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!