With the Giants in Detroit this week, I thought we all deserved a bit of a treat. Let’s take a look back at the magical 2012 playoff run!
Good morning, baseball fans!
With the San Francisco Giants recently wrapping up a series against the Kansas City Royals, and now in the middle of a series against the Detroit Tigers, one cannot be blamed for being in the mood for a little bit of nostalgia.
So today I thought we would revisit the 2012 World Series. The Giants were definitely the underdogs (to everyone except one Grant Brisbee, who iconically predicted the outcome). Despite having their backs against the wall in the series leading up to it, the Giants came in and swept the Tigers in four games to clinch their second World Series championship in three seasons.
Personally, this was my favorite of the three. Not necessarily for baseball reasons, it’s just the one that I remember most fondly. I was deathly ill during the 2010 World Series, and had left the Bay Area before 2014, so this was the one that I feel the most tied to. I remember listening in my car on breaks, and eventually my boss sending us home to watch when he realized no one was going to be getting any more work done.
For anyone else who is feeling a little nostalgic, here’s a video from the Giants’ social media team about the entire magical 2012 playoff run.