For the first time in history, the San Francisco Giants are World Series champions.  The organization won its first championship since 1954, when the team still played in New York, last night with a 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers.  The Giants took the series four games to one thanks to Tim Lincecum’s brilliant Game 5 performance.  The San Fran ace went eight innings and gave up just one run on three hits, striking out six batters in the process.  The diminutive hurler’s lone mistake came on one eighth inning pitch to Nelson Cruz that the Texas slugger belted into the seats; aside from that Lincecum was as good as it gets.

The Giants scored all three of their runs on an Edgar Renteria home run in the seventh inning; the shortstop was named MVP of the series.  It was the only mistake that Rangers ace Cliff Lee made all night, but it was a costly one.  Lee lost both games that he started in the World Series this year, his only two career losses in the postseason.  Lee was almost unhittable in the ALDS and ALCS, but the Giants were able to get to him both times.  Congratulations to the San Francisco Giants and all of their fans!

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