The 2013 Giants - Bringing Boring Back to Baseball

Joaquin Arias was 4-4 until it mattered, then he popped up meekly on the first pitch 

I know the SABR guys like to say there is no such thing as "clutch", but the Giants can sure make the case for there being such a thing as "choke". Some evidence for that in the article below.

The 2013 Giants - Bringing Boring Back to Baseball!!

The rain delay might have been the most exciting part of this game for the Giants.

from mercurynews.com
Giants Extra | A blog about the San Francisco Giants:
— 12 runners left on base
— 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position
— Hitting .203 with runners in scoring position since the All-Star break
— 11 straight games with fewer than three hits with RISP

There’s your game. There’s your second half. There’s your season.

“It’s the same thing we’ve been talking about,” manager Bruce Bochy said. “We get our hits and get them out there. We’re just going to have to have somebody hit a gapper at some time, you think. But we’re missing it.”

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