believen end

so the even year streak ends. the demons of blown saves in our second half come to haunt us just in time for halloween. it was a great wild card game and game 3 wasn't bad either. some fans are asking why they didn't leave matt moore in, but somehow i have a feeling these feisty cubs would have broken through. congrats to them and to my giants thanks for an unbelieve(n)able season. 

oh and for kicks the post that i forgot from the day before when there was so much hope.

honestly i knocked out when the cubs tied it at the top of the 9th. it was about 1am est. sleeping the torture away to wake up at 4am to see that baby buster (aka joe panik) hit a walk off to secure tonight's game 4. at least the game starts an hour earlier. let's go giants!

i'm not a jinx

photo: Al Bello/Getty Images

in a previous post i mentioned i might be jinxing the wild card game by changing my viewing locale. turns out watching orange october in my hometown doesn't effect the outcome when mad bum is on the mound. off to chicago we go.

beliEVEN

here we go and i'm probably jinxing this already, but it is an even year. we are building some momentum into the wildcard sweeping our arch rivals, the dodgers. we are (again) the underdog and we travel to citifield to face my adopted team, the mets. it's a rare time that i'll be in sf for a playoff game. i've only experienced playoff baseball in london or brooklyn, so i hope my location won't ruin any mojo. let the torture begin.

here we go again

Ezra Shaw/Getty ImagesEven with the Giants' backs against a literal wall,
players such as Hunter Pence came through.

late into early this morning, i sat with fists clenched watching the giants get the last out in the ninth inning to propel them into another nlcs. i was like my fellow giants pals and new pals at a local watering hole in bed sty. a round of shots were had in celebration. what is it about even years and the giants? it's truly tortuous to watch these series but somehow you can't not watch. in 2010, i was up at the dead of night watching in london. 2012 it was brooklyn but pre-sandy. coincidentally, i've also traveled respectively to dc and pittsburgh to see the g-men lose to the two teams they've beaten this fall to get them to the nlcs. lessssss gooooo giants!

the morning after...

i love coming into work a little sleep deprived and getting heaps and heaps of congrats.  my boys did the unthinkable and won the national league pennant.  i do miss not being home to enjoy the all the celebration in my city by the bay. how cute are the hometown peeps?

San Francisco Giants fans celebrate the San Francisco Giants win in Game 7 of the NLCS against the St. Louis Cardinals outside of AT&T Park on Monday, October 22, 2012 in San Francisco, Calif. Final Score: Giants: 9 - Cardinals: 0. Photo: Lea Suzuki, The Chronicle / SF

SFPD Officer Michelle Alvis receives a kiss on the hand from Giants fan Eddie Nazlou, of Santa Clara, after she gave him a high five, at right, James Adams, from Landmark Security, looks on during Game 7 of the NLCS between the San Francisco Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals at AT&T Park Monday, October 22, 2012 in San Francisco, Calif. Photo: Pete Kiehart, The Chronicle / SF

Wearing matching Buster Posey outfits, Enrique Escalante and his son Gabriel Escalante, 16 months, celebrate in the Mission as their team beats the Cardinals on Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, in San Francisco. Photo: Noah Berger, Special To The Chronicle / SF

1-1

so the series is even, but marco scutaro got banged up badly by the evilllle matt holliday.

despite the worry about scute, sergio romo was having a great time photobombing matt cain.

next stop st. louis. let's get 'em gmen.