Best Postseason Games: 2010 NLCS Game 6

Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty ImagesIf you’ve spent any time at all this decade reading or listening to famed internet commentator Grant Brisbee, then you know his Giants’ Butterfly Theory. If Brooks Conrad didn’t happen there would be no rings. If Buster Posey’s four-hit game in Game 4 didn’t happen... if Jonathan Sanchez’ triple didn’t happen... if Timmy’s lightning bolt opening act...

If if if.

If 2010 didn’t happen, would anything else have come after? It all hinged on the first victory, on 2010. And 2010 hinged on Game 6 and on taking down the mighty champion Phillies. As Giants fans we had been down this road, we were programmed to know what heartache lay ahead. And then... for once...…