As John Bowker rode into his first day in the major leagues Saturday, he kept doing a mental equipment check, double-checking in his mind that he had, indeed, packed everything he would need. Rookies who show up in the big leagues without their gloves or bats or spikes are a cliché. "I can definitely see how that can happen," Bowker said Monday afternoon, from San Francisco. There was so much to do and so little time to do it. Bowker had been in Fresno Friday night, playing for the Giants' Trip ...

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