by Arlos » Thu Oct 30, 2014 4:22 pm
It wouldn't be a Giants' postseason without one extra little bit of torture... I was watching the game by that point, and when that happened, every single Giants fan (including myself) was either running around the room screaming crazily with their arms flailing about in panic, or just collapsed on the floor in the fetal position rocking back and forth. (Or at least did one of those things mentally)
Just absolutely ridiculous by Bumgarner, who now has an ERA of 0.25 in the World Series, a postseason performance that many (including Curt Schilling) are calling the greatest postseason performance in the history of the game, AND 3 rings before his 26th birthday.... Like the talking heads said, you know historic greatness when you see it, and we sure as fuck saw it this series from Bumgarner.
I'm really curious to hear Xaivier's thoughts on this series, if he is still paying any attention to this forum at all.
Also, Brin, at least in the Giants' case, they've built this dynasty (if you want to call it that) on completely homegrown players. Sure, there's a few people they got through free agency, there always is, but look at the core elements: Bumgarner, Panda, Posey, Brandon Belt, etc. You can even add in players from the previous wins that didn't factor into this one, like Lincecum, Matt Cain, Brian Wilson, etc. I dunno about you, but I think you can look on a dynasty differently if it's a team that grew organically, rather than a situation where someone just tried to buy their way into a super-team.
-Arlos
PS. Speaking of free agency, the Giants damn well better re-sign Panda....