Giants fever

It's everywhere you look in San Francisco. As soon as I walked out the door in North Beach this morning, the first person I saw was wearing his Giants t-shirt. Around the corner on Grant Street, the window display showed Giants gear, and as the sun went down, Coit Tower was aglow in orange.

So the experts are picking the Nationals to win the series. Sure, on paper the Eastern Division leader looks like the sure bet, but in baseball as in life, anything can happen. Just ask the Angels who were clear favorites to take their first game from the wild-card winning KC Royals. Washington may have Anthony Rendon, but the Orange and Black have the killer P's--sure they miss leadoff spark plug Angel Pagan, but they still have Posey, Pence, Panda, and rookie Panik filling in just fine. San Francisco can't put their number one guy on the mound, Madison Bumgarner pitched a gem yesterday to win the wild-card game, but Jake Peavy is up for the challenge.  And after last night's celebration it's clear, the entire squad wants to keep playing through October. On the street a fan told me, there's nothing like rooting for a winner and that 's exactly what it feels like to catch Giants fever. Can you feel it?