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Theriot disappears into a mob of teammates slapping his helmet and high fiving him. A moment Theriot, Scutaro, and Phil Coke will never forget. Scutaro ends up taking 2nd base on the throw home and was now in scoring position himself. However, Sandoval grounded out on the first pitch, ending the inning. Can’t that guy ever just hit a home run? Sheesh. But the damage was done. Now the Giants just needed to get 3 outs.

If you created a poll before Game 1 and asked people who they thought was the most likely player to hit 3 home runs in this game, you’d probably hear Miguel Cabrera’s name the most. He lead the AL in average, home runs, RBI, slugging, extra base hits, multi-hit games, and total bases. In fact he won the triple crown this year and was easily the MVP. With 44 big flies, he was a threat for sure. Just not tonight. Tonight belonged to Pablo Sandoval (#ForeverGiant).

So when it started to rain in the 9th, it was as if 43,000 fans were cleansed of the blood, sweat, and tears they were covered in over the last 12 games. A shower to end all showers. The rain that fell that inning was the hardest I had ever seen it in any baseball game ever, but I also didn’t really care. No one did. 43,000 people were completely soaked but there were also 43,000 orange towels in the stadium so they were covered.

On December 29, 2006, Barry Zito was signed by the Giants to a 7 year $126 million contract, the highest ever paid to a pitcher at the time. Zito won the AL Cy Young in 2002 and was a 3 time All Star before coming across the bay. As he was 29 in his firstContinue reading “#RallyZito”

Boy if you were nervous before this game started the bottom of the 1st must have cut your life expectancy by 3 years. Remember, this was the Division Series and the Giants were one loss away from being eliminated. The Reds just destroyed us at home and now here we are in Cincinnati trying to win three in a row. The Reds never lost 3 consecutinve games at home all year and Homer Bailey, the Giant slayer, was on the mound.

Timmy looked dominant as he handled Werth, striking him out on 5 pitches. Then things weren’t fun anymore. Victorino followed with a single after a great 8 pitch at bat, then Ibanez singled him to 2nd and it was time to freak out. That’s exactly what happened, Bochy took The Freak out.

In the postseason, often times the pressure lies on the home run hitters or your ace starting pitcher. Not your rookies. Rookies are expected to be blinded by the bright lights of October. But this wasn’t the case for the soon to be Rookie of the Year Buster Posey. Those bright lights just made it easier for him to see the ball.