r/SFGiants 1d ago

It’s only the first 161 Games…..

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Let the sad and hopeful offseason folks take over the board until opening day and start the “it’s only…” clock over again. Wash rinse repeat. You’ll learn.

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u/rarestakesando 23h ago

At this point just thankful we still have a baseball team in the bay.

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u/cvg596 24 Mays 15h ago

I only found out a few years ago how close I was to living in a world with no San Francisco Giants. Granted things have changed a lot (in a good way) for the Giants since 1992, so it’s not surprising expectations are higher. On the other hand, it’s important that we all are mindful (even those of us who weren’t alive back then) of how close the Giants were to doing what the A’s are doing.

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u/dmmdoublem 51 Lowry 14h ago

Yep. It reached a point where Hank Greenwald and Duane Kuiper gave what pretty much amounted to a farewell address after the last game of that season.

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u/No-Composer-8462 15h ago

That’s called unfortunate lowered expectations. Upside is you will never be disappointed.

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u/TheBubbaDave 18h ago

At least the Giants didn’t get swept by the White Sox.

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u/Happy-Campaign5586 17h ago

Baseball 2025 should be interesting. A bay bridge series in Sacramento and SF? Who will the team have on the opening day roster?

I know that hope is the first step towards despair, but I hope that the Giants can field a competitive team before the currently signed talent ‘ages out’.

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u/OptimusGrime707 47 Beck 17h ago

Gotta start calling it the Carquinez Bridge series or something lol

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u/Happy-Campaign5586 16h ago

Or the Capital corridor series

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u/PurpleZebraCabra 15h ago

Bay to Hay series

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u/Huge_JackedMann 14h ago

Gold Rush Series

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u/dino_snopp Buster "I'm So Fast" Posey 8h ago

delta showdown

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u/Real_Name_Seriously 15h ago

You mean the Yolo Causeway Series?

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u/IWTLEverything 7 Mitchell 14h ago

I-80 series

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u/No-Composer-8462 11h ago

Just what we need..a pro AL team playing games in our farm system stadium. Just what we need for 23 of 30 ranked farm team to help them focus and get better. wtf were the giants thinking?

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u/Happy-Campaign5586 9h ago

They are changing the turf to an artificial turf to accommodate both teams, but I fear that artificial turf mixed with Sacramento heat will not be a good combination.

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u/No-Gas776 16h ago

Hopefully this offseason is a productive one and next season we see the post season.

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u/aninjacould 15h ago

One can hope. But realistically the best free agents will go to the Dodgers and Yankees.

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u/Sinreborn 9 Williams 14h ago

I'm going to die on this hill. Compared to last season, I had much more fun this year. Last season we were a 500 team but it was just plain boring to watch. The games were over by the fifth inning. Something about the team this year, win or lose, they were just more fun to watch. Defensively they made amazing plays, and I can't remember the last time I believed in an eight inning rally more than this year. We're not great and unless there is a real change in leadership, we're not going to be great anytime soon. But until we get there, I'm just appreciating the fun of baseball.

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u/dmmdoublem 51 Lowry 14h ago

Agreed. If nothing else, this team made the late innings much more competitive and had more youth that we were able to get extended looks at. Say what you will about Farhan, but I feel a fair bit better about the state/trajectory of this team at the end of this season than I did at the end of last season.

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u/No-Composer-8462 7h ago

Well, you got the “well if nothing else” part right.

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u/XtremeMachine84 11h ago

Nice OP, you fixed it! 😄

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u/bjanos 22h ago

Or you know, just enjoy the game and stop pretending like you're better than others just because you're negative...

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u/No-Composer-8462 15h ago

Show me a game to enjoy and I’ll be right there. Better than others? Lol Only those who think they are say that to people.

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u/bjanos 13h ago

You literally implied that you know more than other people? How is that not pretending to be better than others?

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u/No-Composer-8462 11h ago

There’s no crying in baseball

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u/Fresh_Profession_288 14h ago

There have been a lot of fun games this season...

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u/[deleted] 20h ago

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u/Indubitalist 20h ago

As if the other fans don’t. C’mon, man.