GO GIANTS!

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid

I got busy but I'll bump it for ya. I wonder how much money people lost betting for the wrong team? What was it 16:1 in Las Vegas?

I don't know the odds since I'm not much of a gambler, generally. But, yeah, I'm sure there were a lot of sports books with significantly diminished bottom lines for the day...

The performance of Madison Bumgarner was most amazing. In this day of pitch counts, platoon relief, and "marquee" starters, Bumgarner played the season and the post-season with a sense of self-control and poise. He well deserved the MVP award. However, I kind of wish there could be co-winners; Pablo Sandoval, Hunter Pence and Buster Posey all made great contributions in both play and attitude during the playoffs and the Series. The entire Giants team won because they played as just that: a team. Unlike some teams where they fawn over a particular player, the Giants management and Manager Bruce Bochy treated the palyers as all being part of the whole and did as much as possible to support the individual players to reinforce their places on the team...

The next season is going to be interesting. The team may lose Pablo Sandoval (the Kung Fu Panda) to free agency and who knows what other changes may come along...

By the way, did you know Bruce Bochy was let go by the San Diego Padres because their CEO wanted a "younger" guy as a manager? I wonder how well that CEO sleeps of late?...


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