If you believed in symmetry, in the Giants’ golden era ending the same way it started, or if you believed in the cosmos leaving clues that this wasn’t going to be another capital-letters Even Year, this game had everything. Put yourself in the place of someone looking for signs. This game had ...
- Madison Bumgarner, infallible postseason demigod, looked quite fallible. This is how it should end, with a reminder that no pitcher is perfect. No pitcher has October figured out, and shame on you for getting greedy.
- The opposing pitcher hit a home run, which is a song the Cubs didn’t have permission to cover.