Good morning, baseball fans!<\/p>\n
As the San Francisco Giants were losing Tuesday night\u2019s game, I predicted that the Colorado Rockies<\/a> would win their game and push the Giants back into fifth place. And they did just that.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Now, I\u2019m writing this before Wednesday\u2019s games, so things might change between now and the time this publishes (as they are wont to do). And I absolutely do hope this was just a brief stop at the bottom. But the fact remains that as of the time this is being written, the Giants are in last place in the NL West.<\/p>\n I have to admit, I didn\u2019t see this coming. I guess I\u2019d gotten so used to the Rockies just being a non-factor that I assumed fourth place was the floor. I hate being wrong.<\/p>\n Anyway, let\u2019s get the vent session going. How are we feeling about this development? Personally, it doesn\u2019t really matter if this is just a brief stop at the bottom of the division. Falling below the Rockies feels like a bridge too far.<\/p>\n My dad and I had a conversation after Tuesday\u2019s loss, and he predicted that either Tony Vitello won\u2019t last the season, or Buster Posey<\/a> won\u2019t. I pointed out the fears I shared at the time of Posey\u2019s appointment. Huge upside if it goes well. But if it doesn\u2019t\u2026how could they possibly part ways with a franchise icon that has such goodwill in the fanbase?<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Personally, I think the first to go will be Vitello. And I think I have to agree with my father, that he will not make it through the season. I don\u2019t know how much of that would be deserved vs. being a convenient scapegoat. But that\u2019s just how things have tended to go over the last few seasons.<\/p>\n How are you feeling about the Giants\u2019 falling to fifth place?<\/p>\n What time do the Giants play today?<\/p>\n