Giants-Dodgers: Fan Frenzy Reached Fever Pitch As Game Time Approached

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October 8, 2021 astatine 5:43 pm

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — As the timepiece counted down to the archetypal transportation of the San Francisco Giants-Los Angeles Dodgers NLDS Game 1 showdown, emotions roseate extracurricular of Oracle Park among the thousands of fans who were fortunate capable to person scored 1 of the hottest tickets successful town.

Standing country lone seats were going for $120 oregon much connected the reseller websites arsenic crippled clip approached. Those without tickets crowded into vicinity bars passim metropolis from the Richmond District to the Outer Mission acceptable for the rollercoaster thrust that was apt to unfold.

It was the archetypal post-season gathering betwixt the 2 heated rivals successful much than 100 years. The Giants won 107 regular play games this year, ending the Dodgers stranglehold of 8 consecutive NL West part titles.

The teams met 19 times during the regular season. After going winless successful the archetypal 4 regular play meetings, San Francisco went 10-5 the remainder of the mode to decorativeness with a 10-9 head-to-head advantage.

Outside Oracle, it was a substance of nerves and swagger.

Giants fans virtually question to the crippled by planes, trains and automobiles. Gena Anderson came by air. She and her hubby flew successful for the crippled from their location successful Twin Falls, Idaho.

“I was really connected a level flying from Phoenix to Idaho past Sunday, watching the crippled connected my iPad,” she said. “As soon arsenic I landed, I said to my hubby — ‘Do you privation to spell to San Francisco adjacent weekend’ — and Monday I bought tickets.”

For Ruben Franco, the crippled was a accidental to walk down a household contented archetypal started by his father. He stood extracurricular Oracle with his son.

“When helium was a baby, we had him successful beforehand of the TV erstwhile helium was a fewer months aged to ticker 2012 (when the Giants won the World Series),” helium said. “He was a small older to ticker 2014 (when the Giants won 3rd World Series title). But contiguous helium is truly going to acquisition it.”

Anthony Hardy didn’t person a summons for the game. He was among the watercraft floating successful McCovey Cove successful the Bay extracurricular the park.

“I’m conscionable retired present representing San Francisco, making definite we bring the title home,” helium said. “It’s ever a enactment retired here. You ne'er tin spell wrong.”

At pregame quality league Friday, Giants prima Brandon Crawford said the butterflies volition travel for him close earlier the National Anthem.

“I haven’t truly noticed anybody looking tense oregon anxious oregon thing similar that oregon I mightiness request to speech to them, calm them down a small bit, oregon anything,” helium said of the pregame lockerroom. “So usually for maine that comes astir National Anthem time, erstwhile you get the butterflies successful the stomach. So we’ll spot astir crippled time, but I haven’t truly noticed immoderate antithetic vibe oregon thing similar that successful the clubhouse.”

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Andria Borba and Wilson Walker contributed to this study