#8: Shawon Dunston Cries

OK, you're just going to have to give this clip a minute or so.

Shawon Dunston was never a great baseball player, always a guy you wanted around for his intangibles and presence. He was free-swinging, a mediocre fielder, and by the time the 2002 season rolled around was pretty much over the hill. Throughout the playoff run to the World Series, Dunston played a minimal role and slipped to the background as Bonds, Lofton, Kent and others shined on the game's biggest stage. But he still remained the consummate professional and team player, and proved it in this clip with his selfless words and tears.

But Dunston wouldn't remain in the background for the whole playoffs, stepping up in what, for seven innings, looked like the game the San Francisco got the monkey off their back. Unfortunately, Dunston's Game 6 homer didn't make him a household name; Scott Speizio's late-game heroics made Sand Frog one. This clip, thoiugh after the NLCS, proved too much for his composure, and serves as a sobering reminder for all Giants fans of what almost was.