Yusmeiro Petit has been an unheralded and surprising key during the Giants’ postseason run and he came up big once again on Saturday night.
No matter how questionable the decision, everything Ned Yost does this postseason seems to work in the end.
Down 2-1, the storyline heading into Saturday night is clearly the Giants’ decision to not go with their ace on short rest.
And we’re back, ready for Round Two.
The Royals staff threw some major heat and every key moment went their way as they snagged Game Two and evened the World Series at a game apiece.
On the impossibility of the Royals getting up from a drubbing like that.
After months of moving downward, the October strike zone is suddenly rising.
With a rested Giants pen and a Royals’ starter who exited his last start with shoulder issues, Game Two of the World Series could come down to which group of relievers steps up.
Madison Bumgarner keeps building his legend, while the Royals’ game got thoroughly botched.
What a half-dozen big-league managers see as the most important skills for the job.
Searching for the weakness in Bumgarner’s gameplan.
Classifying the fans you’ll see in the stands for the first two games of the World Series.
The Royals have the speed, the Giants have the skipper, and both teams have momentum in an unlikely World Series matchup.
The commissioner’s lasting legacy isn’t randomness and meaningless. It’s a more fair world.
The Giants play on, while Mike Matheny manages one that we’ll never forget.