Do you remember 2012?
By conventional wisdom, the Giants shouldn’t have competed that year. Do you remember that opening day lineup? Aubrey Huff, hanging onto his career by playing left field with Belt taking over first as a rookie. A light-hitting Brandon Crawford trying to make his first full season happen. Ryan Theriot as a starting second baseman. And the team’s early-season star, Miguel Cabrera, destined for a gut-punch of a steroid suspension. Santiago Casilla at closer (but not for all season). And even Tim Lincecum showing signs of the coming end of his Giants career.
That team won a World Series?