SAN FRANCISCO — Matt Cain, the big right-hander from Tennessee, took the mound at AT&T Park and briefly looked around as a surprising song filled the cool air. At the urging of his agent, Cain had switched his warm-up music to LL Cool J’s hit “Mama Said Knock You Out.”
As Cain prepared for his first big league start at home in nearly a full year, the lyrics started bouncing off the walls at AT&T Park.
“Don't call it a comeback … “
Okay, we’ll call it two comebacks. Two strong, needed comebacks that sent a jolt of energy through a listless team that had lost seven straight.