World Series Trophy Headed for City Hall

The 2010 World Series trophy is making a final swing through Giants territory this month and next, and it will be in San Mateo – home of countless Giants fans, not to mention Barry Bonds – on Feb. 28.

Some San Mateans couldn't wait that long, however. Several joined the more than 40,000 people at Giants FanFest at AT&T Park earlier this month, or followed the trophy around like Deadheads.

A few others were even luckier. John Crowley, a 6-year resident of San Mateo Park who works at Comcast SportsNet Bay Area in San Francisco, had his portrait taken with the trophy on Wednesday after Giants management "generously brought it by the studio."

"Alas," he wrote on his Facebook page, "difficult to channel Tim Lincecum's spontaneous F-bombs or Brian Wilson's 'raging' mojo when wearing slacks, collared shirt. Sadly tame."

Comcast SportsNet Bay Area is partly owned by the Giants and not part of the normal trophy tour. Most fans will have to arrive at one of the planned stops on a first-come, first-served basis for their chance to have an official photograph taken with the trophy.

In San Mateo, that chance is in the City Hall Atrium, 330 W. 20th Ave., on Monday, Feb. 28 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. For more information, including a full schedule of all planned stops, visit the trophy tour page at www.sfgiants.com.