The San Francisco Giants, of course, won the 2010 World Series as a team, and they received the championship trophy for their efforts. But there's a little individual hardware that gets handed out after these things as well, and it was determined that the MVP of the 2010 World Series was none other than Giants shortstop Edgar Renteria.
Edgar Renteria Named 2010 World Series MVP Over Tim Lincecum
A guy who spent much of the season on the bench, Renteria again came up huge in the World Series, just as he did all the way back in 1997 for the Marlins. In Game 1, he picked up a hit and scored two runs. In Game 2, he hit a tie-breaking homer off C.J. Wilson that stood up as the winning run. In Game 4, he delivered three hits. And in Game 5, it was his three-run homer in the top of the seventh off Cliff Lee that put the Giants in the lead - a lead they'd hang on to.
In all, Renteria finishes the series having batted 7-17 with two home runs, six runs scored, and six runs batted in. He makes for a very worthy choice, as nobody else made the impact he did in snapping two scoreless ties.
Another choice could've been Tim Lincecum. It was Lincecum who shut the Rangers down in Game 5 by allowing one run over eight stellar innings. Lincecum also got the win over Cliff Lee in Game 1. But that Game 1 effort was less about Lincecum being terrific and more about Lee being worse than usual, and whoever votes on this thing decided that Lincecum didn't deserve the MVP based on one standout performance.
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