Last season took a little longer for Bruce Bochy to get over.
Same goes for many of his San Francisco players. An even year ended with the Giants short-handed this time, unable to get past the eventual champion Chicago Cubs in the NL Division Series.
That after Bochy's resilient bunch had won the World Series in 2010, '12 and '14.
Five Giants relievers blew a three-run lead in the ninth inning of a Game 4 loss to Chicago, just when San Francisco figured it was ready to force a deciding fifth game and have the momentum to win it.