Mark Ibanez responds to A's snub; KTVU Sports Anchor states his case

Just got off the phone with Mark Ibanez, who's taken a slew of hits for his report on Monday night's KTVU sportscast proclaiming that the Giants win brought the Bay Area its "first World Series championship."

"It was a 'heat of the moment thing--I meant to say that 'it was the Giants' first ever World Series title for the city of San Francisco--and I had no intention of slighting Oakland A's fans." (The Athletics won three straight World Series from 1972-1974, and again in 1989)

Knowing Ibanez, who's a full-fledged Bay Area sports fan, I say take the man for his word. He wasn't dissing Oakland or the A's.