PHOENIX -- AROUND 1 A.M., just hours after he managed the Texas Rangers to their first World Series championship in 63 years of existence, Bruce Bochy hoisted himself from a chair and ambled toward the door at the back entrance of the Arizona Biltmore hotel. Bochy moves in slow motion these days, lurching more than walking, but before heading to his room for the night, he wanted to bid farewell to the men he'd spent the previous 8½ months preparing for this very moment.
When Bochy poked his head into McArthur's restaurant, he saw the spoils of his work: drinks being downed and laughs being had and success being rewarded.