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Just seems to me as you wouldn't enjoy winning a World Series as much if you think luck plays into it that much. I think winning a championship is hard and teams should be praised for doing what it takes to win one. Especially when you do it as much as the Giants have. My guess is the reaction...

In 1995 when we won the World Series, was your reaction Cool but we just got lucky. Or did you feel we deserved credit for playing well and winning a championship?

It is for some players. Two examples would be Jeter and Ortiz. They have great postseason numbers. Teams like the Yankees, Cardinals, and Giants seem to do well in the playoffs when they get there. Teams like the Braves tend to struggle. I don't think that's just the roll of the dice. We simply...

I believe the playoffs is a different animal. All games are pressure packed, some players can raise their level of play and some can't. They are different than regular season games.

Then why even have the playoffs. Just crown the team with the best record the champion. You are really devaluing the playoffs when you say stuff like this. Also why is it the Braves never luck their way to a title? It's always other teams.

I just don't agree with it. Teams that have clutch hitting and great pitching win in the playoffs. Teams that win championships aren't 'lucky'. That's basically what you are inferring when you say all you have to do is "get hot at the right time"

That's what teams that don't win in the playoffs say. Giants must be really good at getting hot at the right time.

I remember in the offseason people said they weren't going to watch this team play. Seems like a lot of people are still interested. Could be a fun year with low expectations. No pressure at all on this team.

Trevor Cahill

Well you are mad about Heyward, you've said so yourself, lol

I don't think you'll be finding many that disagree that we need power in the middle of the order. You don't want a whole team full of slap hitters but you don't need a team where everyone swings for the fences either. There is a balance between the two. Not every hitter has to be a power hitter...

Honestly I wouldn't. Those guys are talented enough to hit homers without trying to. You develop bad habits by trying to yank everything. Every great hitter will tell you the homers will come without you trying to hit them, if you muscle up and try to hit a homer you can get yourself into a slump.

Am I wrong? Was the minor league system flourishing under Wren? Ever since Wren signed BJ I turned on him. I just couldn't believe he thought it was a good idea to put him on the same team as Uggla. He did some good thing in his time here but the reason we had to rebuild was because of his...

I'd argue we won in spite of Wren. It was a poorly constructed roster. Worst part about Wren is how bad our minor league system had gotten.

Also if Wren is given credit for "winning" why isn't Fredi?

I thought we were suppose to be bad at baseball and lose every game we played. What's going on?

Kimbrel was not actively shopped, the only reason he was traded was to get BJ's contract off the books. If SD wasn't willing to take on all of his salary, give us the prospects we wanted and draft pick, Kimbrel would still be here today. I don't think Hart wanted to move him. I don't think he...

Hart said yesterday they looked at all options and if they decided to try and win this year they were going to have to add 3 significant starting pitchers. They didn't feel like they were going to be able to sign Justin or Jason. Sounded like if they went for it they were going to have to spend...

Loved everything they did outside of the Markakis signing. Didn't mind bringing him in, just not liking the years. There was no reason to do that if you were going to go as far with this rebuild as they did. Maybe they didn't know this was going to be a full rebuild though (which would be a...

Oops.....that's what I get for posting at work. I just assumed we didn't have a lot of k's, I thought he was trying to look for positives to give his team confidence. Aren't you supposed to look at the box score before you talk to the press or at least have it in front of you? I stand corrected.