Pitcher Matt Moore stood before a clubhouse support pillar that doubles as a backdrop for postgame interviews, smiled, and in his standard monotone said, “This is the type of thing that makes you love baseball. You really have to love baseball to come back after something like this.”
“This” was Monday night’s ninth-inning stab to the heart, a bullpen collapse that gave the Cubs a 6-5 victory in Game 4 of their Division Series and finished the Giants for 2016.
Moore was an appropriate font for such a forward-looking aphorism because he represents the a guard that will try to usher the Giants into a new championship era.