Somber Mood

October 28, 2002

Well, the Giants lost as I am sure you all know if you watched the game or opened up the sports section this morning. That is utterly depressing. To have a team come so close to winning it in game 6 and then lose it....man, it sucks.

The mood around the city is pretty somber. I will be eating crow served by my father later this evening. He and I had a friendly bet going on concerning who would win.

Both of us are SF fans, but he has seen enough Giants near misses in the last +60 years and remembers the last time they won a series to have perspective. Considering the man saw the San Francisco Seals play before there was MLB on the west coast, I guess I should have listened.

I will also be calling my friend Eric in So. Cal to congratulate him. During the series he and I would be calling each other after our respective teams pulled ahead of the other during the games.

It could be worse for the Giants and myself. The Giants could have lost 5 straight and I could have been forced to squeel like a monkey.

It seems like a Greek tragedy. The Giants last won a series before moving out west. They have lost ever since. Hey, there's always next year.