San Fran fans are baskesting in their glory and enjoying a rare sight, one they haven't seen since they inherited the Giants from New York in 1958 - a World Series championship and the ulitmate of all baseball trophies. For launching all those home run balls into the Pacific Ocean and then beating the Texas Rangers this month in five games, Bruce Bochy's charges won what is called the Commissioner's Trophy.
Even though there has been a World Series since 1903, the trophy wasn't doled out until 1967. As with the Lombardi Trophy, a new Commissioner's Trophy is created each year.
The current trophy design, tweaked a bit in 1999 and also a Tiffany production, is also in silver and is worth approximately $15,000. It's also two feet tall, weighs around 30 pounds, with 30 gold-plated flags - one for each Major League team - grouped around a silver baseball that contains 24-karat vermeil stitches. That is a pretty pricey baseball trophy!
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