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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The bullpen gate opened in the bottom of the fifth inning, and here he came. It was Madison K. Bumgarner, on his way to the office, to a lonely pitcher's mound in someone else's stadium. To a place where he could do those amazing things that he does. Where he could save a game. Save a season. Save the San Francisco Giants. Rewrite the October history books. And, when his day's work was done, lug his team to the summit of a mountain that few groups of men have ever scaled. It was Game 7 of the World Series. But really, it had turned into  Madison Bumgarner's game. And Madison Bumgarner's October. And, especially, Madison Bumgarner's World Series. "How it ended today pretty much summed up the Giants in the World Series," said his friend and teammate Jeremy Affeldt. "That guy carried us. He flat-out carried us." How it ended Wednesday night was how the Giants' championship season had to end. With October's most dominant figure dominating...