World Series 2010: San Francisco Giants Get 2-0 Edge Thanks To Renteria and Cain

Baseball is a game of inches. Defensive alignment can be the difference between a snared liner and a double in the gap. Whether a pitch is inside enough or not can be the difference between a sawed off pop-up and a homer deep into the seats.

And, as a game-changing play in Game 2 of the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers illustrated, lacking just a bit of extension in a swing’s follow-through can turn a sure-fire homer to center into an improbable and unlucky double.

That was the case in the fifth, when Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler led off with a drive to the deepest part of the park. Matt Cain made one of his few mistakes, but it somehow only resulted...

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