Why San Francisco Beat Detroit
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Oct. 30 (Bloomberg) -- Couldn’t the San Francisco Giants,representatives of the second-wealthiest U.S. metropolitan area,manage to lose at least one World Series game to the DetroitTigers, the standard-bearers for one of the most troubled U.S.urban areas?
The ever-magnanimous New York Yankees generously boostedthe Motor City’s morale by giving the Tigers a clean sweep inthe American League Championship Series, but the Giants crushedtheir opponents. Perhaps the Giants felt compelled to send thecountry, and our presidential candidates, a clear reminder thattheir home city, and not Detroit, provides a clear model forAmerica’s economic future.