Weird thing about the Giants this year is that they are fifteen games under .500 and yet considered to be a team that is better than expected. Even mildly enjoyable, especially compared to the last few years which brought on the same sort of enjoyment as would watching three Kate Hudson romantic comedies in a row. Now how can one say that of a team featuring some dude seemingly picked up from a local corporate softball league playing at third? Well, you can if the expectations were low. Really low. Like really, really low. At the beginning of the season, most fans and experts predicted that the team would lose somewhere around 140 games and be lucky to score even a run a game. We mean, how good can a team be if Bengie Molina is your friggin' cleanup hitter? Yet despite all that, the team has had just enough good pitching and just enough offense to at least be competitive in most of their games. more ›