When It’s Time For a Change

Ah, the blessed off-day, a time of reflection and self-contemplation.

The Giants started the season a disastrous 1-6, confirming everyone pundit and casual fan’s idea of the team. There was no offense, Barry Zito looked terrible and the old guys were dropping like flys.

But we are now faced with a three-game winning streak. Damn you Giants! All this talk of winning with pitching, defense and base running and you go out and do it three times in a row?

Deadspin noticed by putting the team at the top of the MLB Closer with the headline “Giants Win Three Straight? That’s Unpossible!“

But before we get too cocky lets remember what this season has inspired already:

• Rob Neyer(subscription only) looked at just how bad the Giants could be, projecting what turned out to be an optimistic 70 wins.
• Baseball Prospectus took Bochy to task for his handling of the lineup late in the Benjie Molina walk-off game.
• And the Onion is even mocking this team with the heartwarming story “San Francisco Giants Band Together To Score Run.”
• And the No. 1 reason not to get excited about a three-game winning streak? The 100-loss 1985 Giants had a four-game streak.