Good morning, baseball fans!<\/p>\n
It\u2019s no secret that the San Francisco Giants have been playing baseball lately like they are cats trying to fight their way out of a paper bag whilst high on catnip. Except without the entertainment value.<\/p>\n
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While I complain, criticize, and commiserate along with everyone else, I don\u2019t tend to put the blame on any individuals. I try to keep my complaints about the general team\/organization, not any individual players or staff members. And there is a reason for that.<\/p>\n
Think about your job. Maybe you went to school to get a degree for what you do, maybe you had to get a special license, or have a very specific skillset. So it would be fair to say you prepared to the best of your ability. But imagine that in order to be successful at your job, you had to depend on luck the majority of the time.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s got to be infuriating.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not saying there\u2019s no skill involved in playing or coaching baseball, obviously. But even the best players can train, workout, take batting practice, watch the tapes, and still find themselves going 0-for-5 on any given day. Even the best pitchers can have an amazing start, and still wind up with a loss because their offense couldn\u2019t score a run. Even the best relief pitchers can have their defense go haywire behind them and end up with a handful of unearned runs for their trouble.<\/p>\n
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What I\u2019m trying to say is that there is no one on this team who wants to be playing poorly. There is no one in the organization who enjoys seeing the team lose in embarrassing fashion, especially at home. But there\u2019s only so much control that any one player has over the outcomes.<\/p>\n
I say all this to discuss something that came up earlier this week. On Tuesday, I posted about the rumors starting to go around that the Giants might part ways with Bob Melvin after this season. Those rumors have made their way to the clubhouse, and several Giants players have spoken out in support of Melvin.<\/p>\n