RealClearSports: Giants Glad to Shout 'Oooh-Ree-Bay'

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

SAN FRANCISCO -- No scoreboard advisory is required. No message saying "Louder'' or "Make Noise.'' The chant is from the heart and in a way self-perpetuating. Also, to San Francisco Giants fans, historic.

Juan Uribe steps to the plate, and the cheer rolls through AT&T Park. "Oooh,'' they yell, and then after a pause, "Ree-Bay.'' Again and again. "Oooh-Ree-Bay. Oooh-Ree-Bay.''

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© RealClearSports 2010

SF Examiner: A surprising offensive outburst on a magical night

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

SAN FRANCISCO — Those were the Giants? That was Cliff Lee? One thing’s for certain, that was a fifth inning, as wild and exhilarating as imaginable.

This wasn’t a game, it was a statement. It was a revelation. It was enough to make you think San Francisco’s time finally is about to arrive.

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Copyright 2010 SF Newspaper Company

RealClearSports: Cool San Francisco Warm to Giants

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

SAN FRANCISCO -- Sure we're different. The great Rudyard Kipling, he of the road to Mandalay, he who declared "a woman is only a woman but a good cigar is a smoke," stopped by the city in the 19th Century and said all San Franciscans were mad.

And that was before the creation of the Exotic Erotic Ball on Halloween.

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© RealClearSports 2010

Glendale (Calif.) News-Press: Sanchez' perseverance paying back

By Art Spander
Special to the News-Press

SAN FRANCISCO — He knew what he could do. But Freddy Sanchez wondered in the difficult times — when his body was slow in healing, when the fans and media were slow in acceptance — would there be a chance to do it?

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Copyright 2010 Glendale News-Press

SF Examiner: Can Giants get out of the on-deck circle?

By Art Spander
Special to The Examiner

SAN FRANCISCO — Maybe this time. Maybe this group. Maybe the Giants, the San Francisco Giants, finally win a World Series.

Maybe we stop talking about Willie Mac’s line drive to Bobby Richardson. About how an earthquake took over. About that 5-0 lead against the Anaheim Angels in the seventh inning.

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Copyright 2010 SF Newspaper Company