Fans Celebrate In The Rain After Giants Win NL Pennant
The streets of San Francisco filled up with wet, but happy baseball fans after the San Francisco Giants clobbered the St. Louis Cardinals to clinch the National League pennant.
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The streets of San Francisco filled up with wet, but happy baseball fans after the San Francisco Giants clobbered the St. Louis Cardinals to clinch the National League pennant.
Marco Scutaro looked up through the pouring rain, caught Matt Holliday's popup for the final out and punched his ticket to the World Series for the first time at age 36.
A unique pairing, too. Both franchises have been around for well over a century and are stacked with Hall of Famers - Willie Mays, Ty Cobb, Carl Hubbell, Al Kaline and many more - yet they've never faced each other in the postseason.
They haven't even made it there yet, but the San Francisco Giants are already putting some World Series seats up for grabs - albeit online, and only a very limited supply of tickets to the theoretical championship game were initially being made available.
Just four wins away from a return to the World Series, the Giants have a few reasons why they will represent the National League in the Fall Classic.
A Bay Area sailor is seeking thousands in award money after rescuing a drifting catamaran belonging to the French America's Cup World Series known as Energy, according to a report in the San Francisco Chronicle.
The wipe-out occurred as crews prepared for the AC World Series San Francisco this Wednesday. The America's Cup Race Village opens at Marina Green Tuesday, and boats will again be out on the Bay practicing, according to race officials.
San Francisco Giants outfielder Pat Burrell is ending his career in baseball, CBS Sports has confirmed.
John Madden says St. Lous Cardinals manager Tony La Russa is definitely ending his baseball career on a high note.
Saturday, October 26, 2002. The San Francisco Giants appeared destined to win their first World Series Championship, leading the Anaheim Angels 5-0 in the bottom of the 7th inning. You know the rest of the story. The Giants blew it and lost, 6-5.
San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh told me today that the team would look into re-signing players before the season ends. This season is unusual because of the work stoppage which forced free agents to sign last-minute deals, most for one year.
As a friend of Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, John Madden was routing for St. Louis to win Thursday night and send the World Series to a seventh game.
Cardinals manager Tony La Russa said an eighth-inning bullpen mix-up led to the wrong pitcher throwing to Texas hitter Mike Napoli, who blasted a two run double to give the Rangers the lead in game five of the World Series.
St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Chris Carpenter fought through an elbow injury to win Wednesday night's World Series Game One against the Texas Rangers.
Kevin Kouzmanoff had three hits and drove in two runs and the Colorado Rockies sent the reigning World Series champions into an early offseason, beating the San Francisco Giants 6-3 Wednesday.
The San Francisco Giants returned to AT&T Park for the final series of the season Monday, playing in front of another big crowd despite being out of playoff contention.
A series that for so long has been billed as an early September showdown between division rivals has suddenly turned into San Francisco's last stand.
Nine months ago, November 1st at 7:54 pm, the San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers to win the World Series. Some couples who celebrated the old fashioned way may be getting lucky again.
Next stop for the World Series Champion San Francisco Giants? The White House.
Hall of Fame manager Dick Williams, who led the Oakland A's to two consecutive World Series titles, has died in Las Vegas.
Thousands of counterfeit items that were seized during the San Francisco Giants playoff run last year are now headed off to help the children of Haiti.
The San Francisco Giants' long journey to win the World Series will be commemorated by a World Champions Walk, team officials announced Friday.
More than a month into 2011, both the World Series champion San Francisco Giants and runner-up Texas Rangers are hovering near the .500 mark.
San Francisco Giants players, front office members and other staff received their 2010 championship bling by Tiffany & Co. in a pregame ceremony Saturday night before hosting the St. Louis Cardinals
