Giants legend Hunter Pence was straightforward when describing how the 2012 team felt heading into the World Series against the Detroit Tigers.
"We were numb to anything, like how good they were," Pence said Saturday night when the 2012 championship team reunited at Oracle Park.
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Pence also recognized Pablo Sandoval's incredible three-home run night in Game 1 as well as Barry Zito battling (and beating) Justin Verlander as being "a message" that the series was going to turn out differently than most people anticipated.
The Giants ultimately swept the Tigers in four games, being the most recent World Series matchup to end in a sweep. San Francisco's pitching staff also claimed to be "offended" by a graphic stating that the Tigers' rotation -- anchored by Verlander and Max Scherzer -- was heavily favored over the Giants' arms.
En route to the World Series, the Giants defeated the Cincinnati Reds in five games in the NLDS before dispatching the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games in the NLCS.
Meanwhile, the Tigers beat the Oakland A's in a best-of-five series before sweeping the New York Yankees in the ALCS, giving the Tigers about a week or so off before ultimately facing the Giants.
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Pence believes having both the Reds and Cardinals series go the distance gave San Francisco the momentum it needed to set the tone against the Tigers, hence why the Giants were numb to the pressures of the World Series.
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In the end, the 2012 Giants team proved that momentum can go a long way in helping a team get to where they aspire to be.
For Pence and the rest of the team, it was just what they needed to help them win -- which was to be numb to all the pressure.