Notes: J.T. Snow, How the West was Won, World Series Rings

A fresh batch of morning notes for you...

• J.T. Snow -- one of my favorite Giants of all time -- did an interesting Q&A over at Baseball Prospectus. I think he was a little kind when comparing the offenses of the SF Giants of 2002 and 2010: "I think that this year’s team had better pitching. I think that [the 2002 team] probably had a better offense and played a little better defense."
• Check out the Baseball Card Hall of Fame. Hilarious stuff. 
• Chris Spurlock of Beyond the Box Score created an awesome animation of how the NL West was won. It's an animated 162-game progression of the standings in bar graph form. 
• A picture of the prototype for the Giants WS ring is out.
• Paul Sullivan sent me a funny video he did for his blog, about how MLB should market the SF Giants to appeal to a younger audience.
• I showed that Willie Mays video to Notgraphs and they posted it...pretty cool. 
• Around the SF Giants blogosphere: I'm currently awaiting some things, and if I don't write it down here, I'll probably forget, but it's worthy of sharing...Bay City Ball will probably release their top five prospects soon -- definitely looking forward to that; 24 Days of Magic will hopefully post their Eric Surkamp interview soon, and Fire Sabean should be back soon -- his new blog will be Bleed Orange and Black.

Let it Snow, let it Snow, let it Snow!

It's the holidays, so let me indulge in nostalgia. One of my favorite Giants memories of all time -- JT Snow's three-homer game against the Phillies. That headline was so perfect. It was just awesome.

Happy holidays!

Stat Table: Giants Postseason Hitting/On-Base Streaks

Postseason Hitting Streaks

Rk		Strk Start	End	Games	Tm
1	Irish Meusel	1921-10-07	1922-10-08	11	NYG
2	Al Dark	1951-10-04	1954-10-02	10	NYG
3	Jo-Jo Moore	1936-10-03	1937-10-10	9	NYG
4	Chief Meyers	1911-10-14	1912-10-10	9	NYG
5	Kevin Mitchell	1987-10-09	1989-10-07	8	SFG
6	Dick Bartell	1936-09-30	1937-10-07	8	NYG
7	J.T. Snow	2002-10-19	2002-10-27	7	SFG
8	Will Clark	1987-10-14	1989-10-14	7	SFG
9	Jose Uribe	1987-10-11	1989-10-08	7	SFG
10	High Pockets Kell	1924-10-04	1924-10-10	7	NYG
11	Heinie Groh	1922-10-04	1923-10-11	7	NYG
12	Cody Ross	2010-10-11	2010-10-21	6	SFG
13	Kenny Lofton	2002-10-02	2002-10-09	6	SFG
14	Jeff Kent	1997-10-03	2002-10-02	6	SFG
15	Willie McCovey	1962-10-10	1971-10-06	6	SFG
16	Kiddo Davis	1933-10-03	1936-10-02	6	NYG
17	George Burns	1921-10-07	1921-10-13	6	NYG
18	Ross Youngs	1921-10-07	1921-10-13	6	NYG
19	Dave Robertson	1917-10-06	1917-10-15	6	NYG
20	Art Fletcher	1912-10-14	1913-10-09	6	NYG
21	Fred Merkle	1912-10-11	1913-10-07	6	NYG
22	Buck Herzog	1911-10-25	1912-10-11	6	NYG

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Generated 10/22/2010.

Postseason On-Base Streaks

Rk		Strk Start	End	Games	OBP	Tm
1	Barry Bonds	2002-10-02	2003-10-04	21	.576	SFG
2	J.T. Snow	1997-10-03	2002-10-13	14	.418	SFG
3	Kevin Mitchell	1987-10-09	1989-10-28	14	.356	SFG
4	Will Clark	1987-10-06	1989-10-14	13	.537	SFG
5	Irish Meusel	1921-10-06	1922-10-08	12	.354	NYG
6	Al Dark	1951-10-04	1954-10-02	10	.455	NYG
7	Cody Ross	2010-10-07	2010-10-21	9	.412	SFG
8	Jo-Jo Moore	1936-10-03	1937-10-10	9	.381	NYG
9	Heinie Groh	1922-10-04	1923-10-13	9	.447	NYG
10	Chief Meyers	1911-10-14	1912-10-10	9	.353	NYG

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Generated 10/22/2010.