The story of Saturday’s A’s-Giants game was Brandon.

I swear.

In case you don’t know — and why should you? — five men named Brandon played in the game, two on the Giants and three on the A’s. You might say there was an abundance of Brandons, a surfeit of Brandons, an entire world of Brandons. The Fox broadcast informed viewers that the game set a major-league record for Brandons in a single game.

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