SF Giants are letting themselves, and their fans, down with awful play

The SF Giants are a bad baseball team. They seem to keep on finding a new low as they got swept by the San Diego Padres at home, losing the last game of the series by 10 runs. It is a shame because fans have shown up for this team.

Lower attendance numbers have been a narrative in recent seasons. Fed in part by poor results and a brand of baseball many found uninspiring, the Giants decided to try and fix that by making Buster Posey the president of baseball operations.

His return coupled with a promising start to the season probably helped fuel a rise in attendance as the Giants' attendance numbers have improved this season.

SF Giants are letting their fans down with poor play

Even if there are still too many Dodgers fans at Oracle Park when the rivals clash, many fans have still shown up for the Giants this year. It is an absolute shame that they have been treated to such abysmal play as of late.

They have lost 13 of their last 14 games at home. Some games have been close, but some have been embarrassing blowouts like on Wednesday against the Padres or on Sunday when they lost 8-0 to the Washington Nationals.

It is no wonder that fans have started to boo the team. What are they left to do when the team cannot score runs and they play sloppy defense and cannot pitch? There is literally nothing to cheer for except for when a position player comes in to pitch in garbage time and ends up pitching well. It's terrible.

There will inevitably be calls for manager Bob Melvin to be on the hot seat. It seems only fair with how poorly things are going. But ultimately it comes down to the players on the field and they have just not been getting it done as of late.

It is weird to see a team go from being so fun to watch and exciting earlier in the year, playing close games and winning a lot of them in walk-off fashion, to now playing with no energy in games that have no excitement or intrigue.

The fact that more fans have shown up this year and are being treated to this display just makes matters worse. Things need to change, quickly.

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