BASEBALL MULTIMEDIA  SUNDAY OCTOBER 24, 2010 BRIAN “Professor B” Davis Staff Writer-  Well Giants fans from Northern California to all the through the valleys of Carmel & Fresno through the upper northern coast of Sacramento all the way through Chico California the San Francisco Giants are the new champions of the National League by dethroning the two time National League champions Philadelphia Phillies by a score of 3-2 when Giants third baseman Juan Uribe hit an opposite field homer to right field into the seats to give the Giants a 3-2 lead after the Phillies jumped on Giants starter Johnathan Sanchez for an early 2-0 lead he would ‘nt survive the bottom half of the third inning after hitting Phillies second baseman Chase Utley. Utley, threw the ball back at Sanchez then he started to woof back at Utley then both benches emptied but no punches were thrown. In the bottom half of the ninth inning Giants closer Brian Wilson with the tying and winning runs on first & second base flashes of last year’s game 4 classic when Jimmy Rollins hit a game winning two-run walk-off double off Dodgers closer Johnathan Broxton but this time fate would not favor the Phillies as Giants closer  Brian Wilson struck out former National League MVP Ryan Howard looking to give the San Francisco Giants their first pennant and World Series since 2002 their fourth National League Pennant since moving to the west coast since 1958 and are looking for their first ever World Series title on the west coast and the franchise first when they were in New York in 1954. Giants outfielder Cody Ross who was claimed off waviers from the Florida Marlins in August who batted .350  with three  homers and three doubles and five RBI’s was named the NLCS MVP Ross, three homers was the most by a San Francisco Giant since Jeffery Lennard’s four against the St.Louis Cardinals in 1987.

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 20,2010  Brian “Professor B” Davis Staff Writer- In the National League Championship Series at game 3 at AT&T Park in San Francisco the Giants behind the Matt Cain beat the Phillies by a score of 3-0 on Wednesday. Cain went 7.0 innings of giving no runs on a pair of hits with five strikeouts. Phillies losing pitcher Cole Hammels went six innings giving up three runs on five hits with eight strikeouts. Giants outfielder Cody Ross who was claimed by the Florida Marlins back in August got another RBI hit to give the Giants a 2-0 lead then first baseman Aubry Huff added a RBI hit to score Pat Burrell to make the final score 3-0. The Phillies offense wit runners in scoring position were 0-for-5 at the plate. With the win the Giants have a 2-1 series lead and the Giants have won 10-out-of their last 13 games since 1989 and since the NLCS went to the four out of a best-of-seven format in 1985 15-out-of-the last 19 NLCS teams up 2-1 in the Series went on and won the national League Pennant.

BRIAN “Professor B” DAVIS STAFF WRITER- The San Francisco Giants wins the first round of this heavyweight National League Championship Series bout against the two-time National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia Saturday night winning by a score of 4-3. The game was scoreless until the top of the third inning when Giants outfielder Cody Ross hit a solo homer off Phillies ace Roy Halladay who just coming off the second no-hitter in postseason to give the Giants a 1-0. Then the Phillies responded in the bottom half of the frame when catcher Carlos Ruiz hit a opposite homer into the rightfield  seats to tie the game at 1-1. Then later the Ross added  a two-run homer to extend the Giants lead to 3-1 Ross would ended going 2-for-3 at the plate with a pair of homers and three RBI’s and Pat Burrell also went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs. Giants ace and reining two-time National League Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum went 7.0 innings giving up three runs on six hits with eight strikeouts while his counterpart Roy Halladay went 7.0 innings giving up four runs on eight hits with seven strikeouts suffers his first loss in the postseason also for the Phillies outfielder Jayson Werth added a two-run homer in a losing cause. Giants closer Brian Wilson picks up his third save in four chances in the postseason. 

Friday October 8, 2010 Brian “Professor B” Davis Staff Writer-  At AT&T Park in China Basin on Thursday night Giants ace Tim Lincecum pitched a two hit shutout as a sellout crowd of over 44,000 fans as Lincecum in his first ever post season start went the distance by shutting the Braves 2-0. Lincecum went 9.0 innings giving up no runs on a pair of hits while setting a new Giants post season record with 14 strikeouts while throwing 105 pitches in the contest. Accounting for the Giants lone run the game when Cody Ross’s RBI single scoring Giants catcher rookie Buster Posey scoring the Giants lone run for the contest. Lincecum’s two-hit complete game shutout agianst the Braves come on the same date on Wednesday October 7, 1987 when Dave Dravecky’s two hit complete game shutout against the St. Louis Cardinals in game 2 of the National League Championship Series as the Giants beat the Cardinals 5-0 on the strength of homers by Will Clark & Jeffery Leonard. Dravecky in that game went the distance giving up no runs on a pair of hits with six strikeouts at Busch stadium in St.Louis.