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Giants contending for five TYIB Awards

San Francisco Giants on brink of World Series title

By Todd Kaufmann

(Featured Columnist) on November 1, 2010

Cliff Lee got a big strikeout of Pat Burrell that put two outs on the board and stranded two runners on the base paths for the Giants.

But, with one swing of the bat, Edgar Renteria may have just put the icing on the cake for the San Francisco Giants. Not only that, but he may have just ended the World Series.

It's amazing what one pitch and one swing of the bat will do in a series. One mistake by a good pitcher will be taken advantage of by a good hitter.

That's exactly what happened as Renteria hammered a ball that kept carrying to left center. Enough to get over the wall to give the San Francisco Giants a 3-0 lead heading to the home half of the seventh.

Is there a comeback left in the Rangers or are they waiving the white flag.

Original article found here

Posey hits a home run!

ARLINGTON, Texas — Here's a nice story about Texas Rangers fans.

In the eighth inning of Sunday's Game 4, San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey(notes) became the youngest backstop since Johnny Bench in 1970 to hit a World Series home run. The blast came off a pitch from reliever Darren O'Day(notes) and the 23-year-old from Lee County, Ga., belted it into the grassy part of the batter's eye in center field. The ball attracted a scrum of running Rangers fans, even though the Rawlings was hit by a player in the wrong uniform. After a jump ball near the camera man (above), someone came away with the souvenir and that appeared to be that.

Only not quite. Somewhere between the homer and talking about the Giants' 4-0 win, Posey must have requested ownership of the ball with its special meaning. And the fan who caught it apparently complied because Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News reported on Twitter that they coughed it up for a couple of autographed baseballs and a picture with the burgeoning star catcher. Here's his picture of the transaction.

Needless to say, after seeing stories like one fan holding out for $10K for Matt Carson's(notes) first homer or the Happy Youngster wanting a U-Haul worth of stuff for Chris Coghlan's(notes) debut dinger, it's nice to see this one resolved with a nice payoff for each side.

And with knowing how big of a star Posey might grow to be, I can't say that I would've been as agreeable to Posey's request for his souvenir back, even though it means a lot more to him than me.

So give yourself a hand, Texas fan. That was a very cool move.

Original article here

Bumgarner pitches Giants to brink of Series crown

By BEN WALKER, AP Baseball Writer Ben Walker, Ap Baseball Writer – 7 mins ago

ARLINGTON, Texas – The rookie pitched way beyond his years, sending a shudder through Rangers Ballpark.

Madison Bumgarner dominated for eight innings, Aubrey Huff and Buster Posey homered and the San Francisco Giants put on a fielding clinic in Game 4, beating Texas 4-0 on Sunday night to move within one win of that elusive World Series title.

Dressed in black-and-orange, the Giants were spooky good in taking a 3-1 edge. Bumgarner allowed only three hits and took all the fun out of a festive, Halloween crowd.

Ace Tim Lincecum will try Monday night to deliver the Giants' first championship since they moved to San Francisco in 1958. Now it's up to Cliff Lee to save the Rangers' season in Game 5.

The 21-year-old Bumgarner and closer Brian Wilson helped the Giants become the first team to post two shutouts in a World Series since Baltimore threw three straight to close out the Dodgers in 1966.

Huff's two-run homer in the third gave Bumgarner all the support he needed. Posey added a solo shot in the eighth — Bumgarner and Posey became the first rookie battery to start in the Series since Spec Shea and Yogi Berra for the Yankees in 1947.

Original article found here

SF Giants are headed for the World Series!

San Francisco beat the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6 of the NLCS on Saturday at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia.

photos courtesy of San Francisco Chronicle

Closer Brian Wilson celebrates with catcher Buster Posey after the final out.

Tim Lincecum