THE PONCHATOULA TIMES, NOVEMBER 11, 2010, PAGE 2
Dave Berwick
Giants are
Giants
By DAVE BERWICK
Times Columnist
The San Francisco Giants sit
atop the baseball world today
as the undisputed champions,
having crushed the Zephyr-
stealing Nolan Ryan who led
Texas Rangers and indeed it
was in a convincing manner.
The Giants beat the Rangers
in every position. Texas Ranger
Cliff Lee, the greatest money
game pitcher in baseball today,
was beaten twice by Timmy Jim
"The Freak" Lincecom and once
in his home park. Of course the
argument will rage for many
years as to why Lee chooses to
pitch to Renteriq, who hit three
run home run, instead of draw-
ing a walk, thus winning the
last game. Lee lost two World
Series games after winning five
post season starts, a fantastic
achievement.
The Giants rookie catching
sensation "Buster Boy" Posey
clearly outplayed the Texas
catcher, Bengie Molina, would
just happens to be one of my fa-
vorite baseball players.
The Giant infield clearly out-
played the Ranger infield.
How about that giant out-
field led by Cody "Smiles" Ross,
I call him "Babe" Ross because
of all the home runs he's hit in
the post season.
And last but most impor-
tantly than all LSU's own Brian
"the Beard" Wilson, the ace of
the Giant bull pen who repeat-
edly closed the door right in ev-
ery opponent's face in the post
season.
The most amazing thing in
this lopsided Giant win was the
fact that Texas had dispatched
one of the greatest teams in
baseball history, that being
the Tampa Bay Rays and then
showed no respect for the dead,
meaning George Steinbrenner,
as they soundly defeated the
aged Yankees, showing no re-
spect whatever for their elders.
Texas had defeated those
two teams so easily, the odds
makers made them the favorite
even though the first two games
and the last two games were go-
ing to be played at San Fran-
cisco's stadium. Well they, the
odds makers, certainly thought
that Texas was going to emerge
victorious. Then after a flurry
of activity the odds on Texas in-
creased. The betting public was
chunking it in on Texas. The
American people thought Texas
was going to win!
But San Francisco proved ev-
eryone can be wrong sometime.
The Giants played like Giants.
The San Francisco Giants
are truly Giants
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Tigers to
Saints...
By JOHN DUDEK
Times Columnist
Toward the end of the Loui-
siana State University Fight-
ing Tigers' thrilling 24-21 vic-
tory over the Alabama Crimson
Tide, the co-host of my radio
talk show "The Whole 9 Yards"
texted me.
In that text, Jamie Bob sug-
gested that the New Orleans
Saints could use some help from
our hometown Tigers.
He stated that players like
kicker Josh Jasper, linebacker
Kelvin Sheppard, and corner-
back Patrick Peterson would be
great for the boys in black 'and
gold.
I couldn't agree more.
Jasper is the second most ac-
curate kicker in SEC history,
and would shore up the shaky
kicking game for the defend-
ing world champs. All-Amer-
ican Kelvin Sheppard would
be a great replacement for the
departed Scott Fujita at the
weak side linebacker position.
His leadership, knack for the
big play, and sure-fire tackling
would give the Saints another
stud on defense alongside Pro
Bowler Jonathon Vilma.
Patrick Peterson is an ab-
solute beast at the cornerback
position and could help out on
special teams as well. In fact,
Peterson is the only player in
college football to have 300+
return yards on both punts
and kickoffs, a rare blend of
game-breaking speed and brute
strength, Peterson is a future
Hall of Famer in the making.
Let's just hope the Saint's
scouting department pulls
the trigger on draft day and
turns these Tigers into Saints.
In other news, Brett Favre di-
rected scoring drives of 40 and
77 yards in the final four min-
utes to force overtime against
the Cardinals of Arizona. Then
he and running back Adrian Pe-
terson took over the extra period
and led Minnesota to victory.
The one week I don't start
Favre in fantasy football, he
has the most passing yards in
his entire career. That's the sto-
ry of my season folks. Honestly
though, this week it didn't mat-
ter one bit. Cheney, Rockefell-
er's "Employee of the Quarter,"
put a halt to my "streak" and
ended any chance of me making
the playoffs. See you in the "toi-
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