Giants VS Cardinals

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Originally Posted by itjclarke

I'm still drying off after last night! This has been by far the most resiliant team I've ever rooted for. To respond to other comments, people who've watched baseball in this timezone and in this town know Cain has been a rock ever since he came up at age 20. He suffered through 2 years of the worst run support in baseball.. stayed mentally tough, focused and never wavered. There are some guys who are far better than their stats show (Cain) and rise to the occasion at the right time, and some guys aided by great run support and the freedom of consistantly pitching from ahead, who aren't necessarily as good as their stats say. Cain is much more than a 6 inning guy. Until the latter part of this year, he and the rest of this staff had been consitantly going deep into games, and he's got a nice streak of 200+ inning years. The whole starting staff hit a bump in the road toward the end of the year and into this postseason, but I think their best performances are ahead. Either way, it's still fun to see them still fly under the national radar, winning games the right way and as a team. Star power doesn't win (Angels, Dodgers, Yanks, Marlins, others prove that). I'm psyched for a great series and can't wait to be at the yard to see Zito's 85 MPH guts and guile up against Verlander's 99 MPH gas. They may not get to Verlander, but as always with this team, no one will play scared or intimidated.

Gotta love you 'frisco guys...God love ya!

Funny how you mention that star power doesn't win...but how many World Series do the star powered Yankees have? Sometimes being excited about your team making the World Series takes you out of reality. I'm excited for the Tigers and the Giants and it should make for a great series, but I think even the Giants are suprised they made it this far...did you see Pence's interview after the game? He was amazed at what happened...like most people are. I have a good feeling the Tigers aren't going to be so forgiving like the Red's and Cardinals were.