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No pressure: Giants playing with house money
- Updated: October 7, 2016
CHICAGO — Like a neighbor who never seems to return the things he borrows or an uninvited guest at the holidays, the Giants rolled into Wrigley Field for Thursday’s workout. They had endured a long day of bus rides and airplane travel but still looked like trouble when they arrived.
Johnny Cueto had pictured this day a little more than a month ago, when the Giants played a four-game weekend series at the storybook ballpark with the ivy-covered walls. He said then that he wanted the chance to try to knock off the Cubs, who find themselves in the unaccustomed role of World Series favorites.
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“I hope to God we do [get back to Chicago],” Cueto said after pitching well in a 13-inning loss. “That’s when we’re going to find out [if we have what it takes].”
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This National League Division Series will be telling for both sides. While the Cubs didn’t come out and say it, you know San Francisco is about the last team they wanted to face after piling up 103 victories in the regular season.
Playing with house money after winning the World Series three times in the last seven years and wearing their every-other-year armor, the Giants are about as dangerous of an early opponent as any could face.
When Madison Bumgarner shut out the Mets in the NL Wild Card Game on Wednesday, it gave the Giants a 35-14 record in the postseason under Bruce Bochy. …
