Countdown to Game Time

Anyone who’s excited for the World Series to begin raise your hand.  Now keep your hand up if this excitement is accompanied by a familiar feeling of both dread and hopefulness that has come to define the way you feel about this team.  Now leave your hand up until the first pitch tonight.  Your arm might get tired, but it’ll give you something to do until the game begins, because let’s face it; you’re not going to get anything productive done today. In keeping with the Halloween theme, here's the Rally Pumpkin. On a personal level, this pennant carries with it monumental significance to my tenure as a blogger.  I first started writing about the Giants in 2005.  Starting out at MVN’s Giants Cove, my team was one year removed from its last significant playoff run, and two years removed from its last postseason appearance.  I had no reason to believe that 2005-2009 wouldn’t be years in which the Giants were consistently contending. As it is, thos...