My beloved San Francisco Giants are slogging through the beginning of the season. Currently in last place! Yikes! What happened to my 3-time World Series winners in 6 years? They started out strong last year and then from the All-Star break, bombed clear to the end of the season.
Maybe, hopefully, the opposite will be true this year. Starting off slow but then kick it into high gear and make the play-offs. Beat reporter Chris haft wrote about a possible answer to this quandary of why we’re scraping the bottom of the bucket this year. He wrote:
“As is the case
when the Giants have sailed to and through the postseason,
the April malaise was a team effort. The Giants struggled in every aspect of
the game at various junctures during the month. However, their inability to
score runs was their most glaring shortcoming. Even the worst teams grab a
three- or four-run lead once in a while. The Giants almost never created this
luxury for themselves. Thus, their pitchers had to perform with no margin for
error. You've heard this before and you'll hear it again: Scoring four runs a
game is part of the Giants' basic formula for winning, because they
steadfastly believe they can consistently limit opponents to three or fewer
runs. But without the offense doing its small but significant part, the whole
equation dissolves.”
Here’s to hoping the offense can hold up their end and bring about a victorious season!
GO GIANTS!
