First the Giants had to trade for Eduardo Nuñez. They they had to trade Matt Duffy. Then Nuñez had to get hurt in a Padres game. And that’s how Conor Gillaspie hit the home-run that won the NL Wild Card Game.
No, first the Giants had to sign Gillaspie as a minor-league free agent.
No, first the Giants had to draft Gillaspie.
NO, wait, first the Giants had to lose this game, which gave them the 37th-overall pick in the draft, which put them ahead of the Cardinals, who totally would have drafted Gillaspie.