For Edgar Renteria, life up until this past postseason was one of nostalgia, and uncertainty. A player for 5 different teams up until he was a San Francisco Giant, the Colombian shortstop was contemplating retirement after this season.

Renteria has had quite the World Series history. Up until Brain Wilson struck out Nelson Cruz to bring the first championship since 1954 back to the organization, it had been exactly 4,755 days since a 22 year old Renteria poked a line drive just over the glove of Cleveland reliever Charles Nagy to win the 1997 world series.

Renteria was a known castoff since his last World Series exploit in 2004, when he grounded out to Keith Foulke to end the RedSox’s 86 year World Series “curse” as the massholes call it.

Either way, when the Giants came calling, it seemed to be the perfect opportunity. The Giants after all were a team of 3 components, young budding stars in Tim Lincecum, Buster Posey, Matt Cain, and Pablo Sandoval. A team of castoff veterans such as Pat Burrell, Cody Ross, Juan Uribe, Aubrey Huff, Guillermo Mota, and now Renteria, and last but not least a playoff veteran manager in Bruce Bochy.

Together, this made the perfect formula for postseason excellence.

Renteria won world series MVP honors in his 5 game performance. He batted .412 with 2 homeruns and 6 rbis. Both of his home runs were clutch as can be. In game 2, he broke a scoreless tie with a solo home run in the 6th. In game 5, he hit the series winner in the 7th, a 3 run shot off the seemingly untouchable Cliff Lee that silenced a once rowdy Texas crowd of over 50,000.

In the career of a baseball player turned World Series legend, this series had to top it all. It is safe to say that Renteria is the hero of a city, and he has done nothing more then further his postseason legend.