Who wins the World Series?

[Eric***]

Here's a link from wikipedia....for those who dont want to click on the link I'll name the highlights that I see.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...cisco_Bay_Area

Big Brother & The Holding Company
Chris Issak
Counting Crows
Dead Kennedys
Faith No More
Flipper(Nirvana Fans???)
Greatful Dead
Huey Lewis & The News
Santana
Sammy Hagar
Testament
Third Eye Blind
Train

AFI
CCR
Green Day
Machine Head
MC Hammer
Operation Ivy/Rancid
Primus
Too Short

Smash Mouth
The Doobie Brothers

Oh, the Dead. I think I knew that...

[sunvalleylaw]

You left of MC Hammer, The Pointer Sisters and these guys who should not be forgotten:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePIImGMjn_8


Congrats to the Giants!! I am glad they won, and in a convincing fashion!

[R_of_G]

A rather incomplete list as it left off one of the greatest bands ever from that or any other city...



Also, what kind of list of San Francisco bands includes Train and Smashmouth but leaves out Jefferson Airplane, Steve Miller Band, Quicklsilver Messenger Service and Moby Grape? A weak one.

[Jx2]

Jeff. Airplane was on the list, I just didnt list them. Im sure that list is incomplete though I think any google search would turn up a list with several bands left off though.

[R_of_G]

I could see leaving off the Airplane (especially as I don't like them) but leaving Sly & the Family off of any list of SF bands is a crime against music history.

[sunvalleylaw]

Back to the baseball, I am glad to see this team pull this off. It is even better that the ace pitcher is a University of Washington grad.

A very influential teacher in my life (English, Literature) was also our high school baseball coach. He was a Yankees guy through and through, and would go on forever about the tradition of their style of uniform, their dress code, etc., when teams were going away from pin stripes, allowing longer hair, etc. While I respected his opinion on a lot of things, give me the long haired scrappers. As long as they also bring the ethic and the effort, I would much rather root for the supposed misfits. Congrats SF Giants!

[R_of_G]

While I respected his opinion on a lot of things, give me the long haired scrappers. As long as they also bring the ethic and the effort, I would much rather root for the supposed misfits. Congrats SF Giants!

Though I loved Mr. Steinbrenner and felt fortunate to have him as owner of my favorite team, the one thing I never supported was his whole hangup on a player's appearance. Like you, I really only care how they perform on the field. I'd rather have a team of scraggly looking winners than clean-cut also-rans.

[Jx2]

Does this years lineup remind anyone of the John Kruk era of Phillies? Especially with all those beards, and even Lincecum's "smoken it up" comment.

[sunvalleylaw]

Yeah, maybe a little. And there was always Randy "The Big Unit" Johnson's mullet.

And interestingly, the Big Unit threw one right over Kruk's head one time way back when.

[piebaldpython***]

The Phightin' Phils signed Cliff Lee today. So, we have a sparkling 4 man rotation of Lee, Halladay, Hamels and Oswald. Things are lookin' good for my Phils.

[R_of_G]

The Phightin' Phils signed Cliff Lee today. So, we have a sparkling 4 man rotation of Lee, Halladay, Hamels and Oswald. Things are lookin' good for my Phils.

No doubt that is a tough rotation to face. It will be interesting to see how it works out for the Phillies and Red Sox, the two teams it can be said to have "won the off-season" so far to see if that translates to post-season success.

It worked for the Yankees in 2009 (adding CC, Burnett and Teixeira) and obviously worked for 1997 Marlins "Rent a Champ" team, but other than that, it doesn't always seem to work out.

I know I wouldn't want to have to face the Phillies' rotation.

[Jx2]

Anyone know how long Oswalt is signed for? Personaly I think the Phil's still only have a 2-3 year window to add another ring or two. Mostly based on age. JRoll has already started to show some decline and Utley, and Howard have faced injurys. Health will be the key. But the same thing can be said about any team one full of 30 year old vet's or 27 year old rising stars. Im not knocking the Phils I am a Reds fan honestly but if the Reds cant return to the post season the Phils is a team I enjoy watching would love love to see beat the Yanks, Sox or Rangers.

[kidsmoke*]

Looks like a Red Sox Phillies World Series

[Jx2]

Looks like a Red Sox Phillies World Series

You say that now but who predicted a SF-TX WS this year?

[Eric***]

Anyone know how long Oswalt is signed for? Personaly I think the Phil's still only have a 2-3 year window to add another ring or two. Mostly based on age. JRoll has already started to show some decline and Utley, and Howard have faced injurys. Health will be the key. But the same thing can be said about any team one full of 30 year old vet's or 27 year old rising stars. Im not knocking the Phils I am a Reds fan honestly but if the Reds cant return to the post season the Phils is a team I enjoy watching would love love to see beat the Yanks, Sox or Rangers.

I agree. It's far from a sure thing, but really good pitching helps a ton. I'd say the Phils could still use some bullpen help, maybe even at closer.

Utley in particular...not so sure how much he has left. It hasn't looked good in recent years. Howard I think is good to go, but he can't do it alone.

[piebaldpython***]

Personaly I think the Phil's still only have a 2-3 year window to add another ring or two. Mostly based on age. JRoll has already started to show some decline and Utley, and Howard have faced injurys. Health will be the key.

As I see it, their window is 1-2 years with a major emphasis on this year. They don't bullpen help so much as they need a right handed bat. Utley was injured but in the playoffs, he was Mr. Clutch more so than Howard.

It's gotta happen this year or it ain't gonna.