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9/4/11 Post-Game: Giants Win!

4 Sep

Largely attributed to the change in baseball rules, San Francisco squeezed out a win tonight against the Diamondbacks. Controversial commissioner Bud Selig quietly passed through a rule amendment that permits umpires to adjust “sympathy runs” onto the final score, dependent on the displayed futility of an offense. This handicapping system left the Giants benefactors tonight, ending in a 13-4 victory against a baffled Daniel Hudson.