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I second that!

Maybe the Buc's. The Jag's seem to be destined to fail.

I'm ready! Count me in!

Niners are on a bye week. Maybe Tampa Bay can knock off the Seahawks. Nah.

I've had a blast watching this WS!

You know, I couldn't help but notice that there are only 13 teams in the NFL playing above .500 ball. AFC- 5 NFC- 8 That might serve to explain the so-called "soft" schedule many teams are enjoying this season.

Extra petting all around

My loyalties belong to the NL, but I can go either way. Makes this WS a joy to watch; I don't really care who wins

Well...same old Rams. Up the middle on 3rd and goal with everybody and their brother clogging the line of scrimmage? Then with four seconds a pass into the seats? Amazing stupidity. Guess it's up to the Saints or the Niners to hand USC North their 2nd loss.

Classic, Jim :-) I only wish we could do the same thing at my HS.

Kind of a dull game for the Brits yesterday, but the Niners won and I'm OK with that :-)

Looks like a certain former closer for the Giants has started a MLB wide trend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Brian_Wilson_Fear_the_Beard.jpg

I absolutely agree with this. Well said, Jim.

Tough way to end Game 3, but the runner was clearly interfered with at 3B. The other issue was that insipid interview [Do we really care about some bearded catcher DURING the game?] while a bobbled ball in CF led to a weird out at 2B. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/fans-react-fox-playing-david-ross-interview-over-015757087--mlb.html FoxSports needs to be permanently excused from doing all WS and Playoff games. As per usual, McCarver was his annoying self.

Bill Sharman is a local product from a town in the San Joaquin Valley. Rest in Peace, Bill.

My HS had a fairly safe mascot -- the Mustangs. Which always led to "hilarity" when someone would dump on old car on the HS grounds during Homecoming week. But the HS I taught at for a couple of years had the Red Raiders, with obligatory Indian head logo. The logo wasn't particular demeaning, but still felt icky to me. And of course, the idea that we should be celebrating those Indians who "raided" white settlements is fraught on all kinds of levels. Certainly, the name had essentially nothing to do at all with the school history (other than the whole city was probably once Native American hunting territory...) The student population is predominantly Portuguese immigrants, followed by African-American, Puerto Rican and some remaining Italians (definitely an odd mix). The principal was asked every couple of years about changing the name, even to just The Raiders, but so far has not felt the need to do so. Maybe some day... Makes sense. I just think we are placing far too much emphasis on the names of mascots, places, streets and whatnots to the point of becoming a parody of what is truly racially and culturally relevant and non-judgemental/racist.

Agreed. I mean, we can't sanitize everything. Look how watered down Saturday Night Live is compared to the 70s and 80s. Like everything has to be politically correct these days? Does that also apply to the name of the football team? I made the same point in one of my posts. In the meantime the callow logic of the Onion hurls around hate speech and Jews are supposed to suck it up just like the Native Americans are supposed to put up with 'Redskins'. And here, supposedly liberal people defend the use of this speech instead of concluding, more reasonably, that as it is profoundly offensive to some it should not be used. Be nice. It won't hurt. I think the point they were making was that stuff isn't OK...no matter who is involved. TBH, I wish we could go back and change all the unfortunate team nicknames, but it does not seem likely or even plausible given the sheer weight in numbers of American Indian team names from grade school through junior high, high school into college and on to the pros. The secondary issue is nobody gets torqued out of shape when the Fighting Irish ethnic slander is tossed around. It denotes that an entire group of people are given to violence and drinking. I think at some point we need to ask: Were those nicknames the result of malice or an honest, if not misguided, attempt to promote an image of strength and perseverance? OTOH, I totally get the anger and frustration these nicknames cause people. But, what is the solution? Do we force every single team on the continent to change their mascots? And who gets to decide which nickname is more reprehensible than another? My old HS's mascot is the Red Devils. Can you imagine the uproar from the conservative "christian" right over that one? It is, if I may, the proverbial Pandora's Box.

Agreed. I mean, we can't sanitize everything. Look how watered down Saturday Night Live is compared to the 70s and 80s. Like everything has to be politically correct these days?

Yeah, I thought that was pretty weird myself. Just a case of the WS jitters?

It has been my experience that the most obnoxious fans on the planet are New York Yankees fans. Bar none. the Dodgers fans would be a very close second. Both sets of fans will come into your ballpark and act like they own it. As to the Cardinals hate, my understanding is these guys are all farm hands or home grown. So, I don't see what the problem could be. I guess it's different depending on where you go in the East/Midwest.

Now, maybe Brian Wilson will re-join the Giants. He's a closer not a set-up man.

Hope it's a great day, Matthew!

Good to have Lincecum back with the Giants. A bit pricey, but my money is on Sabean...I'm fairly certain he knows what he's doing. By contrast, Zito's contract was a by-product of Peter Magowan, not Sabean.

Nah. A Yankees vs Dodgers would be hands down THE most annoying WS in baseball.