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• Keeping Giants' Hunter Pence off base would help Royals reach Game 7
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Citing his confidence in right-hander Yordano Ventura, manager Ned Yost repeatedly expressed optimism about the Kansas City Royals extending...
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• After long road back, Belt key to Giants' success
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The road to the World Series has been a unique experience for every single player involved in this year's edition, but perhaps no man competing for baseball's greatest...
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• Shift to AL park opens door for Morse to contribute
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Due to injury, illness and a rusty outfield glove, opportunities have been few for Michael Morse during the World Series, but with Game 6 and 7, if necessary, at an AL...
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• Barry Bonds Hosts Kanye, Kim At World Series
  From the Web › NBC
  It took a World Series invitation from a baseball legend to get Kim Kardashian to return to the scene of her engagement.Kardashian and her famous husband Kanye West were...
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• Purdy: World Series a fun ride, even if few are noticing
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  The NFL is getting better TV ratings than the San Francisco Giants-Kansas City Royals World Series, but those who aren't watching are missing out.
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• Kawakami: Giants reach the end of forever
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Final chapter of the 2014 San Francisco Giants will be written in Game 6 of the World Series with Jake Peavy -- or, if necessary, in Game 7 with Tim Hudson
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• World Series: Unlike Royals, Giants have a bullpen that no one talks about
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco Giants relievers Casilla, Romo, Affeldt, Lopez and Petit have a microscopic 0.23 ERA in the postseason
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• Giants march, and fly, to the beat of their own drum
  From the Web › MLB.com
  While the Royals headed home soon after Game 5 on Sunday, the Giants spent one more night in their beds before flying to Kansas City on Monday -- yet another example of...
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• Live updates: Giants vs. Royals in World Series, Game 6
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Follow the live action Tuesday in Game 6 of the World Series beginning at 5 p.m.
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• Why Gregor Blanco is so motivated to beat the Royals
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  San Francisco Giants' center fielder Gregor Blanco revisits one of his worst baseball memories before Game 1 of the World Series.
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• Royals hope to light up Giants and clubhouse deer
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  A 2-foot-tall image of deer in multicolored neon with a bulls-eye on its tail is affixed to a wall in the Kansas City Royals locker room. It hangs between the stalls of...
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• Athletics hire Mike Aldrete as bench coach
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  OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Athletics have hired former Oakland and San Francisco first baseman and outfielder Mike Aldrete as bench coach on manager Bob Melvin's...
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• Peavy's son ready to bring home cable car for win
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Jake Peavy's son is eager for dad to bring home the World Series championship, and a cable car. Last year, Peavy pitched for the Boston Red Sox when they won the title...
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• Royals confident despite must-win baseball World Series game (AFP)
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  On the brink of losing the World Series, the Kansas City Royals arrived home confident they could defeat the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday to force a one-game title...
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• Baseball World Series players grieve Taveras tragedy (AFP)
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Oscar Taveras was nearly playing in this week's World Series. Instead, the 22-year-old St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder was killed in a car crash in his native...
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• Giants bullpen should not be overlooked
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Everybody, everybody, everybody talks about the three fellows at the back end of the Kansas City bullpen. And they deserve all the attention, not to mention the "oohs"...
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• Yost fully expects Royals to force Game 7 in World Series
  From the Web › San Francisco Chronicle
  The Giants, leading three games to two, stand on the brink of winning the World Series - but the Royals are supremely confident. That was the message from Kansas City...
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• M-V-Pence: Veteran's play, example leading Giants
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Hunter Pence's unconventional swing and throwing motion, and his off-the-field quirkiness, have made him perhaps the most interesting -- and unique -- man in baseball...
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• Oct. 27: Jake Peavy workout day interview
  From the Web › MLB.com
  On the eve of his World Series Game 6 start, Giants right-hander Jake Peavy meets with the media on Monday in Kansas City.
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• Oct. 27 Bruce Bochy workout day interview
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants manager Bruce Bochy meets with the media on the eve of Game 6 in Kansas City.
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• Singer Aaron Lewis apologizes for botching anthem
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  There was an error at Game 5 of the World Series even before the first pitch and Aaron Lewis has since asked our Nation for forgiveness.
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• Fall Stars Game filled to brim with talent
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Several of the best prospects in baseball will collide on Saturday in the ninth annual Fall Stars Game, the yearly All-Star Game for the Arizona Fall League. This year's...
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• Giants pay tribute to late Robin Williams
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  A few special guests made an appearance before the start of Game 5 at AT&T park to help pay tribute to deovoted Giants fan Robin Williams.
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• Pressure on Giants to close out Royals, avoid Game 7
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  In the past 50 years, the loser of Game 6 of the World Series is 6-21 in Game 7. The Giants better bring urgency to Kansas City on Tuesday.
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• Series TV rating sinks for Game 4, then rebounds
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  The television rating for Game 4 between San Francisco and Kansas City dropped to a 6.3, a low for this year's World Series, then rebounded to a 7.3 in Game 5 as the...
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• World Series: Will Fast Pitches Help Royals Win?
  From the Web › AOL On
  WSJLive - The Kansas City Royals are regularly pitching eye-popping, 100-mph fastballs. But can this help them win the World Series? WSJ's Jared Diamond and Lee Hawkins...
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• Buster Posey lauds Giants' ticket to better postseason success
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Posey, Brandon Belt among San Francisco Giants' players who believe sleeping in their own beds has been ticket to success in the World Series.
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• Singer Aaron Lewis apologizes for botching anthem
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Aaron Lewis has apologized for botching the lyrics of ''The Star-Spangled Banner'' during his performance before Game 5 of the World Series. The lead singer of the metal...
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• Giants, postseason teams affected by concussions
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  The message from Joe Torre shown on the video board at AT&T Park was clear and direct: ''When in doubt, sit it out.'' From the World Series to the NFL, from hockey to...
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• Giants-Royals Preview
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  The Royals turn to a 23-year-old rookie to save their season, but not just any 23-year-old rookie: the hardest-throwing starting pitcher in the major leagues. Yordano...
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• Giants even Series with comeback win over Royals
  From the Web › MLB.com
  After mustering four hits the night before, the Giants amassed 16 hits and scored 10 unanswered runs Saturday while thrashing the Kansas City Royals, 11-4, in Game 4 of...
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• Feeling strong, Bumgarner gets critical Game 5 nod
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants will be looking for Madison Bumgarner to send them back to Kansas City with momentum when he starts Game 5 of the World Series.
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• G5 FYI: Bumgarner throws first WS shutout in 11 years
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Madison Bumgarner continued his historic postseason dominance on Sunday night, leading the Giants to a 5-0 victory in the pivotal Game 5 of the 2014 World...
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• Giants strike before Royals can utilize potent relief trio
  From the Web › MLB.com
  When the Royals carried a lead into the bottom of the fifth inning of World Series Game 4 on Saturday, then a tie score into the sixth, the Giants knew they needed to...
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• Pence puts every tool on display when Giants need it most
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Offense, running the bases, tracking down balls in the outfield, heck, even giving pregame pep speeches -- Hunter Pence does a little bit of everything for the San...
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• Petit playing no small role for Giants this postseason
  From the Web › MLB.com
  During the 2012 postseason, locals called Tim Lincecum the Golden Gate Bridge, the guy to get the Giants from faltering starter to the heart of the bullpen. This...
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• Duffy provides spark in pinch to jump-start rally
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants utility infielder Matt Duffy came through with the biggest hit of his young career on Saturday night in Game 4 of the World Series, which may have swung the...
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• Legend of the fall: MadBum's CG gives SF Game 5 win
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Madison Bumgarner pitched a shutout to lead the Giants past the Royals in a 5-0 San Francisco win in Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night at AT&T Park, putting the...
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• Peavy had no doubts about Game 6 start
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Veteran right-hander Jake Peavy, who's "really excited" about the chance to start Game 6 of the World Series, never thought the Giants would lose three straight and deny...
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• In tribute to Williams, late actor's children throw first pitch
  From the Web › MLB.com
  As part of a pregame tribute to Robin Williams, the actor/comedian, Bay Area resident and longtime Giants fan who died in August, the Giants' organization invited his...
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• Baseball Tomorrow Fund celebrates 15 years
  From the Web › MLB.com
  MLB and the MLB Players Association delivered their annual $2.5 million check to the Baseball Tomorrow Fund before Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night, the 15th...
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• Perry's love affair with Giants goes on and on and on
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Among the fans at AT&T Park singing Journey's "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Lights" during the eighth inning is the man who made the songs famous three-plus decades ago --...
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• Oct. 26 Bruce Bochy interview
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Giants manager Bruce Bochy addressed the media after Game 5 of the World Series in San Francisco.
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• Oct. 26: Madison Bumgarner postgame interview
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Madison Bumgarner meets with the media to discuss his four-hit shutout in the Giants' 5-0 victory over the Royals in Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday.
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• Tale of the tape: Giants-Royals, Game 6
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Here's a breakdown of the pitching matchup for Game 6 of the World Series at Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday between the Giants' Jake Peavy and the Royals' Yordano...
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• Peavy, Giants head to KC, look to close out Series in six
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Three World Series championships in five seasons? In this day and age? With an expanded postseason format and revenue sharing and general competitive parity? That's what...
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• MadBum mastery stacks up with October legends
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Madison Bumgarner has done all that could be expected of one pitcher in one postseason. He has created a performance that can fairly be mentioned with some of the best...
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• Singles weekend: Giants party without power
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The lack of boom-boom of late in this World Series was mentioned to "Bam Bam," aka Giants hitting coach Hensley Meulens, in the aftermath of Sunday night's 5-0 victory...
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• Giants have magic, but history on Royals' side
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants are close now, close enough to feel it and taste it and imagine it. This could again be their moment. As usual, they're at their best in games like this, when...
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• World Series shaken by Taveras' passing
  From the Web › MLB.com
  The Giants had just won a World Series game, but there was very little celebrating going on in their clubhouse. The news of the death of Cardinals rookie Oscar Taveras...
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• Statcast: Cain robs Pence of extra bases
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Lorenzo Cain has spent much of this postseason flying all over the outfield to take hits away from opposing batters. He added another clip to his October highlight reel...
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• Belt beats Royals' shift with first bunt hit of career
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Brandon Belt bunted for a single in the second inning of the Giants' 5-0 victory in Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night. "They were giving me that whole area over...
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• Devastated by Taveras' passing, Perez comes up big for Giants
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Unable to process it, unable to believe the death of his friend Oscar Taveras, Juan Perez mourned and cried, understanding that steps away, the Royals and Giants were...
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• MadBum gives Giants' bullpen a much-needed rest
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Madison Bumgarner's shutout not only put the Giants one win from their third World Series title in five seasons, it ensured a bullpen that has been used heavily this...
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• Bumgarner keeps remarkable October ride rolling
  From the Web › MLB.com
  This deep into October, rarely does any star live up to the outsized hype that surrounds him. In Game 5, Madison Bumgarner did. Entering the night riding one of the...
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• Crawford exceeding his dreams with hometown Giants
  From the Web › MLB.com
  When Brandon Crawford grew up as a Giants fan in nearby Pleasanton, nowhere in his mind's eye did he ever conceive of driving home three runs in a World Series game...
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• There's something about Game 6
  From the Web › MLB.com
  Through the years, Game 6 of the World Series has had an almost mystical ability to thrill us and chill us and etch itself into our hearts and minds. Now we've got...
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• Game 6 broadcast to be shown at San Francisco's City Hall
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Giants fans will be able to watch a live broadcast of Game 6 of the World Series in Civic Center Plaza Tuesday night, San Francisco mayor Ed Lee announced
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• Cardinals manager Mike Matheny issues heartfelt statement about Oscar Taveras
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Since news of young St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Oscar Taveras' death — in a car accident at age 22 — started to spread Sunday evening , we've seen it...
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• Game 6 to be broadcast on jumbotron at Civic Center Plaza
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The Giants are one win away from a World Series title and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is hosting a public viewing party for Tuesday's Game 6.
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• Royals return home for last shot at fairytale ending
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  By Larry Fine KANSAS CITY Missouri - The World Series heads back to Kansas City for another helping of baseball American League style and the Royals hope that...
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• Watch Game 5 National Anthem flub; players react, singer apologizes
  From the Web › The Mercury News
  Setting the stage for the Game 5 World Series match-up between the San Francisco Giants and the Kansas City Royals.
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• Giants, Royals ready for wild World Series finish
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Madison Bumgarner barely broke a smile walking around the San Francisco Giants' clubhouse late Sunday night following a brilliant pitching performance that has his team...
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• Royals Are Still in This Thing
  From the Web › AOL On
  Sports Illustrated - SI.com's Albert Chen and Ben Reiter say how the Royals can still pull off the World Series win.
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• Madison Bumgarner's Historic Game 5 Performance
  From the Web › AOL On
  Sports Illustrated - Tom Verducci breaks down Madison Bumgarner's dominant Game 5 performance.
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• Perez delivers key hit after learning of Taveras' death
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  During Game 5, Juan Perez learned of Oscar Taveras' death in the Dominican Republic. Late in the game, he got a big hit for his friend.
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• Rewind: Bumgarner casts perfect pose to make history
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  The numbers speak for themselves. Madison Bumgarner has put together one of greatest single postseason runs in history.
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• After their offense goes quiet, Royals happily head home for Game 6
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  SAN FRANCISCO — The Kansas City Royals wanted out of AT&T Park on Sunday night, out of Giants' country, out of a place where they had adhere to National League...
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• Bumgarner's latest gem has Giants on cusp of title
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Hall of Famer Juan Marichal mingled in the San Francisco clubhouse and waited patiently for his chance to share a kind, congratulatory word with Madison Bumgarner. What...
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• Royals head home trailing 3-2 in World Series
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  This is not the first time the Kansas City Royals have been in trouble this season. A .500 team after 100 games, the Royals turned it on down the stretch to earn their...
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• Lost weekend in Bay Area for Royals
  From the Web › NBCS Bay Area
  After taking a 2-1 edge in the World Series, the Royals thought the momentum was in their favor. Now they would like to forget the past two days at AT&T...
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• 1-Baseball-Bumgarner shines as Giants stride towards glory
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  * Giants move to brink of third MLB crown in five years * Bumgarner puts name in World Series record book * Series shifts back to Kansas City for Game Six By Larry Fine...
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• Bumgarner burnishes big-game reputation (AFP)
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  Madison Bumgarner's latest masterpiece not only has the San Francisco Giants on the brink of a World Series triumph, it has the 25-year-old hurler among some of...
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• Giants ace dazzles Royals and San Francisco crowd
  From the Web › Yahoo! Sports
  By Larry Fine SAN FRANCISCO - Madison Bumgarner was fully focused with the ball on Sunday, dazzling the Kansas City Royals with his arsenal of pitches and sublime...
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• Giants' bench making their mark in the World Series
  From the Web › USA Today
  Bench players like rookies Duffy and Perez helped in Game 4.       
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• World Series scene: Could Pablo Sandoval leave Giants?
  From the Web › USA Today
  With every big playoff hit, Sandoval only deepens the imprint he's left in Giants folklore.       
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• 5 things we learned from the Giants' win in Game 5
  From the Web › USA Today
  Madison Bumgarner is having a pretty good postseason.       
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• Brandon Crawford helps Giants scratch out key runs
  From the Web › USA Today
  If Brandon Crawford's not careful, he may soon become better known for his bat than his glove.       
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• Analysis: Misplays in the field haunt Royals in Game 5 loss
  From the Web › USA Today
  Giants get to Herrera, Davis in the late innings.       
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• Madison Bumgarner blanks Royals, Giants lead World Series 3-2
  From the Web › USA Today
  Bumgarner has not allowed an earned run in 16 World Series innings.       
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