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* BigGame: Pretty much OnceAnEpisode.

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* DownToTheLastPlay: Played straight and subverted on numerous occasions.
* HighSchoolSweethearts: Buster Posey and his wife.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Between the 25-odd members of the team, the minor leaguers who bounce back and forth between the Giants and Triple-A, and everyone's families, there are a ton of people to keep track of.

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%% * DownToTheLastPlay: Played straight and subverted on numerous occasions.
%% * HighSchoolSweethearts: Buster Posey and his wife.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Between the 25-odd members of the team, the minor leaguers who bounce back and forth between the Giants and Triple-A, and everyone's families, there are a ton of people to keep track of.
wife.



* MrFanservice: You'll probably find someone on the team attractive.
* OpposingSportsTeam: Duh.

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* RealityShow
* RealMenWearPink: Brian Wilson.

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* SeriousBusiness: Dominoes, apparently.
* ShirtlessScene: Since about 50% of the show takes place in a locker room...

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%% * SeriousBusiness: Dominoes, apparently.
%% * ShirtlessScene: Since about 50% of the show takes place in a locker room...



* UnderdogsNeverLose: Played very straight during the 2010 Postseason.

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%% * UnderdogsNeverLose: Played very straight during the 2010 Postseason.



* GoryDiscretionShot: Averted with Giancarlo Stanton's knee surgery.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: As with the first season.

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%% * GoryDiscretionShot: Averted with Giancarlo Stanton's knee surgery.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: As with the first season.
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* ShirtlessScene: Again, as with the first season.

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%% * ShirtlessScene: Again, as with the first season.
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Badass Mustache and Badass Beard are being merged into Manly Facial Hair. Examples that don't fit or are zero-context are removed. To qualify for Manly Facial Hair, the facial hair must be associated with masculinity in some way. Please read the trope description before readding to make sure the example qualifies.


* BadassBeard: Brian Wilson.
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* UnfortunateNames: Poor Madison Bumgarner. Lincecum isn't the greatest last name in the world, either.
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* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Tim Lincecum becomes aware of a camera watching him as he offhandedly sings a bar of [[KatyPerry 'Last Friday Night']] in the clubhouse. He quickly stops.

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* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Tim Lincecum becomes aware of a camera watching him as he offhandedly sings a bar of [[KatyPerry 'Last [[Music/KatyPerry "Last Friday Night']] Night"]] in the clubhouse. He quickly stops.

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* {{Twitter}}: Logan Morrison is pretty much addicted to it.
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* {{Twitter}}: Logan Morrison is pretty much addicted to it.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Really, Ozzie, how did you think saying you loved FidelCastro was going to go over IN SOUTH FLORIDA?

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Really, Ozzie, how did you think saying you loved FidelCastro UsefulNotes/FidelCastro was going to go over IN SOUTH FLORIDA?

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* FromBadToWorse: Again, Heath Bell's struggles, to the point where he says that his team is great and "I suck".



* ItGotWorse: Again, Heath Bell's struggles, to the point where he says that his team is great and "I suck".
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* GoryDiscretionShot: Averted with Giancarlo Stanton's knee surgery.
* ItGotWorse: Again, Heath Bell's struggles, to the point where he says that his team is great and "I suck".


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* {{Twitter}}: Logan Morrison is pretty much addicted to it.
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The Franchise is a RealityShow currently airing on Showtime as of August 2011. Its first season followed the 2011 season of the [[{{UsefulNotes/Baseball}} San Francisco Giants]], after their 2010 season, which culminated in them winning the World Series. The second season focuses on the Miami Marlins, and follows the 2012 season of the Miami Marlins, who recently moved to a new stadium, bought an influx of new talent, and have renamed their team from the Florida Marlins. The series currently has a 'preview episode' and eight standard episodes, and each episode focuses on one or two players on the squad, going deeper into their life stories and current problems.

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The Franchise is a RealityShow currently airing on Showtime as of August 2011. Its first season followed the 2011 season of the [[{{UsefulNotes/Baseball}} San Francisco Giants]], after their 2010 season, which culminated in them winning the World Series. The second season focuses on the Miami Marlins, and follows the 2012 season of the Miami Marlins, who recently moved to a new stadium, bought an influx of new talent, and have renamed their team from the Florida Marlins. The series currently has a 'preview episode' and eight standard episodes, and each episode focuses on one or two players on the squad, going deeper into their life stories and current problems.

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-->--'''Tim Lincecum''', ''"Preview Episode"''

The Franchise: A Season With the San Francisco Giants, better known as The Franchise, is a RealityShow currently airing on Showtime as of August 2011. It follows the 2011 season of the [[{{UsefulNotes/Baseball}} San Francisco Giants]], after their 2010 season, which culminated in them winning the World Series. The series currently has a 'preview episode' and eight standard episodes, and each episode focuses on one or two players on the squad, going deeper into their life stories and current problems.

A second season, to focus on the Miami Marlins, is due to start in the summer of 2012.

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-->--'''Tim Lincecum''', ''"Preview ''"Season One, Preview Episode"''

The Franchise: A Season With the San Francisco Giants, better known as The Franchise, Franchise is a RealityShow currently airing on Showtime as of August 2011. It follows Its first season followed the 2011 season of the [[{{UsefulNotes/Baseball}} San Francisco Giants]], after their 2010 season, which culminated in them winning the World Series.Series. The second season focuses on the Miami Marlins, and follows the 2012 season of the Miami Marlins, who recently moved to a new stadium, bought an influx of new talent, and have renamed their team from the Florida Marlins. The series currently has a 'preview episode' and eight standard episodes, and each episode focuses on one or two players on the squad, going deeper into their life stories and current problems. \n\nA second season, to focus on the Miami Marlins, is due to start in the summer of 2012.\n



!! The Franchise provides examples of:

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!! The Franchise Franchise: A Season with the San Francisco Giants provides examples of:



* MrFanservice: You'll probably find someone on the team attractive.


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* MrFanservice: You'll probably find someone on the team attractive.


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!! The Franchise: A Season with the Miami Marlins provides examples of:
* ClusterFBomb: In the opening scene of the first episode alone, Ozzie Guillen is clocked at 97 F-bombs during an inspirational speech.
* DownToTheLastPlay: Heath Bell's struggles closing games often result in this, for better or worse.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: As with the first season.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Really, Ozzie, how did you think saying you loved FidelCastro was going to go over IN SOUTH FLORIDA?
* ShirtlessScene: Again, as with the first season.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Hanley Ramirez and Jose Reyes are portrayed as this. The media in Florida played it [[TheRival differently]] when Reyes arrived from New York.
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A second season, to focus on the Miami Marlins, is due to start in August 2012.

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A second season, to focus on the Miami Marlins, is due to start in August the summer of 2012.
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* EstrogenBrigadeBait: You'll probably find someone on the team attractive.

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* EstrogenBrigadeBait: MrFanservice: You'll probably find someone on the team attractive.

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