San Francisco Giants are World Champions

San Francisco sealed the deal and won its first Championship since 1954 and first ever since moving West. "It's not the best team that wins, its the team that plays best" said Ron Washington in response to the San Francisco Giants. And in this case, it can be argued that the Giants were both. They played the best baseball, thus proving that they are the best team in baseball. The group of misfits pulled it off and ended the 56 years of torture.

The Giants needed all 162 games to make the playoffs, and they made the best of it. Bruce Bochy played a masterful game of management, switching lineups and rotations and making gutsy calls that all proved successful. The Giants truly were a team of destiny this year.

Tim Lincecum became the official big-game pitcher, throwing eight innings, giving up one run on three hits while striking out 10. This postseason he out dueled Derek Lowe, Roy Halladay, and Cliff Lee (twice). This World Series, the Giants pitching staff held the Major League's best-hitting team, the Texas Rangers, to a combined .190 average.

Chicks may dig the longball, but pitching wins championships. That is never more evident now.

Edgar Renteria proved his worth through his veteran experience and his second home run of this postseason, a three-run blast against Lee.

Through the regular season, Renteria only had three home runs. He nearly matched that total in the postseason, proving to be another essential piece of the misfits that is the Giants. If you remember, he also got the game-winning RBI in the 1997 World Series for the Florida Marlins. Despite his many "questionables" (shaky defense, old age, etc.) Renteria made everyone forget it all with his home run.

Experts predicted the Giants to be eliminated by Philadelphia. They weren't. Experts predicted this series to go seven games. It didn't. Experts predicted the Rangers to win. They didn't. The Giants proved all their nay-sayers wrong and are now World Champions. Congratulations. No one can take this away.