| 2010 World Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 27 – November 1 | |||||||||
| Venue(s) | AT&T Park (San Francisco) Globe Life Park in Arlington (Texas) | |||||||||
| MVP | Édgar Rentería (San Francisco) | |||||||||
| Umpires | John Hirschbeck(crew chief),Sam Holbrook,Bill Miller,Mike Winters,Jeff Kellogg,Gary Darling.[1] | |||||||||
| Hall of Famers | Giants: None Rangers:Vladimir Guerrero | |||||||||
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| Television | Fox (United States) MLB International (International) | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Joe Buck andTim McCarver (Fox) Gary Thorne andRick Sutcliffe (MLB International) | |||||||||
| Radio | ESPN KNBR (SF) KESN (TEX) | |||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jon Miller andJoe Morgan (ESPN) Duane Kuiper,Dave Flemming andMike Krukow (KNBR) Eric Nadel andDave Barnett (KESN) | |||||||||
| ALCS | Texas Rangers overNew York Yankees (4–2) | |||||||||
| NLCS | San Francisco Giants overPhiladelphia Phillies (4–2) | |||||||||
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The2010 World Series was thechampionship series ofMajor League Baseball's (MLB)2010 season.[2] The 106th edition of the World Series, it was abest-of-seven playoff played between theAmerican League (AL) championTexas Rangers and theNational League (NL) championSan Francisco Giants; the Giants won the series, four games to one, to secure their firstWorld Series championship since1954 andtheir first sincerelocating to San Francisco from New York City in1958, ending theCurse of Coogan's Bluff.[3][4] The series began on Wednesday,October 27, and ended on Monday,November 1.
In their respectiveLeague Championship Series, the Rangers and the Giants eliminated the2009 World Series teams—theNew York Yankees and thePhiladelphia Phillies—each in six games. The Rangers' victory in theAL Championship Series gave the franchise its first World Series appearance in its 50-year history, dating from their inauguration as the secondWashington Senators club in 1961. Meanwhile, the victory in theNL Championship Series gave the Giants their fourth World Series appearance since moving to San Francisco prior to the 1958 season; their most recent appearance had been in the2002 World Series, when they lost to theAnaheim Angels in seven games. Coincidentally, the Giants and Rangers faced off in the first regular-seasoninterleague game, onJune 12, 1997, at the Ballpark in Arlington;[5] Rangers relieverDarren Oliver, then in his first stint with the club, threw the game's first pitch.
The Giants had home-field advantage for the World Series (the first NL champions since2001), because the NL won theAll-Star Game, 3–1, onJuly 13. For the second consecutive year, Series games were scheduled for earlier start times to attract younger viewers. First pitch was just before8:00 p.m.EDT for most games, with Game 3 starting at7:00 p.m. EDT as part of a "family night" promotion and Game 4 starting at8:20 p.m. EDT to accommodateFox's NFL coverage.[6]
San Francisco landmarks, such asCoit Tower, theFerry Building, andSan Francisco City Hall, were illuminated with orange lighting at night during the postseason. An exclusive VIP party was held on the eve of the World Series at theCalifornia Academy of Sciences (inGolden Gate Park); most media were not allowed near the event.[7] San Francisco mayorGavin Newsom made a friendly wager with Arlington mayorRobert Cluck, agreeing that "the losing city's mayor will travel to the winning city and join the winning city's mayor in a day of support for local youth and community service initiatives, with both mayors wearing the jersey of the World Series Champion team."[8] With three games slated inArlington, this marked the 5th time the same city hosted both a World Series game and the upcomingSuper Bowl (Los Angeles1966–67, Minneapolis1991–92, Atlanta1999–2000, Tampa2008–09).
The Rangers and their fans had a long history of futility and disappointment. Enfranchised in 1961 as the second iteration of theWashington Senators, the team only had one season with awinning percentage above .500 out of 11 seasons in Washington, D.C.. The team relocated toArlington, Texas, for the1972 season but failed to make the postseason for over 20 years. Despite being 10 games under .500, the Rangers were leading theAmerican League West division onAugust 12,1994, when the1994–95 Major League Baseball strike began and the remainder of the season was cancelled. They went on to win three division titles in1996,1998, and1999, but were eliminated by theNew York Yankees in theALDS each time, having only won one game out of all three series combined. The Rangers' last postseason appearance before 2010 was in 1999. At the time, the Rangers were the only team to have never advanced past the first round of the playoffs and one of three (the others being theSeattle Mariners - who are still without a World Series appearance, and theWashington Nationals - who most recently won theWorld Series in2019) to have never appeared in the World Series.
Heading into 2010, the Rangers were plagued with off-field issues. Duringspring training,managerRon Washington admitted to prior cocaine use and failing a drug test during the2009 season.[9] Additionally, the team's owner,Tom Hicks, had financial problems dating back to 2008, which culminated in the team declaringbankruptcy in May and being sold to a partnership led byChuck Greenberg and team presidentNolan Ryan in August.
In the offseason,Iván Rodríguez,Marlon Byrd,Omar Vizquel, andAndruw Jones all departed due tofree agency.Kevin Millwood was traded to theBaltimore Orioles forChris Ray, who in turn was traded to the Giants mid-season. Notable offseason additions to the Rangers included starting pitcherRich Harden, previously of theChicago Cubs; starting pitcherColby Lewis, previously ofNippon Professional Baseball'sHiroshima Toyo Carp; anddesignated hitterVladimir Guerrero, previously of theLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Notable midseason roster moves include the aforementioned trade of Chris Ray to San Francisco in exchange for catcherBengie Molina, and the trade ofJustin Smoak and three minor-leaguers to theSeattle Mariners for starting pitcherCliff Lee and relief pitcherMark Lowe. The Rangers also traded two minor leaguers to theFlorida Marlins in exchange forJorge Cantú, andJoaquín Árias to theNew York Mets in exchange forJeff Francoeur.
The Rangers spent most of the season in first place in theAmerican League West, with both theLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim andSeattle Mariners failing to live up to expectations by ESPN critics. They took first place for good onJune 8, following a brief one-day stint in first place by the Angels, and finished the season with a 90–72 record, ninegames ahead of the second-placeOakland Athletics. Their .556winning percentage was the lowest among all eight 2010 postseason teams.
In the postseason, the third-seeded Rangers faced the top-seededTampa Bay Rays in theALDS. The Rangers won the first two games atTropicana Field by wide margins, bringing the Rays to the brink of elimination; however, the Rays won the next two games atRangers Ballpark in Arlington to force a deciding Game 5 at Tropicana Field. Game 5 was another decisive Rangers victory, as aceCliff Lee stymied the Rays and the offense struck Rays aceDavid Price once again. This was the first postseason series win in franchise history; additionally, the Rangers were the last team that had never won a postseason series. In theALCS, the Rangers faced the wild-card winningNew York Yankees, to whom they had lost all three of their previous postseason appearances. The Yankees had swept the second-seededMinnesota Twins in their ALDS. The Rangers held a 5–0 lead in Game 1, only to see the Yankees come back and beat them 6–5. However, the next three games were all blowouts, as the Rangers took a 3–1 series lead. The Yankees won Game 5 by a large margin, but were once again routed in Game 6, 6–1, behind a series-winning hit byVladimir Guerrero.Josh Hamilton's MVP performance included four home runs, tying an ALCS record, and helped the Rangers reach their first World Series. It also marked the first time since1991 that the AL West champion won the pennant. The Angels'2002 win was as thewild card team.
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Like the Rangers, the Giants and their fans had a long history of futility and disappointment since their move from New York City to San Francisco before the1958 season. The Giants had won their last World Series against theCleveland Indians in1954. After moving to San Francisco, enraged Giants fans in New York allegedly placed a hex on the franchise, starting theCurse of Coogan's Bluff that would last for over 50 years. Within that period, they made it to the World Series three times, but lost each time. These included a seven-game loss to theNew York Yankees in1962, a four-game sweep by theircross-bay rivalOakland Athletics in1989 that was marred by theLoma Prieta earthquake, and another seven-game loss to theAnaheim Angels in2002 after being six outs away from the title in Game 6 with a 5–3 lead in the bottom of the eighth. Their last postseason appearance was in2003, when they lost to theeventual World Series championFlorida Marlins in theNLDS.
The Giants entered 2010 with a strong pitching staff led by two-timeCy Young Award winnerTim Lincecum and a solid bullpen spearheaded by closerBrian Wilson. Notable offseason acquisitions includedfree agentsMark DeRosa, previously of theSt. Louis Cardinals; andAubrey Huff, previously of theDetroit Tigers. Over the course of the season, the Giants' front office made a series of moves to bolster their offense.Free agentPat Burrell was signed in late May after he was released by theTampa Bay Rays, whileBuster Posey—who had started the season at Triple-AFresno—was called up in late May and became the starting catcher after the Giants tradedBengie Molina to theTexas Rangers. In August,José Guillén was acquired in a trade with theKansas City Royals, andCody Ross was claimed off waivers from theFlorida Marlins.
The Giants spent much of the early part of the season in second or third place in theNational League West standings, trailing theSan Diego Padres and on occasion theLos Angeles Dodgers orColorado Rockies. They entered theAll-Star break in fourth place, trailing the Padres, Rockies, and Dodgers. However, they finished July in second place behind the Padres, with a record of 20–8 for the month. OnAugust 26, the Padres began a ten-game losing streak that allowed the Giants to gain some ground. The Giants tied the Padres for first place onSeptember 10 and the two teams traded the top spot for the next 15 days. Then, the Giants took the lead for good onSeptember 26, when they began a four-game winning streak coupled with the Padres' three-game losing streak. The Giants were threegames ahead of the Padres going into the final weekend of the season, a three-game set between the two teams that the Padres needed to sweep in order to force a tie-breaker. The Padres won the first two games, but the Giants prevailed in the final game, 3–0, to clinch the franchise's seventh NL West championship.
In theDivision Series, the second-seeded Giants faced the wild card-winningAtlanta Braves, who had also clinched a postseason berth on the last day of the regular season. Each game was decided by one run, with the Giants winning the series three games to one. The Giants won behind Lincecum's 14strikeouts in Game 1 and earned come-from-behind wins in Games 3 and 4. In theNLCS, the Giants were heavy underdogs to the two-time defending National League championPhiladelphia Phillies, the overall #1 seed in the postseason. Ross' two home runs in Game 1 off Phillies aceRoy Halladay helped the Giants win the opener 4–3. They lost Game 2, but rebounded in Game 3 thanks toMatt Cain's strong performance and more timely hitting by Ross. Game 4 saw the Giants win on a walk-off sac fly byJuan Uribe. With the Phillies winning Game 5, 4–2, the series was sent back to Philadelphia. The Phillies took a 2–0 lead in the first inning of Game 6, but the Giants tied the game in the third and their steady bullpen held the Phillies' offense scoreless the rest of the way. This effort by the Giants bullpen included relief appearances by Tim Lincecum and Madison Bumgarner, who were both part of the Giants playoff rotation. In the eighth, Uribe hit a home run to right that barely cleared the wall and gave the Giants a 3–2 lead. Wilson came on for a five-out save to clinch the series. This marked the first time that the NL West champion had made it to the World Series since theArizona Diamondbacks did so in2001 (the Giants' 2002 appearance and theColorado Rockies'2007 appearance were both aswild card winners).
San Francisco won the series, 4–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 27 | Texas Rangers – 7,San Francisco Giants – 11 | AT&T Park | 3:36 | 43,601[10] |
| 2 | October 28 | Texas Rangers – 0,San Francisco Giants – 9 | AT&T Park | 3:17 | 43,622[11] |
| 3 | October 30 | San Francisco Giants – 2,Texas Rangers – 4 | Rangers Ballpark in Arlington | 2:51 | 52,419[12] |
| 4 | October 31 | San Francisco Giants – 4, Texas Rangers – 0 | Rangers Ballpark in Arlington | 3:09 | 51,920[13] |
| 5 | November 1 | San Francisco Giants – 3, Texas Rangers – 1 | Rangers Ballpark in Arlington | 2:32 | 52,045[14] |
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Texas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 11 | 14 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Tim Lincecum (1–0) LP:Cliff Lee (0–1) Home runs: TEX: None SF:Juan Uribe (1) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The anticipated pitchers' duel between formerCy Young Award winnersCliff Lee andTim Lincecum never materialized, as Lincecum gave up two earlyruns and Lee gave up sevenruns—six of which wereearned—in4+2⁄3 innings. In the first inning, Lincecum gave up ahit and awalk, respectively, to the first two batters he faced:Elvis Andrus andMichael Young. Andrus scored on aVladimir Guerrero single that struck Lincecum's leg and bounced into right field. In the second,Bengie Molina singled, advanced to third on a Leedouble, and scored on Andrus'sacrifice fly. In the bottom of the third inning,Édgar Rentería reached on anerror and advanced to second when LeehitAndrés Torres. Rentería scored on aFreddy SanchezRBI double, and Torres scored on aBuster Posey RBI single, tying the game.
In the bottom of the fifth inning, Torres doubled and scored on another Sanchez double. Lee then walkedPat Burrell and gave up back-to-back singles toCody Ross andAubrey Huff, which scored Sanchez and Burrell, respectively. Lee was then relieved byDarren O'Day, who gave up a three-runhome run toJuan Uribe that increased the Giants' lead to six runs. In the top of the sixth inning, Lincecum struck out the first two batters he faced, but walkedIan Kinsler, who scored on a Molina double. Molina advanced to third on aMitch Moreland single and scored on aDavid Murphy single. Lincecum was then removed from the game, having gone5+2⁄3 innings.
The Giants piled on to their lead in the bottom of the eighth. Rangers relieverMark Lowe gave up a single to Rentería, who advanced to third on a Vladimir Guerrero fielding error. Rentería then scored onpinch hitterTravis Ishikawa's double. Sanchez singled to score Ishikawa, and advanced to second on another Guerrero error. Lowe recorded one more out before being relieved byMichael Kirkman. Kirkman promptly gave up a single toNate Schierholtz that scored Sanchez.
In the top of the ninth, Giants relieverRamón Ramírez gave up a single to pinch hitterJulio Borbon and walked Andrus before being relieved byJeremy Affeldt. Affeldt threw awild pitch and walkedJosh Hamilton toload the bases, and was relieved bycloserBrian Wilson. Guerrero hit a sacrifice fly that scored Borbon, andNelson Cruz doubled to score Andrus and Hamilton, but Kinsler popped out to end the game.[15]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | X | 9 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Matt Cain (1–0) LP:C. J. Wilson (0–1) Home runs: TEX: None SF:Édgar Rentería (1) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2 started out as a pitching duel between San Francisco'sMatt Cain and Texas'C. J. Wilson.Ian Kinsler led off the top of the fifth with a deep fly ball that was perhaps an inch short of a home run. The ball bounced high off the top of the center field wall and back into the field of play, forcing Kinsler to settle for a double. Cain did not allow him to score. In the bottom of the 5th inning,Édgar Rentería hit a home run into left field to give San Francisco a 1–0 lead. Texas threatened in the top of the sixth with back-to-back singles byMichael Young andJosh Hamilton, who both advanced into scoring position on Cain'swild pitch toNelson Cruz. Cain subsequently got Cruz and Kinsler to pop out, ending the threat. The Giants added a run in the bottom of the seventh whenCody Ross walked, advanced to second base on a groundout byAubrey Huff, and then scored on a single byJuan Uribe. Wilson was removed from the game with a blister in the seventh inning and was relieved byDarren Oliver. Cain went7+2⁄3 innings, allowing only four hits. Cain's outing was his third and final of the postseason, a playoff run in which he pitched21+1⁄3 innings without allowing an earned run.
In the eighth inning, Texas relieverDarren O'Day struck outAndrés Torres andFreddy Sanchez to record the first two outs.Buster Posey singled up the middle, and O'Day was relieved byDerek Holland. Holland walkedNate Schierholtz andCody Ross toload the bases, then walked Huff to force in a run, increasing the Giants' lead to 3–0.Mark Lowe then relieved Holland, and walked Uribe to force in another run. Rentería then singled to left field, scoring Ross and Huff to increase the Giants' lead to 6–0. Lowe was then relieved byMichael Kirkman, who gave up atriple topinch hitterAaron Rowand, scoring Uribe and Rentería. Rowand then scored on an Andrés Torresdouble.Guillermo Mota retired the Rangers in the ninth to give the Giants a 2–0 series lead.Nate Schierholtz made a running catch to end the game.[16]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Colby Lewis (1–0) LP:Jonathan Sánchez (0–1) Sv:Neftalí Feliz (1) Home runs: SF:Cody Ross (1),Andrés Torres (1) TEX:Mitch Moreland (1),Josh Hamilton (1) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All runs scored in this game were produced byhome runs. In the bottom of the second inning, Giants starterJonathan Sánchez gave up adouble toNelson Cruz and walkedBengie Molina before giving up a three-run home run toMitch Moreland. In the bottom of the fifth inning, Sánchez yielded a home run toJosh Hamilton, which would be the last batter he would face.Cody Ross andAndrés Torres cut the lead in half with home runs in the seventh and eighth, respectively, off Rangers starterColby Lewis. Texas closer Neftalí Feliz pitched a perfect ninth to secure the Rangers' first and only victory of the series.[17]
This was the first World Series game won by a team from Texas, as theHouston Astros were swept in2005.[17]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Madison Bumgarner (1–0) LP:Tommy Hunter (0–1) Home runs: SF:Aubrey Huff (1),Buster Posey (1) TEX: None Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In Game 4, the Giants sent 21-year-old rookieMadison Bumgarner to the hill against the Rangers' Tommy Hunter. Bumgarner was brilliant for San Francisco, hurling eight innings while allowing only three hits. Bumgarner allowed only one Ranger to reach second base. A two-run homer byAubrey Huff in the third inning off Hunter was enough for the Giants win. The other two runs were scored on a run-scoring double by Andrés Torres in the seventh and a home run to dead center byBuster Posey in the eighth. Bumgarner also became the fifth-youngest pitcher to start a World Series game, and the fourth-youngest to win one. Bumgarner and Posey were the first rookie battery to start a World Series game sinceSpec Shea andYogi Berra in1947.[18][19]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| San Francisco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Tim Lincecum (2–0) LP:Cliff Lee (0–2) Sv:Brian Wilson (1) Home runs: SF:Édgar Rentería (2) TEX:Nelson Cruz (1) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 5 was a pitching rematch of Game 1 between formerCy Young Award winnersCliff Lee andTim Lincecum. Down 3–1 in the series, the Rangers needed a win in their ballpark to send the Series back to San Francisco or the Giants would return home as champions. What resulted was the pitching duel anticipated in Game 1. Both Lee and Lincecum pitched six shutout innings, with Lincecum having allowed only two hits and Lee three. In the top of the seventh inning, Cody Ross and Juan Uribe singled back to back to put two runners on with no outs. The next Giant batter, Aubrey Huff, who had never laid down a bunt in his Major League career, successfully executed a sacrifice bunt, one where only a quick play by Lee prevented Huff from reaching base himself. Runners were now at second and third base for Pat Burrell. Lee struck out Burrell (10th time Burrell fanned in the Series), but then allowed a three-run homer on a 2–0 slider byÉdgar Rentería to left center field, putting the Giants ahead 3–0.
With one out in the bottom of the seventh, Nelson Cruz had a home run that cut the deficit to 3–1 and broke an 18-inning scoreless streak for the Rangers—their longest drought of the entire season.[20] Lincecum walked the next batter, Ian Kinsler, to bring the tying run to the plate in the bottom of the seventh but struck out the next two Texas batters to end the threat.
Rangers closer Neftalí Feliz pitched two scoreless innings, and Lincecum pitched a 1–2–3 eighth, keeping the score 3–1. Brian Wilson, the 2010 Major League saves champion (48 saves), relieved Lincecum in the bottom of the ninth. Facing the heart of Texas' order, Wilson made quick work of the first two batters, striking Josh Hamilton out looking on four pitches and getting Vladimir Guerrero to hit a grounder to Rentería at short on the first pitch. This brought Nelson Cruz to the plate as the last hope for Texas. Cruz worked the count to 3–2, but Wilson struck him out swinging to seal the championship for San Francisco.
Édgar Rentería's three-run homer was the second World Series championship-clinching hit of his career, the first coming with the Florida Marlins in 1997. Rentería was named the MVP of the series, as he hit .412 (7 for 17) with six RBIs in the Series.[21]
2010 World Series(4–1):San Francisco Giants (NL) beatTexas Rangers (AL).
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| San Francisco Giants | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 29 | 42 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Rangers | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 29 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total attendance: 243,607 Average attendance: 48,721 Winning player's share: $317,631.29 Losing player's share: $246,279.55[22] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the United States,Fox televised the games, withJoe Buck callingplay-by-play on his 13th World Series dating back to1996 (which was also Fox's very first World Series), whileTim McCarver handledcolor commentary for the 21st time since1985 (when McCarver worked forABC).Ken Rosenthal also appeared on the Fox telecasts as afield reporter.MLB International syndicated its own telecast of the series, with announcersGary Thorne andRick Sutcliffe, to various networks outside the U.S.[23]ESPN America broadcast the series live in the UK and in Europe.[24]Additionally, theAmerican Forces Network andCanadian Forces Radio and Television carried the games to U.S. and Canadian service personnel stationed around the globe.Fox Deportes carried the Series in Spanish on American cable and satellite TV.
However, many viewers in the New York City andPhiladelphia markets were unable to watch Games 1 and 2 becauseNews Corporation, Fox's parent company, pulledWNYW andWTXF from cable providerCablevision onOctober 16 due to a carriage dispute.[25] An agreement between the companies was reached just before Game 3.[25]
The overall nationalNielsen rating for the five games was 8.4, which, at the time, tied the2008 World Series for the event's lowest-ever TV rating (the2012 World Series would later draw a 7.6 rating to hold the record on its own).[26] Game 4 was beaten in the ratings by aPittsburgh Steelers–New Orleans Saints game onNBC Sunday Night Football, the first time a World Series game was outdrawn by a regular-season NFL contest airing in the same time slot.[27]
| Game | Ratings (households) | Share (households) | American audience (in millions) |
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| 1 | 8.9 | 15 | 15.009 |
| 2 | 8.5 | 14 | 14.130 |
| 3 | 6.7 | 13 | 11.460 |
| 4 | 9.0 | 15 | 15.537 |
| 5 | 8.8 | 14 | 14.950 |
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ESPN Radio also broadcast the World Series nationally, withJon Miller (who worked the Giants' local radio broadcasts during the regular season) calling his 13th consecutive World Series as the network's play-by-play announcer, andJoe Morgan providing commentary on his 11th World Series for ESPN Radio and his 14th overall (counting three Series telecasts forNBC). The games were the last that Miller and Morgan (who had also been callingSunday Night Baseball for ESPN television since 1990) would work together, as the network subsequently announced that their contracts would not be renewed for 2011.[28]ESPN Deportes Radio also aired the Series toSpanish language listeners, with Eduardo Ortega and former Giants pitcherJuan Marichal announcing. In the UK, the Series was broadcast byBBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, withJonny Gould andJosh Chetwynd commentating.[29]
Locally, the two teams'flagship stations broadcast the series with their respective announcing crews. The Giants' English-language broadcasts aired onKNBR (withDave Flemming,Duane Kuiper, andMike Krukow announcing) with their Spanish-language broadcasts onKIQI (with Erwin Higueros andTito Fuentes), whileKRLD-FM andAM carried the Rangers' English-language broadcasts (withEric Nadel andDave Barnett) andKFLC-AM had their Spanish-language broadcasts (with Eleno Ornelas and Jerry Romo). Due to contractual obligations, the non-flagship stations on the teams' radio networks carried the ESPN Radio broadcasts of the games, although the local broadcasts were also available onXM Satellite Radio and to Gameday Audio subscribers atMLB.com.
San Francisco outscored Texas 29–12, and shut out the Rangers twice. The Giants became the second team in the 2010 postseason to record two shutouts in a series since thePhiladelphia Phillies shut out theCincinnati Reds twice in theNLDS. The Rangers were the first team to be shut out twice in the World Series since theBaltimore Orioles recorded three shut outs against the1966 Los Angeles Dodgers en route to a sweep in theWorld Series. The Giants would later accomplish this feat again in the2012 World Series against theDetroit Tigers.
The Giants championship marked several firsts, not just for the team, but also for the city of San Francisco and theSan Francisco Bay Area.[4]
The firsts with the championship were:
In summing up the firsts,Larry Baer, the president of the Giants and a fourth generation resident of San Francisco, said that the team dedicated the championship to "53 years of San Francisco Giants players and coaches and managers...millions of fans."[32]
The Giants held a victory parade on November 3, following the same parade route that the team used when they moved to the city.[33] With some estimates of a million fans lining the route, the parade and rally atCity Hall was the largest event ever in the city of San Francisco. Transit agencyBART set an all-time single day record for ridership, breaking its previous record by almost 20%.[33]
Replaced byBuster Posey midway during the 2010 season,Bengie Molina was traded to the Rangers, reaching the World Series against the Giants. Despite being on the losing team, Molina received a championship ring, becoming just the sixth player to play for both World Series teams in the same season.[34]
While losingCliff Lee to free agency to Philadelphia, the Texas Rangers bolstered their line-up by signing third basemanAdrian Beltre.The next season, the Rangers won the AL West title for the second consecutive season, after leading that division for much of the season, eventually making it back to the World Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, losing to them in seven games, after being one strike away from the title, twice in Game 6.
The Giants' 2010 World Series championship was followed by two further World Series titles in2012 and2014; however, they missed the playoffs in between those championship seasons. Those three World Series titles in five seasons qualified as adynasty, according to the criteria devised by statisticianBill James.[35]
With the Giants' first World Series championship in San Francisco, theNational Hockey League'sSan Jose Sharks remain the onlyBay Area franchise without a world championship. The Sharks would reach theStanley Cup Finals for the2015-2016 season, but ultimately lost to thePittsburgh Penguins in six games.
Two key contributors from the San Francisco Giants would eventually join the Texas Rangers.Tim Lincecum signed a one-year contract with the Rangers on March 7, 2018. On October 21, 2022, the Rangers hiredBruce Bochy as their new manager, who led the Rangers to their first World Series championship title in his first season as Rangers manager in 2023.
The Giants...secure the Bay Area's first title since...the 49ers won the Super Bowl.
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