SAN FRANCISCO — Despite the emotional ups-and-downs for his team, and despite what was possibly his most physically demanding game in the past seven years, Ryan Madson managed to thoroughly enjoy himself Tuesday night.
The smile on his face afterward suggested he was 100 percent sincere.
Madson was, for all intents and purposes, the last man standing in an A’s bullpen that was running on empty by the end of a wild 13-11 win over the Giants.
It was the first two-inning outing for the 35-year-old Madson since Sept. 29, 2009. He later said it was one of the most enjoyable games of his 11-year career, this from a guy who won a World Series ring last year with the Kansas City Royals.