Here’s to the Rangers for spicing up this latest episode of As The Yankees Turn with this ironic twist at A-Rod’s expense. And just for that, and because they are the clear underdogs, I’m pulling for them to defeat the Giants and win their first World Series title.
(Yankees return to their losing ways…, The iPINIONS Journal, October 26, 2010)
Alas, the Rangers played like underdogs, losing to the San Francisco Giants 4-1 in the best of seven series.
This marked the first World Series win for the Giants since their infamous relocation from Brooklyn in 1957.
But the most interesting feature of this series was not on the field. Instead, it was the ghost of former Giants slugger Barry Bond that hovered over each game. And here’s why:
There was a time when most sports analysts were betting on whether Barry Bonds, baseball’s reigning home-run king, would lead the Giants to a World Series title before A-rod led the Rangers. Therefore, nothing would be more ironic than the Giants finally winning their first title in over 50 years with Bonds, their erstwhile leader, sitting at home awaiting federal trial for lying under oath about taking steroids….
(Yankees return to their losing ways…, The iPINIONS Journal, October 26, 2010)
So, how do you spell seething resentment today? B-A-R-R-Y B-O-N-D-S
Anyway, congratulations to the Giants for proving once again that a team will fare far better when it’s comprised of team players instead of one superstar and his supporting cast.
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