10-29-12: World Series Game #4
Oct 29, 2012 Baseball
Posted by
Dick Ourada
The fat panda has sung. World Series MVP winner Pablo Sandoval and his San Francisco Giants have won the crown for the second time in three years sweeping the Detroit Tigers in Motown last night in ten innings. There was a moment when Detroit was actually winning this game and it was the first time they went ahead in the series when Miguel Cabrera hit a blast over the right field wall at Comerica Park. The lead didn’t last too long as Buster Posey knocked one out over the left field wall to tie it up. Eventually as the game went into extra innings Ryan Theriot got on base and Marco Scutaro drove him in for the go ahead run and Sergio Romo shut down the Tigers in the bottom of the tenth.
I picked the Tigers to win the series in five games, but the tough team from the bay area who came back and won three in a row from the Cardinals in the NLCS to advance to the dance, won four more straight in the World Series. Pitching is everything in the post season, and San Francisco’s staff and bullpen were lights out. From the starters to the pen to the closer, they just mowed down whoever was in their way. Give credit to manager Bruce Bochy for keeping his Giants loose in the dugout and for having a great game plan throughout the playoffs.
Sandoval got the MVP even though I would of given it to Lincecum for having coming out of the bullpen and doing his job by keeping the Tigers at bay in the late innings of games. The “Freak” didn’t complain about going to the bullpen after winning two Cy Young Awards so far in his career, he is a team player. Give credit to Detroit’s pitchers who for the most part did great, the team just couldn’t hit the baseball for the most part.
Its always the saddest day of the year for me when there is no more baseball to be played. Now we wait 15 weeks until pitchers and catchers report to spring training. I’ll miss the games, the bratwurst, the nice weather and most of all the fans. After all, the fans are the backbone of this wonderful game.
