The Glade 4.0

Madison Bumgarner pitched a 4 hit shutout tonight against the Pirates, with the Giants winning 8-0! On top of that Brandon Crawford hit the first grand slam by a shortstop in post season history!

On to the playoffs!!

Go Giants!!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

And the Giants take the first game against Washington!

Go Giants!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

Top of the 18th...game tied 1-1, no outs...Giants first baseman Brandon Belt hits one out of the park to score the winning run, sending the Giants home with a 2 game lead!

Go Giants!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

Shouldn't that count for two games, 18 innings?

Go Giants!!!

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

On to face the Cardinals!

Go Giants!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

Good on them. Beats seeing the same eight teams every year

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

Uh, the Cardinals, Dodgers, and Giants are the three NL teams with the most pennants (and subsequent World Series championships). The Cardinals and Giants are tied for pennants at 19, after being in a three-way tie with the Dodgers at 18. They basically are at least one of the eight teams every year. There's a fairly steep drop to the next tier of ballclubs, considering that the Cubs hold fourth place at 10, which should give you some idea of how far back the entire rest of the National League really is. It's only the AL side that was underrepresented from the historically top teams this year. No Yankees, no Red Sox, no Athletics. Just Tigers.

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The Atlanta Braves are 4th on the National League list with 17 pennants, but only one World Series in each home city. They are also the longest continuously active professional sports organization in the United States. They ended the longest postseason streak in baseball this year -- 14 consecutive. They hold the record for most consecutive pennants (8) and are the only team to win 9 out of 10 pennants in a 10 year period. They are traditionally the fourth of the 8 postseason regulars that Shuyung mentions.

Between the Braves, Dodgers, Giants, and Cardinals, you have 73 pennants out of 130 possible.

The Braves (1871), Dodgers (1883) , Giants (1883), and Cardinals (1882) also happen to be four of the oldest organizations in the sport.

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For those wondering, the discrepancy in stats is due to Khross counting things from before the World Series era, whereas I didn't. Khross's measure would modify the Dodgers and Giants numbers as well, although doesn't materially change the point.

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Shuyung:

Good point, but I think that still leaves the Braves with 14 Pennants since 1884. In any case, we can add two each to the Giants and Dodgers for 21 a piece, which incidentally gives them 77 of 130 possible pennants.

I had not noticed you left out the seasons prior to the World Series in 1884.

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but they aren't the yanks or the braves, who seem to have the largest number of fair weather fans outside their media market.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

I love my Braves.

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You live in Georgia. You're allowed.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

Until Liberty Media bought them, the Atlanta Braves were in EVERYONE's media market.

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Damn Chicago fire.

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

That's true. I have not had cable in so long that I had forgotten they were on tbs.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

Giants 3 Cards 0!!

Go Giants!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

Woot! Giants are up 3-1 in the series!!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

Giants win the pennant! Giants win the pennant!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

Good for them, I farking hate the Cards. That being said, I want to see the Royals win. Mostly so their owners will sell off the high value players and field a team that is only...so so next year.

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Raell Kromwell

I find your lack of Giant's fandom disturbing.

<force choke applied>

<drops Raell to the floor gasping>

You know, I never thought Vader gave a hoot about that Officer's disbelief in the force. He just wanted to mess with the guy for his insubordination.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

Series tied 2-2. Go Giants!!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

Giants up 3-2 in the series. Madison Bumgarner pitched a shut-out to win 5-0! Go Giants!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

Having grown up in the KC area, this has been quite a neat October. I wasn't even a U.S. Citizen during the I70 series.

Whoever wins, I will still say this is one of my favorite playoff series, to date.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

Giants win the World Series!!!

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"