49ers Predictable Only in Their Unpredictability, and Why That’s Bad News

October 27, 2012   ·   Michael Erler   ·   Jump to comments

Chances are, if you're reading this, that you root for the San Francisco Giants, a phenomenally weird baseball club that just happens to be, depending on when you read this, two, one or no games away from its second championship in the past three seasons.
After all, what would your reaction be if you went back in a time machine and told your November 2010 self the following? 
2012 you: "Hey, how sweet is this? After 56 years the Giants finally won a World Series? Well, guess what, they're going to do it again in 2012."
2010 you: "That's not that surprising, they have a pretty good core of hitters with Cody Ross, Pat Burrell, Aubrey Huff, Freddy Sanchez, Andres Torres..." 
2012 you: "Yeah, none of those guys will be involved at all. In fact, only a couple will even be Giants, but Sanchez will be injured the whole season and won't play at all, and Huff will pretty much be the 25th man on the roster." 
2010 you: "That's crazy. So I guess pitching re...

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