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To fully understand why Pablo Sandoval stunned the baseball world by pitching a perfect inning Saturday is to understand Garth Brooks. Not Garth Brooks the country star, but Garth Brooks the ballplayer. Actually, it's the same guy. Back when Giants manager Bruce Bochy managed the Padres, Brooks suited up in spring training to help promote his foundation and got an at-bat here and there, always serving as a crowd-pleaser during the long, lazy days in the desert. "He was the perfect guy," Bochy said Saturday, smiling when recalling Brooks the pinch-hitter. "If we were losing big, the fans wouldn't boo me as long as I put Garth in.
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