Let me hit the rewind button on the San Francisco Giants VCR and take you back in time. Let’s go back — way back. All the way back to 10 days ago.
The Giants were facing the Miami Marlins. It was the bottom of the fifth inning, and Logan Webb was laboring. He’d allowed two runs to score, which cut the Giants lead to 4-2. There were two men on base, but also two outs.
Webb had thrown 87 pitches, so he had a little bit of gas left in the tank.
Out came Gabe Kapler, with that stoic look on his face that resembles that of a man reporting to duty for something much more important than a random June baseball game.