It’s perhaps a cruel irony that on the night when the Los Angeles Dodgers can win the World Series — and, potentially, kickoff a dynasty for the 2020s — we have the chance to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Madison Bumgarner’s heroic effort pitching in relief in Game 7 to clinch the most recent World Series win for the San Francisco Giants.
That was a surprising postseason run in and of itself and while it stood to reason that the championship group was closer to an ending than it was in the middle of a long tail of success, it’s still a bit surprising that a decade later we’re still yearning for those good times in such large measure.