They had to wait until the final day to clinch a playoff spot, then had to wait through a tense final out in Philadelphia.Brian Wilson, Cody Ross and the Giants can exhale. Now they'll try to bring the first crown to San Francisco. Juan Uribe hit a tiebreaking homer off Ryan Madson with two outs in the eighth inning and the Giants held off the Phillies 3-2 Saturday night in Game 6 of the NL championship series."We had such a diversity of contributions from everybody," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "Not bad for a bunch of castoffs and misfits."Ross, the unlikely MVP, and the pitching-rich Giants reached the World Series for the first time since 2002 and will host the Texas Rangers in Game 1 on Wednesday night.
Just a bunch of scrappy, goofy ballplayers who many people had written off a while ago. You got the unwanted left overs from other teams coming up huge like Cody Ross(David Ortiz), Juan Uribe(Bill Mueller), Pat Burrell(Kevin Millar) Freddy Sanchez(Mark Bellhorne). Then the bonafide stars like Buster Posey(Manny Ramirez), Tim Lincecum(Curt Schilling), Matt Caine(Pedro Martinze), a dominating closer in Brian Wilson(Keith Foulke), and surprisingly steady bullpen of no-names. I don't know. It's something special. Not to mention they play in one of the best playoff stadiums like Fenway or Wrigley. Hard to not love and root for these dudes.
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