Pick-A-Side: Who Has The Best 'Hair' of The World Series?
We got Timmy, Wilson, Romo...Detroit has Fielder, Fister and Avila, but who really has the greatest odds in their favor for the best hair/beard? You make the call...
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We got Timmy, Wilson, Romo...Detroit has Fielder, Fister and Avila, but who really has the greatest odds in their favor for the best hair/beard? You make the call...
When San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy announced his starting rotation for the first four games of the 2012 World Series against the Detroit Tigers, former Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum was not on the list.
While the Fall Classic between the San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers pits clubs from two very different cities, the distinctive style and taste of each team's partisans also pours through the beer taps at their ball yards.
The way the Giants are scoring runs this postseason has been typical San Francisco style: unconventional.
Pablo Sandoval's historic achievement in Game 1 of the 2012 World Series will live forever in San Francisco Giants lore.
Starting on the road in the World Series is even more special for Doug Fister than taking the mound in Detroit this October.
After becoming the fourth player to hit three home runs in a World Series game, all eyes will be on Sandoval as the Giants host the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 on Thursday night.
The pitcher and the Panda couldn't have been a more unlikely combination, though by now it's hard to be surprised by anything with these Giants. What other team, after all, could start one former Cy Young winner, then put in another when the first finally ran out of the adrenaline.
Check out these five facts from Game 1 of the World Series that you may not have known.
On the pitch before he hit his record-tying third home run of the game, Pablo Sandoval lined a screaming foul back into the stands, straight toward the face of a disabled fan in a wheelchair.
There's no point trying to explain the Giants' Game 1 win over the Tigers. So let's spend some time reflecting on the remarkable paths taken by the Giants' three Game 1 heroes: Sandoval, Zito and Lincecum.
Left off the 2010 postseason roster, San Francisco Giants starter Barry Zito continues to win fans over as he wins Game One of the World Series.
Buster Posey can get comfortable in his squat behind home plate in the World Series.
Pablo Sandoval got the Giants off to a quick World Series start, homering in the first, third and fifth innings as San Francisco took a 6-1 lead over the Detroit Tigers in Wednesday night's opener.
This season, the southpaw won 16 games for the NL West champions but has struggled mightily in the playoffs with an 11.25 ERA.
