It’s not often you can blow a two-run lead in the tenth inning and still come back to win the game, but that’s what the Giants managed today. They managed to give up two runs in the bottom of the tenth on solo home runs off their closer, Armando Benitez, who made the least of his return to New York this weekend. But they put together a winning rally in the top of the twelfth, and their closer of the future, Jeremy Accardo, put the Mets away in the bottom of the winning to secure the 7-6 win on getaway day. The Giants’ leading run-producer this season is not any of the famous names that make daily headlines. It’s third baseman Pedro Feliz, and it was his single that won the game.

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One year ago: Deferment
"I probably shouldn’t even have tried to delude myself, but I get caught in my own optimism every week."

Two years ago: Expansion
"A plant-eating dinosaur on a motorcycle. He's probably the only one of those I've ever known, but that's our D.J. He's five, you know."

Three years ago: Neighbors
"Everybody scatters and leaves me alone, as if they thought I had something sinister planned for them, when all I want is to have them perch on my shoulder and sing in my ear. (Except for the lizards. They're excused from that assignment.)"

Four years ago: In My Prime
"That's the secret to aging gracefully. Not that I'm aging. Or graceful. But it doesn't bother me if you think I'm an old fool or a case of arrested development. You're probably right. So what?"

Five years ago: Someone Keeps Moving My Chair
"I yelled back, but he was long gone by then."

Six years ago: Whips and Chairs
"Lots of fun, and nothing broken. What more could you ask for?"