The clinching of the last two playoff spots is imminent after tonight's results, with the Giants winning and the Padres losing. One Giant win over the Padres this weekend in San Francisco, and the NL West will finally be wrapped up. This will be the biggest series baseball has seen in 2010.
How appropriate that it begins on October 1.
The next three posts will chronicle the final weekend of the regular season in San Francisco, unless the Giants make quick work of the Padres and erase the remaining playoff uncertainty. Matt Cain starts for the Giants tomorrow night in Game 1, and it doesn't get much easier after that, as Barry Zito and Jonathan Sanchez follow. Clayton Richard goes for the Padres Friday in the biggest start of his career. Make no mistake - the Padres are not out of this yet. Yes, they need a sweep of this series and then a win in the one-game playoff that would follow, but that is not impossible. Not for a team that has come so far. Not for a team that got considerably better at the deadline. Not for a team with the #2 ERA in the majors. Even if the Giants are #1. Stranger things have happened, remember?
It's October.
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