San Francisco Giants Flush with Championships, Still Short on Respect from ESPN

In most sports, on most planets, winners are revered.

There are exceptions.

Sometimes the planets align and you benefit from some ethereal component that can't be quantified, captured or reproduced. In those cases, alas, you are dismissed with profanities like "lucky" or something equally insulting.

Usually though, you are revered, especially by the media.

If you are a proven winner—say, you cluster multiple championships in a short period of time—"mostly" takes a sharp turn towards "universally."

Women weep with joy at your very mention. Paeans are written to immortalize your accomplishments. Every move you make gets bathed in a spotlight from above, replayed in super-
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