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SAN FRANCISCO -- Bruce Bochy has often been bleary-eyed and exhausted going through it all this year. His once-reliable bullpen hit bump after bump and an offense that appeared so powerful way back in spring training regularly faltered when it mattered most.The Giants had the majors best record at the All-Star break but couldnt sustain it. They earned the second wild card on the seasons final day, beat the defending NL champion New York Mets then lost to baseballs hottest team Tuesday night in a four-game NL Division Series -- the 103-win Chicago Cubs.That even-year rallying cry for this club, its gone. Also gone is the remarkable 10-game winning streak in postseason elimination games, an 11-series playoff unbeaten run stopped in the process for a franchise that captured World Series championships in 2010, 12 and `14.The Cubs were too good. The Giants were too inconsistent.Its a tale of two seasons, the first half and second half, Bochy said. But I think what Ill remember is how they really bounced back and found a way to get in there, to get to the wild card and that game.Yes, this ranked among the most trying seasons yet for the 61-year-old Bochy, who completed his 10th year as San Francisco skipper and 22nd overall as a manager after having guided San Diego for the other 12. Bochy faced constant scrutiny for his clubs second-half struggles after holding the majors best record at the All-Star break (57-33).Here are some things to consider from a season that fell short:SOLID ROTATIONSan Franciscos top starters did their part, and thats a positive for Bochy going forward when he looks at his trio of aces: Madison Bumgarner, Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija. Trade deadline acquisition Matt Moore dazzled for eight innings in Tuesdays Game 4, striking out 10 and hitting a go-ahead single in the fourth.Rookie Ty Blach showed he will be considered for a rotation spot in 2017, earning the win with two scoreless innings in San Franciscos 6-5, 13-inning victory Monday night to stave off elimination for a day.BULLPEN BLUNDERSJavier Lopez owns four World Series rings, three with the Giants, while Santiago Casilla and Sergio Romo have three apiece.A bullpen that was so good for so long during all the title runs failed to hold a 5-2 lead in the ninth inning, with five relievers unable to end it. Bochy never turned to demoted closer Casilla and Romo couldnt finish off Chicago.The flame-throwing Aroldis Chapman, whom San Francisco tried to acquire at the trade deadline, closed out the Giants this time after giving up the game a night earlier.Now, San Francisco will almost certainly go forward with new faces -- Derek Law, Steven Okert, Will Smith.The job doesnt change. You gotta get outs. I wasnt able to do that today, Romo said. They showed that theyll never give up either there at the end. For us were more in shock that just it happened, how it happened, the way it happened. We went in, pretty decent lead going in that ninth. It looked pretty good in our favor to win tonight.GILLASPIES MARKConor Gillaspie arrived at spring training with no guarantees, just a determination to be a better teammate and person in his second stint with San Francisco. He claimed he had grown up in his three years away, then he broke out on the big October stage as an unlikely postseason star.He hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning of a 3-0 wild-card win at New York last week. His catch over the railing and into the photo well in Game 162 against the Dodgers will be remembered, too. Vin Scully called it superior in his final broadcast.Gillaspie was an injury replacement to boot.INJURIESThe Giants missed two key regulars in the final two games of the series. Left fielder Angel Pagan, wrapping up a $40 million, four-year contract, sat out with back spasms and third baseman Eduardo Nunez to a strained right hamstring.NO COMEBACKIn the end, the every-other-year Giants couldnt pull off the very kind of improbable comeback that defined their championship runs in recent seasons. In 2012 against Cincinnati, the club became the first ever to rally from an 0-2 deficit in a best-of-five series by winning three straight road games. San Francisco also overcame a 3-1 deficit in the NLCS that year against St. Louis.San Francisco had been nearly unbeatable with the season on the line in recent years, namely winning those 10 straight elimination games.Its crazy good, Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. It just doesnt happen, thats so difficult to do. Jordan Retro 6 Wholesale .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. Cheap Air Jordan 6 Retro .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. http://www.clearanceairjordan6.com/ . The Barrie Colts defenceman, who impressed many with his play for Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship, is the top-ranked skater in the February rankings. He has 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 points in 45 games with the Colts this season. Air Jordan 6 Clearance .500 on the season. The Jets are now 0-5-1 in the second game of back-to-backs. The game started the same way the Vancouver game started the night before, with the Jets taking the first two penalties of the game and killing off the first, but the Oilers getting on the board first, scoring on the second man-advantage. Cheap Air Jordan 6 China . Wall made the comment in a speech to a Regina business crowd that included Lesnar. The U.S. wrestler and retired mixed martial artist says he was visiting his brothers farm in Saskatchewan and decided he wanted to hear what the premier had to say. CINCINNATI -- Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco had surgery on the right side of his hip Monday, the third major operation in little more than a year for the former All-Star.Mesoraco already was on the disabled list following surgery May 10 for a significant tear in his left shoulder. His latest surgery will prevent him from catching again until January, meaning he most likely wont be at full strength when spring training begins. The Reds think he could be ready for opening day, barring setbacks.The 28-year-old catcher had surgery on the other side of his hip last season, limiting him to 23 games. Cincinnati manager Bryan Price said theres no indication the hip problems would become a chronic issue.I havent been told anything about him being at risk, Price said. We certainly would like him to stay healthy and keep him on the field. Its always a crapshoot with any player. Hopefully, what hes doing is putting all this behind him so he can string together some healthy seasons.Dr. Timothy Kremchek, the teams medical director, said Mesoracos left hip has recovered nicely. He started having some problems with the right side of the hip during spring training, and doctors agreed that he would need surgery on it at some point as well. When he needed the shoulder surgery, doctors suggested that Mesoraco get the hip repaired as well.We had talked about when his shoulder was healed enough to be able to handle crutches, we would talk about addressing his right hip, Kremchek saiid.dddddddddddd. What we didnt want to do was for him to have problems in his right hip, say, the middle of next year or the end of next year.Kremchek said Mesoraco will have more range of motion after the latest hip surgery.I think this will give him a spring in his step, Kremchek said. Its going to make it a little easier for him to squat down and do things. So Im optimistic this is going to make him a better catcher and be less stressful on his body.The former first-round draft pick had one of the best seasons by a Reds catcher in 2014, hitting 25 homers and driving in 80 runs. He also made his first All-Star team that season.Before the start of the 2015 season, he got a four-year, $28 million through 2018. The contract pays him $4.9 million this year, $7.2 million in 2017, and $13 million in 2018. During the first two years of the deal, Mesoraco has played in 39 games and batted .158 with two doubles, one homer and three RBI.Hes the second Reds player to sign a big deal and then suffer serious injury. Right-handed starter Homer Bailey agreed to a six-year, $105 million deal before the start of the 2014 season. He needed Tommy John surgery in May 2015 and hasnt fully recovered. Bailey is on a minor league rehab assignment, and the Reds are hoping to get him back in August.---Follow Joe Kay on Twitter: http://twitter.com/apjoekay ' ' '