Filed under: Giants, World Series
All this week, the FanHouse staff will look back at the most significant baseball storylines of 2010.
The San Francisco Giants gave as much as they got, and gave some more, and got some more, and on and on it went until the wonderfully reciprocal thing among ballclub and fans and the baseball gods mushroomed into the sport's best story of 2010.
The team's wild journey ultimately brought San Francisco its first World Series trophy, which inspired other journeys from everyday folks. Giants fans euphoric over the end of a decades-long World Series drought traveled from both near and far to the sun-washed city. Converging from as far as other states and Southern California, some Giants fans, making like Sal Paradise in "On The Road," had driven all day and all night. A Giants victory parade beckoned. Upon arrival, grownups cried and spoke in disbelief.
It was all pretty ridiculous, and somehow organic and authentic in these overly packaged times. And the confetti and sappy talk on that November day, well, one would've thought it was a presidential inauguration.
"This day is a blessed reminder of a dream fulfilled for all of us," Giants president Larry Baer said after tens of thousands of fans crowded into the city.
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Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/12/29/giants-organic-run-to-title-energizes-city/
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