Perhaps the most famous of the San Francisco Giants’ three titles of the last decade was sealed in 2014, when Madison Bumgarner’s amazing performance in Game 7 saw off the Kansas City Royals for a third championship in five seasons.
On Sunday, manager Bruce Bochy decided to recreate a little of the magic. He started the same battery and infield that played the final five innings of that seventh game.
Ha Bochy did it. 2014 Game 7 infield and battery to start against #Royals. #sfgiants
— Henry Schulman (@hankschulman) March 17, 2019
And no, it was not coincidental. Bochy had openly admitted that he was considering pulling the stunt earlier this week.
The Giants aren’t expected to contend for a championship as Bochy embarks on his final season as their manager, so this is really just a bit of spring training fun. If you get the chance, why not do it?
