LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Bruce Bochy would like to see the Giants begin next season with a certain edge.
The Giants manager expressed confidence Tuesday at baseball's Winter Meetings that his ballclub can regain the quiet, almost-but-not-quite-smug confidence it maintained for years. But, Bochy said, the Giants will need a few more early-season wins than they engineered last season.
And the players must develop a healthy springtime outlook to pave the way toward that instant success.
"When you're coming off a very tough season like we had, for the psyche of the ballclub, I think it would be important to get off to a good start to get their confidence -- their swagger, so to speak -- back," Bochy said.