"When I think of the 2010 World Series, I think of Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain, Edgar Renteria and Madison Bumgarner. When I think of the 2010 NLCS, I think of Cody Ross and Juan Uribe, with the usual suspects mixed in. When I think of the 2010 NLDS, I think of Ross and Lincecum again, maybe with a little Brooks Conrad mixed in.

"When I think about the 2010 season -- from start to finish -- I think about Andres Torres."

"It's absurd to think about. That's why he's the one who is the personification of such an absurd season, where Cody Ross and Pat Burrell were included as prizes in the organizational Happy Meal, where a 21-year-old regained his velocity and dominated one of the best collections of hitters in baseball, and where a rookie catcher led them all. Torres is the most absurd story of them all."