Nostalgia is for losers.
It’s fun and it’s wholesome, but if you’re present in the moment and winning every day, you don’t have time to reminisce over what was — to think back to the “good times”.
But as Madison Bumgarner starts his new chapter in Arizona, nostalgia around his old Bay Area stomping grounds is rampant.
And to all of those who are funneling that wistfulness into frustration towards the Giants and anger over San Francisco not re-signing the 30-year-old starter, I think it’s important to remind you that Bumgarner needed San Francisco more than the Giants needed Bumgarner.