Francisco Giants.

I hope we see you again real soon.

[cal04]

44. Pelosi:Congrats SFGiants!!! Phenomenal team effort Looking forward to my

http://twitter.com/#!/SpeakerPelosi

SpeakerPelosi Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Congrats #SFGiants!!! Phenomenal team effort, great pitching! #FearTheBeard RT @SFGiants: The @SFGiants are 2010 World Champs
1 hour ago

SpeakerPelosi Speaker Nancy Pelosi
Go #sfgiants! Looking forward to my pecan pie from @RepJoeBarton http://bit.ly/bzwncy #worldseries #themachine #FearTheBeard
27 Oct

[stevedeshazer]

45. +1 from Portland

LOVE the Giants, hate the Rangers...

YAY

[Renew Deal]

48. Congrats Giants Fans!

:yourock:

[EFerrari]

53. There are big crowds at Civic Center, in the Marina District

and by the ballpark. Rainbow crowds, real San Francisco. :loveya:

[AsahinaKimi]

60. I was tempted to go down town...

I will wait for Wednesday, for the parade. People dancing in the streets and on top of MUNI Buses, I will avoid.

[CreekDog]

95. The neighborhoods down here in San Mateo County got rowdy

after the NLCS and last night too.

fireworks, honking horns, happy people.

:fistbump:

[femrap]

99. Well....since I left my

heart in SF...I guess I'm there in spirit.

I attended many 49er celebrations. And I remember the MSM calling us a 'finesse' team...right. We finessed them all right...to 5 Superbowls.

So happy for SF and all the Giants fans. I'll get a t-shirt to remember this great win over W's team. DU could make some good bucks on a great design.

[pinniped]

57. Parade on Wednesday at 11:00am

[pinto]

61. Kick

:thumbsup:

[kas125]

58. Of course they won! No other team has ever had a tribute night

for Jerry Garcia. I have no doubt that it's the real reason they won, lol.

[awoke_in_2003]

62. From a Rangers fan...

congrats. We just couldn't figure out that pitching :(

[burning rain]

63. I blame Rick Perry for the Rangers' defeat.

.

[onehandle]

66. Good. Fuck Bush Country. (not Texas, but BUSH COUNTRY) nt

[girl_interrupted]

68. Congrats Giants! I Love this Team for 3 Reasons

#1 My late grandfather use to be a fan before they moved from NY, but he always kept up with them, I wish he could have seen this, he would have loved it! #2 My husband tells me Dave Righetti, one of your pitching coaches is a former NY Yankee, who pitched a no hitter on July 4, 1983, and how amazing that was. #3 You took it to the Bushs right in their own backyard! (stadium) In your face! Awesome!!!! Now that's San Francisco Values! I'm so happy for all of you! Enjoy your celebration tonite & all year long!

[AsahinaKimi]

73. Just a peek at whats going on at 3rd and King

http://twitpic.com/335ahx
Right next to the stadium.

[Luminous Animal]

75. Video of the celebration at 18th & Castro

Walgreens is on the corner so people were buying toilet paper and draping the electric bus wires with impromptu streamers.

It was beautiful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf8xqEkrt4M

[EFerrari]

78. LOL! Thanks!

[Luminous Animal]

80. It was great fun out there! After the buses went through the intesections,

they'd have long streamers of toilet paper hanging from the connecting rods!

[AsahinaKimi]

84. Awesome!

Woot!

[AsahinaKimi]

79. Sports Illustrated for the WIN

[AsahinaKimi]

81. Arnold makes it Political...

[AtheistCrusader]

82. I was actually sorta wondering why this was top of LBN the day DADT gets extended and the day before

the election... but whatever. I guess sports are pretty important.

[EFerrari]

83. This team hasn't won a series since they moved to San Francisco.

People have something to feel good about for a change.

[AtheistCrusader]

85. Some teams have never won. Who cares.

If the Mariners had won, I wouldn't care, today. It's unimportant.

[AsahinaKimi]

86. Uniportant to you...

This World Series has brought large money to Arlington and San Francisco, both cities who I am sure could use the extra cash to spread around. Its helped fill up a few Restaurants, given extra money to those who provide transportation, and have helped Hotels, in a time when few people are visiting, because of the poor economy. Not only that, but because both cities have received such publicity, it may bring back more tourists in the near future who will spend money and help our local economy.

[Skittles]

87. true

and I know here in Texas, well, it caused a lot of excitement getting that close - I just don't see a lot of excitement during these trying times - it was sorely needed, despite the outcome. They were good games and I see no hard feelings here. :)

[dana_b]

104. I care

they are a team that I grew up with and my late stepdad would be beaming like the sun if he were around. It was a good thing for our city, our economy and our spirits.

[JonLP24]

88. FWIW

This is the first time I've seen a Championship team on the DU front page. Usually these things are ignored on the front page.

[Scurrilous]

90. Congrats San Francisco.

:toast:

[ellie]

101. WOOT!

Way to go Giants!

[ProudDad]

107. I was hoping that they'd get back home and have the Sisters do the 7th Inning Stretch...

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence...







http://www.theabbey.org/

[Politicub]

109. Another reason why I *love* San Francisco

and want to move back!

:bounce:

[ProudDad]

112. Warning though...

It appears that S.F. also has a water problem...almost as bad as here in Tucson...alas!

http://finance.yahoo.com/real-estate/article/111186/the-ten-biggest-american-cities-that-are-running-out-of-water

[Politicub]

108. Awesome! I don't even follow baseball, but I'm thrilled for SF's home team!

Actually, I think I love all things San Francisco. :)

[proud patriot]

110. The Whole Bay Area is Celebrating

We are a buzzzzzzzzzzzzzz in orange and black

[nyy1998]

111. Congrats to the Giants! They played great!

[Hokie]

113. Congratulations Giants

And to the entire Bay Area, one of the jewels of this great country. The Giants are a founding franchises of all of baseball and have a storied history. Unfortunately, the last half century was pretty bleak. It is about time.

[riverbendviewgal]

114. So Cool I said the Giants would win

I still have the child's sun hat from the 1954 series my dad had attended and bought for me...

He was a big Giant's fan. He remained their fan when they moved to San Francisco.. His all time favorite player was Willie Mays....

If there is a heaven, my Dad, son and husband are shouting out and dancing the world series dance.

[USA_1]

116. Congrats to the Giants!

Bush throwing out the first ball was certainly the kiss of death for TexASS.

[PufPuf23]

120. I was born in 1953. The Giants last won in 1954.

My family parents and maternal grandparents were hard core Giants fans. Grandfather was less than mediocre pitcher signed with the SF Seals about 100 years ago.

I went to games every year in San Francisco from 1959 to 2003 and watch the Giants when I can now on satelite TV.

This is good for me. I went on rooters buses in 1962 for Dodger-Giant games and a playoff game in 1962, a very long wait.

I feel good for the vets and young players and their chemistry this year.