To me, a SF Giants fan, the second sweetest thing last night

[n2doc]

after the victory, of course, was seeing the sour look on Laura Bush's face every time they showed a Ranger batter in the on deck circle (she was right behind it)

And, of course, now teams that have allowed a Bush to toss out the first pitch in a WS game are 0-3 (Yankees 2001, Astros 2006, Rangers 2010).

[FSogol]

1. Did you notice that Texas lost every home game that Bush attended?

[JackintheGreen]

2. Schadenfreude much?

'course, as a frothing Cubs idiot I'm more bummed that the less than stellar utility man Mike Fontenot now has a WS ring and my northsiders still do not.

[n2doc]

5. I hope the Cubs and Indians get their turns soon

Both fan bases have been tortured too long. I think the Cubs need to stop trying to buy a series and work on their farm system, though. The Giants tried the buying/ trading for folks route (Bonds, Kent) and it didn't work out so well then.

[JackintheGreen]

7. Totally agree

If I recall, the Cubs drafted Lincecum in '06, but he declined (and I can't blame him). Recently they've done a better job husbanding prospects (Starlin Castro, Randy Wells, Tyler Colvin) but they still think a payroll will bring it home (Soriano for 4 more years...yikes!)

Hey, Back to the Future predicted a 2015 Cubs World Series, and a lot of that movie has come to pass. So maybe Zemeckis really does have a baseball almanac from the future.

[n2doc]

8. I didn't know that

FWIW, it is 2003 that they tried to draft him

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Lincecum

If you really want to get a fan gnashing their teeth, discuss Tim with a Mariners fan. They could have picked him in the 06 draft ahead of the Giants but didn't. And he was a hometown Seattle guy.

[JackintheGreen]

9. Oh 3s and 6s, my eternal enemy

thanks for the kind correction.

But even Lincecum couldn't have helped the Mariners.

Cheers!

[SpiralHawk]

3. Sourpuss Pickles (R)

If you had to live with Republicons, you'd have a sourpuss, too.

[madamesilverspurs]

4. Pelosi beat the Bushes!

Gotta love that particular spin...

[AndrewP]

6. I loved watching the Giants celebrate on the Rangers field n/t