Victory parade today for World Champion Giants!

Pictured: The 2010 World Champion San Francisco Giants celebrate winning the World Series in Texas Monday.

The 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants will have their victory parade today in San Francisco. Coverage can be seen on MLB Network and mlb.com I believe starting at noon MT. Some other stations may pick up some of the coverage as well. It still sounds so wonderful that my Giants were able to win it all. It truly is our time. I'm so happy that the 56 year drought between championships is over and that the Orange and Black were able to win their first World Series since moving west to San Francisco in 1958.

From what I've heard people are already lining the streets and it's already starting to get really crazy along the parade route. I would expect nothing less. How awesome is this? Too, too cool.

This championship helps ease the bad memories that so many of us Giants fans still had lingering from the 2002 World Series when the Giants lost to the Anaheim Angels in absolutely heartbreaking fashion. This one is one to remember, one for the ages. It's funny, I don't think anybody ever used the term powerhouse with this Giants team like they may have with some of the teams that featured guys like Barry Bonds, Willy McCovey, Willie Mays, Orlando Cepeda, Jeff Kent and Juan Marichal. But this is the group that got it done. This year's edition of the Giants was a team in every sense of the word. To me they seemed like a throwback to other generations in a way because they were such a tight-knit group the way teams in earlier eras were.

You might say this team was greater than the sum of its parts but I don't want to discount the talent either. People haven't realized what a great pitching staff this Giants team has -- there is none better in baseball in my book. The offense didn't have a lot of superstars, but this group always seemed to get the big hit when the big hit was needed most.

A turning point in this wonderful playoff run is Game 3 of the NLDS in Atlanta where the Giants trailed the Braves 2-1 in the top of the ninth inning. Travis Ishikawa worked a walk but was still on first with two outs and two strikes on Freddy Sanchez. The Giants literally were one strike away from being down 2 games to 1 in the series with the Braves having the possibility of clinching the following night at home. But Sanchez singled. And then Aubrey Huff got a huge hit that drove in Sanchez to tie the game. An error by Brooks Conrad on a ball hit by Buster Posey put the Giants on top and they went on to win 3-2. They won the next night to clinch the series. That's just one moment, but it's one that really sticks out to me as it defines how resilient this team was.

I have really grown fond of the guys on this team and hope that most of them will be able to be back next year. But right now, it's not about next year, it's about celebrating the season that was. The San Francisco Giants are World Champions!