Giants fans beware

By Gina Massetani

True Giants fans be careful; there are thousands of wanna-be Giants enthusiasts that are jumping on the bandwagon as they head toward the World Series.

They are around the city, in our neighborhoods and in your building.

They are the ones that have new, bright orange Giants shirts, while you walk around in your worn out shirt that you have worn for every Orange Friday Night Game.

Those of you that know every statistic, every pitcher and devoutly watch every game are being outnumbered by the "fans" who started checking the scores as the Giants entered the playoffs.

It is great that spirits are high as the Giants enter a grueling seven-game series aginst the World Series against the Texas Rangers.

At the beginning of the season, however, there were a lot of empty seats at AT&T Park when the Giant's weren't playing the Dodgers or the Padres.

Now people are doing anything they can to find tickets and they are going for hundreds and thousands of dollars depending on the seats. Giants fans around campus spent between $700 and $900 for their tickets on the upper deck level.

San Francisco struggled in the beginning of the season, but the Giants added Pat Burrell, Cody Ross, Mike Fontenot and a few others to boost their anemic lineup.

Bringing Buster Posey up from the minors sealed the fate of current Ranger Bengie Molina, but was a huge catalyst in turning the team around.

There were times during the season when the Giants encountered a few obstacles and couldn't buy a win and with that the fair-weather fans slowly faded away.

Now that they are headed to the World Series, many of those fading fans have reemerged to support the Giants.

The Giants have not been to the playoffs since 2002. Although it was a similar situation with new fans jumping on the bandwagon, hopefully this series will be different.

Many students have adopted this exciting Giants team and are living and dying with every pitch.

The Giants have given the Bay Area the best baseball season they have seen in a long time.

We have to hope the fan support will remain solid and consistent, and appreciate what an amazing story this Giants team has given its supporters, old and new.

And to all those fans who have just discovered how great baseball really is, we ask them to support the Giants regardless of if they win or lose.