and hampton stevens, a kansas city native and writer for the atlantic and espn the magazine. a wonderful story for you, hampton stevens, is it like cinderella. >> it's a complete fairytale and it's a complete dream and the city is fantastic. >> ifill: tell us what it's like. >> they're making sure every!+*, christmas lights. people are driving crazy like on the way here you can see the tension in the traffic. it's pretty electric around here. >> ifill: it's always good to be around the winner. but mike pesca, let me ask you about this. as you step back a little bit from the excitement happening rightí#this good for baseball ta small market team in the world series. >> oh yeah, i think it is. and even if they are crashing the party they're not someíí creepy guy skulking in the corner, they're grabbing with both hands high fiving everyone. they're the life of the party. they're so compelling you really want to watch them. i think it draws in the casual fan and not to take anything awayrom the giants, like we shouldn't damn them for their excellence making three world series in