Orange October (V) – Giants Win Game 3

The glory of baseball (and most other sport) is that when a game is well played and close the drama of the competition can turn the game into a thing of beauty.  This is what happened in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series on Sunday.  Even though the team I support (the S.F. Giants) lost that game by 5 to 4 on the strength of four home runs by the St. Louis Cardinals, the game was thrilling, close and could have gone either way.  The Cardinals, who have been among the cellar dwellers for teams with home runs during the regular season, have suddenly found their power stroke.
Monday was a day off for travel and play resumed today for three games (and three days) here in San Francisco.
Today, the Giants returned the favor by winning Game 3 by the score of 5 to 4.  This was another “beautiful” game because although the Giants jumped out to a first inning lead of 4 to 0, they let the Cards hang around and hang around until they finally tied the game and sent it into extra innings.  In the 10th inning, the Giants did what they have been doing this whole postseason – they found a way to win.  The got a walk, a funky hit and then a bunt which allowed a walk-off runner to score when the pitcher threw a wild toss to 1st base to try to get the force out.  The ball sailed inside the man covering first base and down the baseline into the warm up area.  The runner was safe at first and the Giants won.  What should have been an “easy” out (meant to simply advance the runners) ended up an error to win the game.
Well, as unconvincing as the win may have been, we’ll take it.  The Giants are now up 2 – 1 in the series with four games left and the next two are here at home.  We need to play .500 ball to advance.  The Cards need to play .750 to advance.  Pretty long odds for the “Birds On A Stick“.  Historically, when a team wins game 1 on the road and is 2 – 1 in the Series, they win game four 59% of the time and the seven game series 68% of the time.  Not as dominating a percentage as I would have hoped for, but still much better than being in the reverse.  So, on to Game 4!!
I AM ORANGE INSIDE !!
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Who Am I To Teach?

The Teacher
LORD, who am I to teach the way
	To little children day by day,
So prone myself to go astray?
I teach them KNOWLEDGE, but I know
	How faint they flicker and how low
The candles of my knowledge glow.
I teach them POWER to will and do,
	But only now to learn anew
My own great weakness through and through.
I teach them LOVE for all mankind
	And all God’s creatures, but I find
My love comes lagging far behind.
Lord, if their guide I still must be,
	Oh let the little children see
The teacher leaning hard on Thee.
Written by:   Leslie Pinckney Hill
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2021	No Worries, Mate
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2018	Three Things
2017	Love Yourself
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2016	Once Eccentric
2015	Trusted Desperation
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2013	Deliver Us Something Larger
2012	Bore, n.
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