A Giant Surprise

     It may be old news by now, but it is still worth telling the story of how the San Francisco Giants grasped the World Series win. I'm still a little sour from them beating my 2011 World Champions St. Louis Cardinals, but at least I can say they lost to the World Champs.
    In their third World Series sweep, the Giants won their seventh World Series title.

    Here's some wonderful info about some MVP's and big moments. Enjoy!

   [I so stole this from ESPN, but I liked it, so I'm going to use it]

Most Valuable Panda      Pablo Sandovol won World Series MVP honors, marking the second straight year they were won by a third baseman. David Freese of the Cardinals took home that trophy last season.
     Sandoval hit .500 with three homers in the World Series, benchmarks hit previously by only Babe Ruth (1928 Yankees), Lou Gehrig (1928 and 1932 Yankees) and Hideki Matsui.
     Sandoval is the fifth third baseman to win World Series MVP honors in the past 15 seasons, joining Scott Brosius (1998 Yankees), Troy Glaus (2002 Angels), Mike Lowell (2007 Red Sox) and Freese.
     Sandoval set a Giants record for most hits in a single postseason, breaking the previous mark set by J.T. Snow in 2002.

Scutaro’s Giant moment
     Marco Scutaro, nearly knocked out of the postseason by a Matt Holliday slide, had the game-winning hit in the 10th inning Sunday. He’s the fourth player to get an extra-inning game-winning RBI in a World Series clincher on the road.
     He’s in the company of three Hall of Famers: Mel Ott (1933 Giants), Joe DiMaggio (1939 Yankees) and Dave Winfield (1992 Blue Jays).

Giants Among Men
     Although Sandoval won MVP honors, one of the biggest stories of the season was the Giants' pitching staff.
     Giants pitchers held the Tigers to a .159 batting average, the third-lowest by a team in a single World Series. The only teams that fared worse than the Tigers were the 1966 Dodgers (.142) and 1969 Orioles (.146).
     Giants pitchers allowed six runs in the World Series, tied for the third-fewest by an NL team, and the fewest since the 1963 Dodgers limited the Yankees to four runs.

   All in all, a good world series. Kind of boring and easy, but still the most amazing sport ever. Gotta love our American past time! Congrats San Francisco Giants!

We finally have a K-Mart in OKC!

          I'm not going to lie: I flipped out when I found out that Harden was traded for only a million dollars more than what the Thunder was offering him. And no, I cannot blame him for wanting his fair share in the money  considering we literally commercialized his beard.
     But, it was a good deal, if you think about it. Well, at least for the Rockets.
     So far, our team who represented the Western Conference in the NBA Finals are having a pretty slow start to the season due to adjustments with Kevin Martin(also known as KMart). Yes, he may have scored 28 points off the bench in the team's loss to the Atlanta Hawks on November 4, shooting 6-8 from long range and 8-11, but he is still no James Harden. At least not yet. Only time will tell in terms of his place within the team. At the moment, I see a struggle with chemistry.
    James Harden exploded in his Houston debut with 37 points, six rebounds, 12 assists, four steals, one block and four threes in 44 minutes. He is definitely taking advantage of being play maker in Houston. Goes to show that maybe the Rockets got the better end of this deal.
    I don't want to view this with a negative attitude. I'm ready for a great season from the Thunder, but I honestly hope that KMart will be able to find his niche within our team so we can have a definite route to the Finals.