San Francisco Giants

The most exciting races in both leagues are for wild cards, and four unlikely teams are in hot pursuit of them

Lincecum and Cain and pray for rain? Not anymore. The Giants, the game's most surprising contender, have finally found an everyday star who can light up a clubhouse—as well as opposing pitchers—in Pablo Sandoval

Giants pitcher and career .125 hitter, after going on the DL with a torn rotator cuff suffered during an at bat:

Done in by only the tiniest of imperfections, these men fell just short of the ultimate