One has to wonder what was going through John Bowker's mind as he rounded the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the fourth inning of Game 1 of the Japan Series.
Maybe as the ball sailed toward the seats in right, Bowker thought back to his time with the San Francisco Giants.
He'd played 183 games for the team from 2008-2010 and was on the field for Jonathan Sanchez's no-hitter in July of 2010. Bowker played in 67 games for San Francisco that season but wasn't on the postseason roster later in the year and limited to watching with the rest of the baseball community as the Giants went on the win the World Series.