Congrats To All The Giants In Bruins Nation

This team was amazing to watch all year. For the past two years, most Giants fans have wondered how much damage the pitching staff could do if they just got into the postseason. Well, the wondering has me a fantastic conclusion. It was great to watch it all unfold.

My Hate list goes $UC, Celtics, Giants….
But you are absolutely correct in that this Giant team is very much like that 88 Dodger team.
I also can admit, that was one impressive pitching staff.
Thats about all I can do…..

Congrats to all the Giant loving Bruins out there!!

After the whole Barry Bonds fiasco (and I Never really liked him) but my fam did, I was turned off but wanted to see them succeed without him abd after all that drama. San Francisco is a city of beauty, a romantic city at that, and I have very good memories taking trips up there with my mom and dad.

As far the haters, I grew up hating the As but I still wouldn’t wish ill will on them if they made it to the World Series. Same goes for the Dodgers, even after Manny came to la, and I don’t really like him either, I still want to see them do well, unless they’re playing the giants. Guess I am a conundrum when it comes to certain teams, but I will usually root for the Cali love, especially with all that east coast bias, blah blah blah

Let’s hope UCLA sports take a note from this team and focus on winning games with Maximum effort, despite all the nay sayers that said the giants couldn’t make it. They fought hard and persevered and that is what makes me so proud to be a fan!

GO BRUINS!!!

Nestor, thanks for putting up this thread. We all come here for a love of all things Bruin, but beyond that our favorites and preferences are pretty diverse. Growing up in the Bay Area, I rooted for both the A’s and Giants, but have grown closer to the Giants over the years. I was thrilled in 2002 and ultimately crushed when the Giants lost to the Angels. (Well played by the Angels, and they deserved it). This 2010 team was even more fun because 2002 always had the uncomfortable Barry Bonds situation. Most non-Giants fans complain about our rooting for him in spite of pretty obvious chemical enhancement. He was an amazing baseball player, and his steroid usage was actually the saddest part. He was so talented to begin with that he could’ve done extraordinary things on his own. Furthermore, he apparently created a tense and toxic atmosphere in the locker room.

On the other hand, this 2010 version of the Giants was much easier to root for. Young, homegrown pitching, a tremendous cast of interesting personalities, and a real never say die team. It was so much more fun to watch these guys play because it seemed so joyous. This is a special victory because of a special team. No asterisks needed!

Saw my first Giants game with my dad and brother when I was six. Dad passed over twenty years ago, but my brother and I were there for game 2, raised a glass (or four…) in his honor. Fantastic, beautiful feeling. And for my fellow Bruin fans (even you Giant haters…) I will say that I can’t wait for us to have a similar feeling here in Bruin-land. Because while victory almost always tastes sweet, it’s even more savory when it comes after so many years of frustration. The satisfaction of having hung in there with an underachieving team that finally wins the big one has got to be one of the greatest feelings a fan will ever experience. And we WILL have that experience as Bruin fans. The only question is when…

GO GIANTS. GO BRUINS!!

I saw the tail ends of the careers of the Willie’s (Mays and McCovey). I never really had strong feelings for the Barry Bonds team, but this year’s team was something special.

for UCLA championships in BB and FB

and for the McCourts to kick the bucket!…or sell the team, whichever comes first!!!

After a full season of close games and nearly missing the post season, we cruised through the World Series.

A total team effort, only our backup catcher missed out on getting some playing time.

Our pitching was outstanding, even Sanchez did well in game 3.

Somehow our bats came alive when we needed them, who would have thought Renteria would hit two home runs?

Even the umpires seemed to call all of the close plays our way. I don’t think that would have changed the outcome of the series but it’s a lot different compared to the calls the SPTR’s make nearly every game.

A lot of fans could learn about class from Giants fans. We gave Bengie Molina a great ovation when he was announced in game 1 and 2 because he helped us get there.

I was clapping out in McCovey cove.

By the way, I’ve been a Giants/49’ers fan since I was old enough to watch sports and I don’t leave a game until the last out has been made.

After hearing Matt Cain pitch 7 2/3 strong, I knew that the Giants had a great chance of winning the series in Texas. I paddled away very happy.

  That is the message I am taking from this. It might take some time to win a championship like 50+ yrs for Giants and the Blackhawks and almost such for the Saints. It might seem like that long for us Bruin Fans in BB.
   I watch locker room/post game celebrations to remind me what is the prize and why to endure when you dont win. And there was a lot of post game coverage for us in the Bay Area. Every channel almost the entire time at 11pm and channel 2(Fox) for like 2 hours after the game. Lots of screaming Giant fans outside shots.
   Congrats Giants fans!!! I feel a little regret of not being a fan despite being in your “market territory” of San Jose for all my life except of years at UCLA. But good to see it happen near here.

Obviously, I can’t stand the Giants. But I found it very hard to dislike this particular group of guys. They got it done the right way. It was a well-earned championship.

I’m a fan of UCLA, the Texas Rangers, and the Dallas Mavericks.

Needless to say I’m not sure I’ll ever see a team I cheer for win a championship again.