I would like to invite you to close your eyes and pretend that the Giants weren’t awful this year and that this meant something. In this world, a win when Bumgarner was Bumgarner isn’t an anomaly; it’s the natural course of events. Gorkys Hernandez getting on base and scoring runs isn’t a fluke; he’s the Andres Torres of 2017. The bullpen is calm and efficient because it always is, silly. All of the players you know and love on the Giants are better at their jobs than they were in the alternate dimension. Our sad alternate dimension.
It’s a beautiful dream.