Programming note: Watch the re-air of the Giants' 2012 World Series sweep of the Tigers today from 8 a.m. PT to 8 p.m. PT on NBC Sports Bay Area.
It was about 4 a.m. when my boss called, and as I stepped into a hallway at the Renaissance Center Marriott, the lobby party was still going.
The end of a World Series is a release for the players physically and mentally, but the same holds true for the media and all the behind-the-scenes staffers who are there every day that extra month.
You spend a month working long days and nights, eating dinners out of sandwich boxes handed out in the press box -- the good days are the ones when you get there early and snag a chicken pesto -- and planning your travel a day at a time.