Alex Smith: 49ers resurgent QB.Things are looking up for the tragic Alex Smith. Drafted in the first round as the heir to the Montana/Young line he did OK. He did what you might expect of a decent rookie quarterback on a deteriorating team. After a decent sophomore campaign, he was benched midway through season three, a failure, especially in the eyes of fans, who needed a scapegoat for the now horrible 49ers.

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Philadelphia Athletics: 1913 AL ChampsI am an A’s fan. I watch as all the local news favors the San Francisco Giants in their coverage. I watch as the Giants parade Willie Mays and McCovey around the field every year, paying tribute to the last notable thing they did as a team, move from New York.

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Frank GoreThe Niners lost. Fearful 49er faithful begin to search the proverbial wagon for signs of weakening lug nuts. Its been a fear inducing decade for us. Is she going to hold together until the playoffs or has 2009 buckled like Frank Gore's ankle into the Minnesota line?

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Frank Gore: carrying it allIt looked like Mike Singletary’s big plan to run, run, run the ball with Frank Gore was going to be a monumental failure after the Niners opening drive against the NFC Champion Arizona Cardinals Sunday afternoon. On the first two runs of the day Gore was stuffed for -5

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As we head into this week's edition of THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SERIES OF THE SEASON THIS WEEK it's time to take a look back and see how we got here as this past week (season) has pretty much been one emotional roller coaster.  A very scary one too, with all sorts of loop-de-loops and fast speeds and sharp turns and people throwing up on you.  It was about a week ago when the Giants went into Colorado for last week's MOST IMPORTANT SERIES OF THE SEASON THIS WEEK and things did not go, err, well.  The Giants lost three out of four in the most grueling, horrendous, awful fashion, blowing three straight games in which they held the lead (including a 6-1 lead), wasted great starts by Timmy and Barry Zito, and scored barely any runs in a park known mainly for being an easy place to score runs in.  Oh, and then there was last Monday's game but the least said about it, the better.  

After Monday's night game, a game which had people waxing poetic about just how awful of a game it was and trying to place it in a sadly long-list of Giants' heartbreaks (none of which will be mentioned here), most Giants fans had pretty much thrown in the towel and declared that the Giants were most definitely not in it.  Then, two late-inning rallies against the Diamondbacks later-- one in incredibly improbable, Kirk Gibson-like fashion (Bengie Molina's eighth-inning pinch-hit home run), Giants fans are once again thinking "well, maybe, you know, we still could kinda be in this thing."

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America's favorite little ass-whoopin' brunette, Gina Carano, lost in the first round to Brazilian mixed martial artits Cyborg at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. Hockey and MMA...

Compared to other night vision devices, a night vision monocular could cost much less. Perhaps it is because it is simpler and lighter in weight. However, it does not really mean that you should not maintain it. At the very least, you would spend above $100 for a night vision monocular. It is still money, so you might as well take care of it.

Normally, when you buy a night vision monocular, you are going to get a manual along with it. It tells you how the device functions as well as troubleshooting procedures just in case it goes out of whack. If you need more ideas on how to extend the life of your night vision monocular, check out the following:

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I have to say that the new Giants marketing slogan, "We're In" has to be one of the best team related marketing messages I've seen in that while it is just a marketing slogan, there's a measure of honesty and self-awareness in the part of the Giants that the fact that "we're in" has a measure of truth to it.  Like "we're in it?  How did that happen?  We were supposed to be a .500 team at most."  As such, it works as a great rallying cry-- "alright, we're in this sucker...Go Giants!"  You cannot watch the "We're In" commercials and as they show one Giant fan after another say "we're in" get inspired by it.  "Well, if they're fired up, I am too."  

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I have no idea what this guy was saying that made four Oakland Police Officers fire a Taser at him (and fire it poorly, if I do say so) but it must have been offensive because he wasn’t even moving or standing. In the latest Taser video footage to hit YouTube, fans can be heard saying “Why’d you Tase him?” and “Take it easy on him.” Not quite as catchy as “Don’t Tase me bro” but a good question nonetheless. What happened to the good ol’ days when they would just cuff you and drag you out?

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Tim Lincecum is a beast. This guy struck out 15 last night as the Giants humbled the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-2 at AT & T Park in one of his fiercest shows of domination yet. That is the most strikeouts he’s thrown in a game.

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