The Giants' season ended Tuesday night for want of anyone to shut the door in the ninth inning. Could it have happened any other way? Could it have been more dreadful way for a proud three-time World Series champion and faithful to say farewell to baseball for the winter?
The Giants were leading by three runs to start the ninth after Matt Moore two-hit the Cubs for eight innings. They were three outs away from forcing a decisive Game 5 of their Division Series. Then, the bullpen imploded in a familiar - and this time fatal - collapse.