MLB Showdown Obsession

 The Giants franchise was one of the most dominating teams at the start of the World Series era. That was all in New York though, and mostly before the emergence of the Yankees. In 1958, the Giants moved west and set themselves up in San Francisco. While they did win a pennant within five years, they were ultimately overshadowed and never quite were able to create a sustained run of winning like they did in the 1920's. By 2010 the Giants had achieved just 3 pennants and no titles yet, but they had bult themselves a team ready to challenge. Their ace, Tim "The Freak" Lincecum, was coming off back-to-back Cy Young seasons; and on the offensive side, early in the year they would call up rookie Catcher Buster Posey who would immediately get started leading the team to greatness. Manager Bruce Bochy was guiding the team for the 4th season, the previous three had seen him trending the team upwards, finishing 5th, then 4th and finally 3rd heading into this year. The season saw ...