The Heartbreak Heard 'Round The Mission: Locals React To Giants Loss

San Francisco CA

15 October, 2021

8:12 PM

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By Annika Hom | Anlan Cheney, Mission Local October 15, 2021 It was the bottom of the ninth, and Ariel Vargas, 50, couldn't sit anymore. Vargas, Mission born and raised, was glued to the game, surrounded by friends at a table at Lupulandia Brewing. All evening the group had watched, breaking into optimistic drum rolls during at-bats, screams of joy when the Dodgers grounded out to first, and groans of pain as Cody Bellinger's hit in the top of the ninth put the Dodgers up one. As the Lupulandia television screen showed Wilmer Flores gearing up for a swing, one of those from Vargas's party glanced at his phone and announced loudly — "The L.A. Times reported it: 2 to 1. This must be the out." It was. To read the full article, click here. Mission Local covers San Francisco from the vantage point of the Mission, a neighborhood with all of the promise and problems of a major city. You can support Mission Local here.