I have to say that for two teams I had relatively little attachment to and one, the Royals, for which I had little respect, this was quite an exciting Series. The seventh game was one of the most tense and hotly contested seventh games I have seen. I rooted for the Giants, of course. I'm a National League fan and, besides, I can never bring myself to root for a team from Missouri, no matter how gutsy they are.
As far as the MVP goes, Bumgarner is the man. I thought he would only go two or three of the middle innings, but he managed five. A couple of observations, one being the Royals do not hit lefties well. I mean, Bumgarner is an ace, but they were lost against Affeldt as well. I don't know how they fared against left-handed pitching during the season, but they sure came up empty in October. The other observation is I hope the Giants haven't ruined Bumgarner for the future. He threw a lot of innings this year and a lot of pitches in the post-season for a young pitcher.
Finally, it looks like the Cubs have pulled the trigger on Joe Maddon, which is good news if it pans out, which it better do since you cannot strike out on big name guys two years in a row and expect anybody to want to manage for you in the future, including Rick Renteria.
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