If you aren’t one of the lucky fans who will actually be at the 2010 World Series, then you’ll probably be like the rest of us rooting for the Giants at local watering holes. Don’t worry though, there are more than enough flat-screens and drink specials to go around. So pull up a stool, grab a beer, and pick one of the places below to cheer on the Giants!   Basic, 112 Pacific St., Roseville 5 flat-screen TVs $1 shots every time the Giants score Brew it Up, 801 14th St. 4 HD flatscreen TVs, 2 additional CRT TVs in bar World Series specials: $4 3 Olives flavored vodka cocktails $3 Kraken dark rum and Cokes $10 64-oz pitchers of Brewery Fest beer Buffalo Wild Wings, 6301 Sunrise Blvd., C

 It was a playoff atmosphere at Raley Field on Saturday evening.   The ballpark was full to bursting, over 14,000 souls braving the 50-degree near-Candlestickian weather in anticipation of an an epic battle between the top two teams in the PCL South.   Problem is, only one showed up.   For the second night in a row, the Fresno Grizzlies were totally outclassed by your Sacramento River Cats, losing 12 to 4.   After Clayton Mortenson (13-6) set down the Grizzlies in order in the top half of the first, the River Cats went to town on Fresno starter Matt Yourkin (7-8) in the home half of the inning.   In a brilliant homage to Barry Zito's performance mere minutes earlier for the paren

 Coco Crisp started his second straight game in center field for the Sacramento River Cats Wednesday night. Everyone's favorite nine-year major league veteran whose name is derived from a breakfast cereal led off the home half of the first with a sharply hit single to left center to extend his hitting streak to, well, two games.   The former Cleveland Indian, Boston Red Sock, and Kansas City Royal was pulled after the fifth inning, finishing his night going one for two with a strikeout. Though Crisp got all the fanfare, another former Cleveland Indian actually had more of an impact on the game.   Jamey Wright, signed as a free agent on Tuesday, combined with starter Kyle Middleton and

 Dear "Cheaters", There is no easy way to say this, so I'm just gonna spit it out:  I've been seeing someone else.  I want you to know that I'll always have love for you.  When I was new to town, you took me in, and I'll never forget that.  We'll always have Oregon basketball; who knows, maybe we can ring in the new arena together next fall. You need to understand that it's not you, it's me.  Please, don't cry.  Stop it.  You're a still wonderful bar, I've just found someone I'm more compatible with.   It's been going on a few weeks now. I wanted to watch the Giants game and grab a beer, but it was raining, and I didn't want to go all the way down Folsom to do it. I'd noticed this plac

 The Sacramento River Cats return home for the final home stanza of the regular season after an amazing road trip in which they went 7-1. The homestand begins Saturday night with a four-game series with the Portland Beavers. The River Cats will be honoring three local heroes in Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, Cincinnati Reds manager Dusty Baker and Chicago Cubs first baseman Derek Lee. The first 1,500 people in attendance will get to choose from the three bobbleheads. The person whose bobblehead runs out first will be named the 2009 River Cats High School Hero. The fans in attendance should be excited to see Dana Eveland (8-4, 4.94) take the mound for Sacramento against Wade LeBlanc (3-9