SAN FRANCISCO -- A canceled television program seldom gets to deliver a satisfying send-off episode. And no, the Giants hadn't intended to stop playing baseball with Sunday's regular-season finale.
But a sellout crowd enjoyed one heck of a farewell show in a 7-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies at AT&T Park.For eight innings, anyway. The Rockies scored seven runs in the ninth as George Kontos, Cody Hall and Yusmeiro Petit -- the major league record-setting 11th pitcher used by one team in a nine-inning game -- had trouble stemming the rally.It wasn't the ending the Giants wanted. Then again, the fans filled the ballpark already aware that the odd-year curse had exacted its toll.