Who's Calling It A Dynasty? A Look At Headlines Celebrating (And Ignoring) The Giants' Championship
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) - Let the national debate rage: can you be a dynasty while missing the playoffs twice in five years? The votes are in locally, where headlines celebrate a team that - like the 2012 version - refused elimination. Here's a recap of how the third San Francisco Giants title in five years was seen around the Bay Area and the rest of the nation.
Some of the larger local papers aren't shy. They're using the D-word with gusto, and why not? The Giants just became the first National League team to win three championships over a five year span since the 1940s. Let's call it what it is:
Others keyed on the positivity of the locker room and the Hunter Pence-inspired Yes! Yes! Yes! mantra:
Understandably, the Mercury News had trouble ignoring the jaw-dropping performance of Madison Bumgarner:
Elsewhere, even the economy-focused Wall St. Journal couldn't look away from Bumgarner's brilliance:
In Kansas City, the story was one of a historic playoff push that fell one base short of extra innings.
Surprisingly, the championship wasn't as big a deal in Los Angeles, where the LA Times neglected to give the Giants their due on the front page:
Funny, we'd forgotten baseball existed in LA too.