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The Year of San Francisco Found 23 hours ago on Taking Bad Schotz: PLAYERS:Tim Lincecum, Brian Wilson, Matt Cain, Hunter Pence, Buster Posey, Marco Scutaro, Bruce Bochy, Barry Zito
TEAMS:San Francisco Giants   Every year, Boston, New York, or Los Angeles are usually involved in the championship discussions of the major sports. When a smaller city rises to the top in one sport, it comes off as a surprise to many, but when one city does it in all three sports, the sports world gets turned upside down. San Francisco is doing just that. 2012 San Francisco Giants via ruvilla.com The 2012 campaign did not start off the way Giants fans envisioned after trailing the red-hot Dodgers by 7.5 games after the month of May. Their backbone, starting pitching, had faltered to the point where majority of the fan base wanted Tim Lincecum demoted or traded. Tim Lincecum was the guy who basically won the Giants the World Series title two years ago; now he had pitched so badly that nobody wanted him! Popular closer Brian Wilson had to undergo Tommy John surgery which ruled him out for the rest of the season. Then, once June came around, the Giants woke up to the tune of 17-10, while the Dodgers stumble...