Victory Video 2010 + Top 10 reasons to be a GAINTS FAN

Top 3 reasons to be a GAINTS FAN 

#1 They are the current World Series champions!

 They are the current World Serieschampions, having defeated the Texas Rangers in the 2010 World Series four games to one.

As one of the oldest baseball teams, the Giants have won the most games of any team in the history of American baseball, and any North American professional sports team

They have won 21 National League pennants and appeared in 18 World Series competitions (winning it six times in all), both tied with rivals Los Angeles Dodgers for most in the league. The Giants have been invited to the World Series an NL record 19 times, but boycotted the event in 1904. (Source)

#2 Giants Pitching Staff

As unexciting as a pitching staff as a whole sounds, the sheer success of the Giants on the mound makes 2010 seems even more exciting than usual. Top to bottom, their pitchers have been some of the best in the league over the last couple years.

Lincecum is simply only the headliner on a staff that includes an All-Star closer in Brian Wilson, a former Cy Young Award winner in Barry Zito, 2009 Minor League Pitcher of the Year Dan Runzler, and last year's holds leader Jeremy Affeldt.

Not to mention Matt "Big Sugar" Cain, Jonathan "No-Hitter" Sanchez, and Madison "Top Prospect" Bumgarner, who will most likely round out the starting rotation for the G's.

The Giants will once again be the pitching staff to beat in the NL West, and possibly in the league, so look forward to another year of impressive stats from the AT&T mound. (Source)

 

 #3 Willie Mays 

If you know baseball, you know the Say-Hey Kid. If you haven't seen the picture above before, then you don't know baseball.

"The Catch" is one of the most iconic baseball pictures ever, but Mays catching the ball off the big bat of Cleveland's Vic Wertz is only a slice of one of the most illustrious careers in baseball history.

Willie Mays is seen by many to be the greatest baseball player ever.

He was a defensive whiz in center field, as Wertz and all Indians fans know. He could run, stealing 338 bases in his career while leading the league four times.

And boy, could he hit, holding a lifetime average of .302, mashing 660 career home runs, driving in 1903 runs, and knocking out an impressive 3283 hits.

Mays made a record-tying 24 All-Star appearances, won two MVP awards, had eight consecutive 100-RBI seasons, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.

Mays is still hanging around the Giants clubhouse to this day, as represented by his presence at this year's Spring Training, teaching young outfielders proper throwing technique.

He's a Giants legend, and there's a reason that AT&T Park is located at 24 Willie Mays Plaza. (Source)