Nobody is paying much attention to this, and for good reason I grant you, but the Giants could end the suspense over which bad National League team is the worst National League team this weekend.
Plan your snacking regimen accordingly.
San Francisco beat Philadelphia last night, 5-4, to widen its stranglehold on 14th place in the National League to four full games. Further success this weekend could widen that to five or even eight games, and that would almost be enough to create an impromptu parade around the ballpark.
The Giants' future is too amorphous to consider quite yet – we know this by the absurd suggestions that they could be the next home for Giancarlo Stanton.
And you thought the Warriors-to-chase-Paul-George stories were absurd.
But we digress.
The Giants are still figuring out what a rebuild would look like, and how that rebuild would manifest itself, but until it does, there is still the Ypres-like slog of the 2017 season to endure. And this weekend right here is about all that is left.
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There is no spoiling the Dodgers' march to regular season glory. There are no postseason awards for any individual to chase. Catching the Padres for fourth seems increasingly unlikely.
Now there could be a question about whether Bruce Bochy wants to return but none about whether the Giants would do anything to him, and if you need something to chew on, Bobby Evans' longterm future as general manager might be sufficiently gristly, though we doubt it will result in anything.
There is only the raising of the "WE'RE NOT THE WORST" banner over the promenade in right field. And this looks like the weekend when it can be best be decided. Like we said, snack accordingly.
