SFPD: 36 Arrested For 'Trashing San Francisco' After Giants' Series Win
The city of San Francisco cleaned up Monday after World Series celebrations turned rowdy and violent in a few neighborhoods, leading to the arrests of dozens of revelers.
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The city of San Francisco cleaned up Monday after World Series celebrations turned rowdy and violent in a few neighborhoods, leading to the arrests of dozens of revelers.
It ended the only way it could have ended after this postseason run, with one of baseball's oldest franchises planting its flag as baseball's newest measuring stick.
One by one, Justin Verlander, Prince Fielder and Miguel Cabrera fell short in the season's final test.
The SF Giants may be under the radar, unappreciated and unexpected. But they're unassailable, the winner of two World Series titles in the last three years.
While a majority of San Francisco Giants fans had to stay in the Bay Area to watch and cheer their team, many made the trek to Detroit to see their team win the World Series.
Jeremy Affeldt was first. Then Santiago Casilla came on and got the ball to Sergio Romo, who closed it out for San Francisco.
What a thrill for Giants fans: the team clinched its second World Series win in three years, after winning Game 4 in Detroit with a 4-3 victory. It's the team's second World Series win in three years, and especially thrilling this time around considering the Giants swept the Tigers this time around.
For the second time in three years, the San Francisco Giants have won the World Series. They'll be coming home from their sweep in Detroit to a ticker tape parade on Wednesday, October 31st. That's right. Halloween! It couldn't be a more perfect day to celebrate Orange October.
Full disclosure: I am a Giants fan. It's a lifetime deal; I have as much Johnnie LeMaster and Frank Linzy in my DNA as I do Pablo Sandoval and Sergio Romo. I have the ticket stubs, season-ticket invoices, blankets and Croix de Candlestick to prove my oft-misplaced loyalty.
Game 4 was the most exciting game of the World Series – a back-and-forth affair that took 10 innings to decide. In the end, though, the result was the same: a Giants victory. Here are five things you didn't know about the game.
Police in riot gear attempted to disperse crowds of people in the Mission District where several large piles of burning debris were dotting Mission and Valencia streets hours after the San Francisco Giants' World Series victory against the Detroit Tigers Sunday night.
Nearly knocked out in the playoffs time and time again, and finally pressed by the Detroit Tigers in Game 4, Pablo Sandoval and the San Francisco Giants clinched their second title in three seasons Sunday night.
As the Giants put the pedal to the metal and try and close out this World Series in Detroit, their manager has a pretty good personal World Series history here in Detroit.
While the average fan won't notice his impact, true Giants fans have realized how vital Gregor Blanco has been to his team's success.
The Detroit Tigers scratched catcher Alex Avila from their starting lineup for Game 4 of the World Series on Sunday and replaced him with Gerald Laird.
A string of outstanding pitching performances has pushed the San Francisco Giants to the brink of their second World Series title in three years.
You know how many teams in the last 46 years have thrown two shutouts in a single World Series? Two. The 2010 Giants, and now the 2012 Giants.
The Giants took a commanding lead in the World Series last night, going up 3-0 after defeating the Tigers by a score of 2-0 for the second straight game. Here are five things you didn't know about the game.
Following the San Francisco Giants' 2-0 victory Saturday night against the Detroit Tigers in the third game of the World Series, San Francisco city officials plan to broadcast Game Four live in Civic Center Plaza on Sunday.
Miguel Cabrera had his chance with the bases loaded. Instead, he ended up standing alone near third base with his hands on his hips. Another frustrating moment for the Tigers in a World Series filled with them.
Given the chance to pitch in relief, he's thrown 4 2-3 hitless innings against the Detroit Tigers and helped the Giants to a 3-0 lead with another outstanding outing in Saturday night's 2-0 win.
"You try to trick yourself into thinking it's another game, but you know what's going on," Matt Cain said. "Your mind and your body, they know what's going on. They know it's going to be a big game in the World Series.
Here they go again. The San Francisco Giants took advantage of early opportunities to score and delivered brilliant pitching as they shutout the Detroit Tigers 2-0 Saturday night in Game 3 of the World Series.
Both Detroit and San Francisco are fantastic cities with great Americans who are wonderful sports fans. As always in these things, many pundits and commentators try to argue which city is better.
"Am I OK with it?" Bochy said Saturday afternoon before Game 3. "Not really. It's where the game has changed."
