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In 2010, a team with Aubrey Huff and Pat Burrell in the middle of the order won the World Series. Now, in 2012, that same team has Buster Posey, Pablo Sandoval and Hunter Pence in the middle of the order. Oh, and they've got some pretty good pitching too. San Francisco managed to win the World Series in 2010 despite a lack of offense and experience. Edgar Renteria hit a three-run home run in Game 5 of the World Series to power the  Giants  to their first championship since moving to San Francisco. And now, that same team is trying to do it again. During the first half of the season, the Giants had lots of trouble on offense and bringing in runners in scoring position. However, after the All-Star break, San Francisco leads the league in batting average with runners in scoring position. And, thanks to Buster Posey, Hunter Pence, Pablo Sandoval, Marco Scutaro, Angel Pagan and others, the Giants are in the top half of the league in runs scored. Ryan Vogelso

In 2010, a team with Aubrey Huff hitting third, Pat Burrell hitting fifth and Andres Torres leading off won the World Series. And that team just happened to be the  San Francisco Giants . Now, in 2012, the Giants have Angel Pagan leading off, Pablo Sandoval hitting third and Hunter Pence hitting fifth. Oh, and they've got some pretty good pitching too. Normally, with all of that, you'd have a surefire World Series contender. But, thanks to one huge trade, lots of people don't see the Giants as a World Series contender anymore.  San Francisco's biggest rival, the L.A.  Dodgers ,  traded for stars  Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett , and Carl Crawford. Crawford isn't going to play until next year (because of an elbow injury), and Beckett is among the worst in the league with a 5.23 ERA. However, Gonzalez is an amazing first baseman and a definite upgrade over James Loney. Now, the Dodgers have Matt Kemp, Shane Victorino, Andre Ethier, Hanley Ramirez an

Ever since the  Giants  won the 2010 World Series, being a Giants fan has been pretty fun. Fans got to celebrate a World Series title they craved so much. A band of misfits celebrated something they couldn't have imagined in their wildest dreams. A whole city was brought together, thanks to 25 guys hitting and throwing baseballs. Then, after a somewhat disappointing season in 2011, the city was brought back together in 2012. A savior by the name of Melky Cabrera appeared out of nowhere, hitting .346 and smacking 11 homers for a team in desperate need of offense. Giants fans loved Cabrera from the start, and they started calling him the "Melk Man." He stayed hot for the first four months of the season, and a group of lifelong Giants fans showed up at every home game dressed as Melk Men. However, things have gone downhill. Cabrera was suspended 50 games for using performance-enhanding drugs. Then, according to ESPN.com, he was accused of creating a  fake website  

Rookies always break out and have great fantasy seasons, but it's hard to predict which ones will have those seasons. I don't know how everyone will perform, but I'm pretty sure that these guys will put up good fantasy numbers. Which guys are they, though? Find out by clicking on the link below. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1296598-fantasy-football-2012-5-underrated-rookies-poised-for-great-fantasy-seasons

The Cal Bears have always been a good team. However, they haven’t been a great team in a long time. Under coach  Jeff Tedford , Cal has reached and won numerous bowl games. They even claimed a share of the Pac-10 title in 2006. However, they’ve never played in a BCS game and they haven’t played in the Rose Bowl since 1958. No one is expecting Cal to reach a BCS bowl. Most people think the Bears will be good, but not great (again). Tedford and the Bears aren’t okay with that, but they’ll have to do a lot (add other Cal article link here) to get to a BCS bowl. That probably won’t happen, but success definitely can happen. Here are four bold predictions for the Golden Bears in 2012. Keenan Allen Will Be Invited to the Heisman Trophy Ceremony Keenan Allen was one of the only bright spots in 2011 for the Bears. Cal finished 7-6 and reached the Holiday Bowl, but they didn’t get much (if any) national media attention during the regular season, and they didn’t be