5 reasons to keep watching SF Giants even though it brings us pain

After watching a game like Wednesday’s in which the SF Giants lost to the Cincinnati Reds by blowing a six-run lead in the ninth inning, one cannot help but ponder things. Why are we here? What is the point of anything? Why do I keep watching the Giants play baseball on a daily basis?

It’s a question every baseball fan must ask of themselves at some point. Why do we subject ourselves to this? Maybe we’re all just crazy, but a season like this and a loss like Wednesday’s can spark a crisis of faith for even the most fervent of fans.

That’s why it’s a good time to take a second and remind ourselves why we should keep watching this team for another month even though every instinct in our body tells us not to.

5 reasons to keep on watching a Giants team that is this bad

Masochism

We here at Around the Foghorn do not judge and for some people, pain is their favorite thing. If that’s your bag, then this season of Giants baseball is right up your alley. Sometimes the pain of a brutal loss just stings so good and odds are we are going to get some more of those the rest of the season so the masochists out there have to be loving it.

Bryce Eldridge

If you think twice about whether or not to tune into tonight’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, a team that has owned the Giants this season, just remember that Bryce Eldridge should be back in the lineup after missing a few games due to the passing of his grandfather.

He has been one of the few bright spots this season and maybe he can make us feel a bit better about this year if he hits 20 home runs. Imagine a future season with Eldridge and Rafael Devers in the middle of the order each hitting 30 or more homers. Who knows if they’d do it on a winning team, but it would be very fun to watch.

Those spunky youngsters

While Eldridge is a young star in the making, there are plenty of other young players on the roster who do not possess his physical gifts and probably have a ceiling of being a fourth or fifth outfielder or a utility bench guy, but they’re fun to watch too.

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed seeing Drew Gilbert develop into a solid player. Turner Hill has been very fun to watch so far, and I want to see what Nate Furman looks like playing everyday at second base.

Those players are all smaller guys who play hard and know every day in the big leagues is a gift so watching them go all out and try to earn a spot on next year’s club should be genuinely fun.

Mike Krukow

We only have one more month of Mike Krukow being the team’s primary color commentator before he retires. It still doesn’t feel real, but this is the primary reason a lot of Giants fans will be tuning in this last month.

In a way, that is a testament to just how beloved Krukow is and how good he is at calling a game that fans are willing to watch their favorite team puke all over themselves night after night just so they can listen to his voice.

Every Kruk-ism is going to hit different going forward. He dropped his “Aztec two-step” line in yesterday’s game which I thoroughly enjoyed as a San Diego State alum, and it's little things like that we are really going to miss more than we realize.

Street cred

In truth, there are plenty of reasons to stop watching this team, but there is something kind of cool about sticking with a team throughout a season even if they stink.

It proves you’re a true fan, or that you despise yourself, and it will give you a leg up over the kids at Oracle Park with their Josuar Gonzalez jerseys in 2032. You can scoff at them and think to yourself, “Bet they weren’t around in 2026 to see Buddy Kennedy pitch the last three innings of the season finale against the Dodgers because every other pitcher on the roster got hurt. Dang band-wagoners.”

There’s a certain pride that comes with cheering for a team even if they don’t seem to have much pride for themselves. We’ve stuck with the Giants this far, we might as well make it to the grisly end.

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