Anyone who’s excited for the World Series to begin raise your hand.  Now keep your hand up if this excitement is accompanied by a familiar feeling of both dread and hopefulness that has come to define the way you feel about this team.  Now leave your hand up until the first pitch tonight.  Your...
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With Game 1 of the World Series fast approaching, the analysts have spoken.  ESPN’s so-called experts who were quick to say the Phillies would stomp the Giants into oblivion are more tentative in their predictions now.  Keith Law, a man who was completely and utterly convinced the Phillies would be National League Champs, is...
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If you’ve read a projection from any major news outlet in the last week, they’ve probably all told you that the Phillies are going to smash the Giants into tiny pieces, make necklaces out of their skulls, and use Aaron Rowand as a human sacrifice to the pagan Cthulu-esque demon-god that Ryan Howard worships....
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If you’ve had the pleasure of being anywhere within the vicinity of AT&T Park in the last month and a half, you’ve probably seen a fair amount of orange body paint, fake beards, and ratty wigs with hair down to the shoulders.  Walk around San Francisco wearing a Giants cap and it’s a safe...
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It all started out so well.  Pat Burrell staked the Giants to an early lead with a 3-run homer in the 1st off of a tough pitcher.  Matt Cain was mowing through Braves hitters, and singled in an insurance run.  The Giants had a 4-1 advantage going into the 8th inning, with a bullpen...
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Coming down from the high of the events that unfolded over the weekend is no small task, but I’m going to do my best here.  With Game 1 against a formidable Atlanta Braves team fast approaching, it’s time we did some much needed roster speculation, as well as size up our competition. Before I go...
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This year, the slogan that Giants PR department came up with was “It’s magic inside.”  Last year, late in the season they came up with “We’re in this thing.”  Whatever this magical thing we’re in is, it feels a lot like a combination of having an ulcer for 9 innings every day, and riding...
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A lot has happened since I last posted here at Croix De Candlestick.  The Giants swept the Dodgers in an inspirational series at home, sending the Bums back to LA a broken team.  They split series against the Marlins and Rockies while the Padres continue to drop big games.  Now in Atlanta, the Giants...
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The discussion every day amongst Giants fans seems to be who should be brought into the fold at the trading deadline.  Everyone from David DeJesus to Corey Hart have been discussed, and more recently Jayson Werth.  With DeJesus hitting the disabled list, the options on the market have slightly narrowed. Things being the way they...
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Plain and simple, the Giants will not win the NL West unless they start improving against the Rockies, Padres, and Dodgers.  Some of the most horrific stretches of play this season have come against teams in our own division, and as such have dug us into a bit of a hole here in July. Out...
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