San Francisco Giants...diamond encrusted World Championship bling! Tiffany sparkler dazzles ballplayers & fans!



Yesterday, I reported in a post at "The Tattler" that the San Francisco Giants were about to trot onto the field at AT & T ballpark, to slip on their snazzy World Championship rings.

Post: 04/09/2011

http://ijulian.blogspot.com/2011/04/san-francisco-giants12th-inning.html

Unfortunately, I was unable to describe the dazzling piece of bling in intricate detail because the design was under wraps until the celebrated unveil!

If you thought that the scoop on Kate Middleton's wedding dress was the best-kept secret of the season - well - you thought wrong!

Twenty thousand fans dashed down to the stadium (including one of the stars of the hit show "Glee") to stand in line for hours - in a frenzied bold-faced effort to scoop up their own replicas - which was being gifted to die-hard souvenir collectors who were promised first dibs!

And, what a prize that turned out to be, eh?

The beautifully-crafted keepsake was designed by Tiffany and inspired by the 1933 Giants World Series ring.

The eye-catching sparkler sports a SF logo set with round diamonds on a bezel of pure gold flanked by two round diamonds.

One shank has 2010 gracing a yellow-gold tower symbolic of the Golden Gate Bridge. 

The other has the recipient's name in a ribbon over the World Series Trophy.

Within the top of the trophy is one mandarin-orange spessartite which represents baseball's San Francisco Championship.

At the base of the trophy are five diamonds representing the five New York Championships.

What a memento!

The ceremony was quite a sight to behold, by the way.

Everyone present on the field - even the cameramen - sported spiffy tuxedos with orange bow ties!

And, the heroes of the day - the Giants ballplayers - were donned in jazzy gold-lettered hats and uniforms.

A motorcade of police on motorcycles and horses, trailed by vintage autos, added a touch of pomp and circumstance to the awesome festivities.

Manager, Bruce Bochy noted that he intends to wear his ring daily.

"I've been to the series a couple of times and didn't quite get it," Bochy fessed up.

"That's why this one means so much."

It's all about winning, just ask Hollywood "bad boy", Charlie Sheen!

"It's not going to be too blingy," Bochy blurted out, almost as an afterthought.

No?

Bochy must be a regular in Vegas where ostentatious displays of glitz are common.

If you're a gambling dude, by the way, you can take a shot at winning a copy of the original.


RING RAFFLE

A ring identical to the one issued to each of the players and all of the coaches was crafted by Tiffany and is to be raffled off in the near future.

INFO

sfgiants.com/ringraffle

Good luck winning it, eh?

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Subliminal messages!

(what a release)

Michael Phelps...Saturday Night Live host! NBC. September 13th...

Pool Stud to surface on Late Night Television...


So, you have to wonder on the heels of the announcement that Michael Phelps will host the season opener for Saturday Night Live, what kind of schtick the celebrated swimmer may get tangled up in under the wicked spell of producer, Lorne Michaels.

Phelps has only to stroll out in his skimpy speedo with the eight gold trinkets he won slung around his neck - to satisfy his fans - I expect.

How 'bout an off-beat skit poking fun at the Olympic Champion?

For starters, how 'bout Phelps cruising around Tinsel Town in one of those oversize stretch limos - with jacuzzi in back (bubbly, a must) - with a bevy of bodacious babes in tow who cater to his every every whim?

Yeah, Michael goes Hollywood!

Follow this up with a side-splitting skit featuring Aqua Man being shaken down by the paparazzi in front of The Villa or Koi - Lorne - and a merry chase through the tony streets of Beverly Hills with Phelps half-naked?

Or, how about a sly poke at the trappings of fame, when Phelps goes house-hunting for a ritzy Beverly Hills manse? And, a hilarious bit, haggling with contractors over the semantics of installing a replica of the "cube" in the backyard next to his futuristic digs on stilts overlooking the picturesque hills?

Ah, so many tantalizing ideas!

The show - whatever it unfolds under the guise of - will be broadcast on NBC on September 13th (this weekend).

The 23-year-old Gold Medalist will kick off SNL's 34th season!

Undoubtedly, the network is going full throttle, hoping to scoop up some of those sky-high ratings that followed Phelps around the Olympic lanes.

After all, an unprecedented millions tuned in to the boob tube to root for Phelps, when he competed at the landmark Beijing Olympics.

Of course, at those history-making games, Phelps demolished world records and left the competition in his wake.

The highlight of the races was undoubtedly the moment when Phelps won his 7th Gold Medal by beating a fierce competitor - Milorad Cavic - by the slimmest and most-dramatic margin imaginable.

Yeah, one-hundredth of a second!

But, Phelps went on to nab a perfect score of 8 gold medals out of a possible 8 - and, subsequently - broke Mark Spitz's single-Games record for most gold medals ever won.


Notwithstanding, the icing on the cake included an Olympic record, which garnered Phelps the title of most-decorated Olympian in history.

When the dust settled, he was left holding seven world records in the highly-competitive and exhausting swimming arena.

Dramatic!

Water sports aside, the hunky Olympic hero is also known as a hip-hop artist fan, who racks up a roster of funky tunes on his iPod before the competitions begin.

So, for Phelps - sharing his SNL debut with hip-hop superstar co-host Lil Wayne - must be real sweet!

Let the SNL comedies begin!


This one's for you, Ma!