Parade gives Giants fans a special Halloween treat
Orange and black scream Halloween every year, but on this day in San Francisco, it screamed something different. More >
Giants players get one last day together
The celebratory parade through Market Street and the ceremony that followed on the steps of City Hall allowed the Giants to spend one final day together before heading their separate ways into the offseason. More >
No shortage of moments, stars from Giants' run
The montage of events from the Giants' postseason can replay endlessly, like a favorite movie in one's mind. More >
Droves of fans greet Giants upon AT&T Park arrival
For more than two hours on Monday afternoon, several hundred Giants fans waited patiently on both sides of the AT&T Park driveway, cheering at any passing charter bus in hopes that it would hold their beloved 2012 World Series champions. More >
Record social media buzz for champion Giants
The Giants' World Series-clinching victory over the Tigers on Sunday night had everyone online discussing their latest October triumph. More >
Giants flew under the radar to their title
Even with two championships in three years, the Giants may not be getting the credit they deserve for a job extraordinarily well done. More >
Extra! Extra! Read all about extended Series games
The Giants advanced to the World Series the hard way. So there had to be at least a little drama when they completed the 21st sweep in World Series history at Comerica Park on Sunday night. And there was, as the Giants came from behind twice in a 4-3, 10-inning win in the clinching victory. More >
Giants fitting champions in postseason of thrills
From a Division Series round that went the distance at every turn all the way through the Giants' sweep of the Tigers in the World Series, this was postseason for the ages. More >
MLB Notebook: Giants complete rare feat with sweep
The 2012 Fall Classic was just the fourth ever to feature a matchup between one team who had swept a best-of-seven League Championship Series (the Tigers) against a club who went the full seven in their League Championship Series (the Giants). More >
Giants owners embrace state of surging franchise
Peter Magowan, the former managing general partner of the Giants, made a brief appearance in the zaniness of San Francisco's post-World Series victory clubhouse. Larry Baer, the team's president and now the chief executive and control person, accepted the trophy from Commissioner Bud Selig. More >
Ninth-inning pitch breaks Infante's left hand
The Tigers won't have to figure out how they would've gone on without Omar Infante. No sooner had they realized Infante had suffered a season-ending left wrist injury than their season was over. More >
Giants prove title is won on the field, not on paper
A sweep in the 2012 World Series was not out of the question. Few felt San Francisco could push Detroit to six or even seven games. But it was the Giants who did the sweeping. More >
Personalities mesh to create Giants among men
Buster Posey and his pals have brought two more World Series titles to San Francisco than Willie Mays and Barry Bonds did combined, inviting the big question. How in the world did they do it? What makes this team so special? More >
With core intact, Tigers' offseason could be quiet
While it was a disappointing end, the Tigers did reach their goal of making it to the Fall Classic. And with their core still intact for 2013, a few offseason moves will likely make the Tigers the early favorites to repeat as American League champions. More >
Tigers' bats show signs of life, but too little too late
Miguel Cabrera took a called strike three for the final out of the World Series as the Tigers lost, 4-3, in Game 4. But after a sluggish first three games, at least in this one, the Tigers had their chances and went down fighting. More >
Giants celebrate Series title for 'unique group'
Even with a three-game lead in this World Series, Giants players were finding it hard to breathe as they waited for Sergio Romo to offer up his next pitch to Miguel Cabrera. More >
Tigers tip their caps to World Series champions
From their historic resurgence against the Reds in the National League Division Series to their refusal to wilt against the Cardinals a round later, the Giants seemed destined to capture the World Series title. The Tigers took a bit of solace knowing they collided head-on with a steamrolling locomotive. More >
Cain caps amazing year with stellar effort in clincher
Consistently unjust, unfair and unkind, baseball rarely rewards those who truly deserve it. Then once in a while the game surprises, and someone like Matt Cain has a year like 2012. More >
San Francisco set for Giants parade today
San Francisco will fete its latest World Series-champion Giants team with a ticker-tape parade and civic celebration on Wednesday, beginning at 11 a.m. PT. More >
Party on: Bay Area fans revel in Giants' championship
The joy was a familiar one, as was the celebratory mayhem that blanketed the city. Yet as the San Francisco Giants fans flooded the streets to celebrate their second World Series championship in the past three years, there was little tamed or unoriginal in their jubilant celebrations. More >
