Giants win the World Series!

The San Francisco Giants won their second world championship in two years with a 4-3 10 inning win over the Detroit Tigers in game four on a single by Marco Scutaro that dropped into centerfield to score Ryan Theriot with two outs for the winning run.
Santiago Casilla was the winning pitcher for the Giants with Sergio Romo pitching the tenth to earn the save,ending the game with a strikeout of Miguel Cabrera to seal the victory.
Buster Posey hit a two run homer in the seventh to give the Giants a short-lived lead before a Delmon Young homer in the bottom of the inning tied the game back at three each.
The Giants will be back in action on April 2nd in Los Angeles against the Dodgers.

Giant Steps

1) The game was played through rain and heavy winds and the Giants might have been fortunate to wrap this series up last night.
Winds at Comerica Park tonight for what would have been game five were expected to be in the fifty mile an hour range.
If those winds were blowing out,the Tigers advantage in power might have been tough for the Giants to overcome...

2) I thought of the two homers that Matt Cain allowed that the wind blowing out was definately a factor.
The early inning shot by Miguel Cabrera was almost certainly a wind aided homers,while I thought Delmon Young's homer was one that would be a homer without any help.

3) Buster Posey's numbers in the postseason might have not been super,but they were sturdy enough and his homer last night lifted the the team emotionally back into a game that kinda felt like was going the Tigers way.
The lead at the time was only 2-1,but Max Scherzer was pitching so well that the lead seemed much larger than that.
Posey homer ignited the team and even when the Tigers tied the game,I felt that the Giants were going to pull this out and I didn't feel that way earlier in the game..

4) More kudos to the Giant pitching as Matt Cain pitched seven strong innings that could have allowed as few as one run without a favorable wind gust,Jeremy Affeldt was affective in his inning plus and Santiago Casilla and Sergio Romo did their jobs in nailing down the W.

5) How fitting was it that Marco Scutaro had the game/series winning hit?
Scutaro has been the teams best hitter in the postseason and no matter the team,I (usually) like to see long time veterans get the ring late in their career...

6) Pablo Sandoval was a more than deserving MVP of the series.
Sandoval hit in the .600 range for the four games,which is more along little league numbers and his game one performance was one for the books.

7) Now,you hear the whispers of a Giants dynasty because they won two titles in three years.
I suppose that is as close as you can get anymore,but I'd still have to see another title soon to seriously consider that.

8) The Giants do have some decisions to make as far as arbitration/free agency.
Do the Giants bring back Melky Cabrera on the assumption that his career year was NOT due to PED's? Do the Giants bring back Hunter Pence on what will likely be double digit millions per year?
What about Marco Scutaro?
Tough calls for Brian Sabean,but my calls would be as follows
Cabrera:Maybe,cost depending-he might have something to prove.
Pence: No,especially if you bring back Cabrera or decide to allocate the combined funds towards a still needed bat.
Scutaro: Yes,I have age concerns,but the Giants already give away one spot in the lineup to order to play the glove of Brandon Crawford,so a Scutaro return would enable the Giants to not totally punt both sides of the middle infield.

9) As I went out for my one trip in the rain today,MLB radio was talking about a Josh Hamilton run for the Giants.
Interesting,but I just don't know.
Hamilton comes with caveats,although the team could afford him with the right maneuverings.Should the Giants go that way and it really does not seem like a Giants move,Posey/Hamilton/Sandoval would go a long way towards the Dodgers and their recent spending next season...

10) Finally,let me say this-I have enjoyed this season.
I watched more Giant games this season than either the Pirates or Indians,so I do feel more of a part of this title than 2010 and I consider myself a Giants fan and not a frontrunner.
That said,it still isn't the same as if the Pirates or especially the Indians won it all.
I am happy as a Giant fan and I'll get a world champs shirt,but it still is not what I'll feel if the Indians ever win it all.....

Photo Credit
Celebration:Unknown
Posey/Romo:Tim Fuller-USA Today