World Series Champions!!!!!

I know this lil' blog is mostly about my time in Seoul or travels but...The Giants won the World Series!!!! Holy poo!!!!

I'm a casual fan but a lifelong one. I'm horrible about keeping up when I'm not in San Francisco but I go to a game every chance I get and there's a lot of love there. I am so happy for people like my papa, who has passionately supported the team his entire life. In no particular order, my favorite Giants memories...and one bad one....

-Apparently, I went to my first game at Candlestick when I was 3 months old. My dad bundled me up in a blanket and snuck me in.

-I spent my 21st birthday at AT&T Park, drinking beer and watching the Giants with my dad. It was awesome.

-Papa Bear took Julia and I to a game when we were about 11 or 12 and gave us each $20 for food. We ate our way through Candlestick and we both ended up puking everything up.

-When I was 18, I left San Francisco to go to university in Philadelphia. The last thing my dad, my sisters, and I did together as a family before I flew out was go to a game. Incidentally, this would be the last game I'd go to at Candlestick. I had the picture of us up in my dorm all four years of college.

-Just this past May, I had 6 days in San Francisco and on my last night, Julia and I went to a game. We sat in bleacher seats and got drunk and cheered our asses off. It was so much fun and I am so glad I got to go to one game during their championship season.

-I once chucked a baguette at a Dodgers fan's head during a game. Ugh, I HATE the Dodgers.

-Speaking of...I was at a game against some East Coast team and the Sacramento Kings vs LA Lakers game was on a monitor and my entire section started chanting "BEAT L.A.!" It was awesome.

-The Bad...You can go up to any Giants fan and say "Remember 2002?" and they will shudder. The Giants were 7 outs from a World Series championship and the effing Angels rallied to win. Game 7 and the Giants choked. I was in Philly at the time and didn't know any other Giants fan and I had to cry into my beer all by myself. It was awful, so gut wrenching.

This season has been incredibly bittersweet. I am so thrilled and happy for the team and for San Francisco but damn, I have never ever been this homesick in my entire life. Thank goodness for Facebook, it was made me feel very connected to my friends and family in the city. I'll never forget reading the score on my iPod and bursting into tears in the hallway of my school. I still get weepy when I think about it. Just incredible.