So the San Francisco Giants won the World Series last night, and TV was full of funny quotes.
Take pitcher Tim Lincecum, for instance. He was holding the large series trophy when a TV reporter asked him a rather stupid question, “How does it look?” Lincecum, obviously not sure what that question was all about, replied, “Uh. Shiny.”
Now, to back up a bit, I’m a Chicago Cubs fan. Since they have been on a bit of a non-championship streak lately (har har), I root by geography, which means I cheer for the Giants and the Oakland A’s. In other words, I’m not quite a bandwagon fan, but considering I don’t pay a lot of attention during the earlier part of the baseball season, some might call me one. I’m OK with that. For the record, I’ve said for a long time that I’m sure I’d really get into baseball if I ever dated someone who also liked it, because I’d be interested by the stats and the numbers.
As in most recent years, I watched the World Series again this year (it doesn’t hurt that I’m working with someone who’s a big Giants fan). I have a bunch of friends who are fans, so it was all over Facebook and Twitter, and it was fun to see all the orange and black Giants colors just in time for Halloween. Now that they beat the Texas Rangers, I guess we’re all going to be subjected to red and green for the next two months.
To get back to quotes on silly TV, one not-quite-sober Giants fan was hollering joyfully in a San Francisco bar, where a reporter stuck a microphone in front of him. “I’ve been waiting 29 years for this, since 2002!” he shouted in glee.
And then, later in the night, a Bay Area reporter was outside the Civic Center in San Francisco, after the hubbub had died down. “I’m broadcasting live, where the fans were gathered earlier but now there is nothing but trash left,” he said — as a bunch of fans appeared in the background and began cheering.