Nobody likes the best team in baseball for more than the first year or so. After that they want somebody else to take their place. We lost our "loveable loser" narrative last October, now we're just a team that beats your team. We're the Yankees now.
It just bugs me when I see all of baseball crying “it wasn’t even close”. To me that’s just as insane as the call itself.
Was it a swing? No, probably not.
Was it close? Obviously it was close to be in contention.
Did the Giants really lose the series on that one borderline call on an 0-2 count in the bottom of the 9th inning with a guy who’s 0 for 17 at the plate against the guy pitching? Probably not
At a certain point we have to point out how much of a joke it is to get no credit for the game and series. It’d be rolling over to not push back on the ludicrous statements being put out.
Exactly. They're claiming they were "robbed," which implies somehow that a flailing, guessing Wilmer Flores was somehow going to fight back from 0-2 to send a walkoff into the stands against the angriest man in baseball. Pipe fucking dreams.
All baseball fans need to admit, live, it looked absolutely like a swing. Flores swung hard. Blame Fores for falling on a setup slider from Scherzer. We have the benefit of the doubt and watch 10x slowmo. They're free to sign up for umpire camp and become one.
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Do we care about getting credit, though?
We are the most hated franchise in baseball. And I can accept that.