San Francisco Giants: The 16 Best Moments of 2016

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Oct 10, 2016; San Francisco, CA, USA; The San Francisco Giants celebrate after San Francisco Giants second baseman Joe Panik (12) hit a walk-off RBI double during the thirteenth inning to win game three of the 2016 NLDS playoff baseball series at AT&T Park. The San Francisco Giants won 6-5 in thirteen innings. Mandatory Credit: John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports /

No. 3: Joe Panik’s Walkoff Double

Joe Panik had a topsy-turvy 2016. A rough start at the plate, followed by a concussion, and then never regaining his swing. It literally took until Game 3 of the 2016 NLDS for Panik to get his swing back. Boy did he come up clutch.

After the Giants had done their patented 2016 move, “The Blown Save”, for the umpteenth time, the Giants got somebody on base in the bottom of the thirteenth. In a “Win or Go Home” game, up stepped Panik, to deliver the magic:

That double was a huge moment, giving the Giants plenty of belief that they could get the game back to a game five. Panik’s hit was huge, and was the walk-off winner, but probably wasn’t the biggest hit in that game! That leads us to moment number 2…