The San Francisco Giants’ Way in 2009: Competing While Rebuilding

As the 2009 San Francisco Giants' season approached, it seemed that the way to win was simple—have the much maligned offense scrap together a couple of runs and let the talented pitching staff lead the way.

The main wish coming from fans was to be competitive and maybe reach .500 after two consecutive years of 90-plus losses. With an offense that wasn’t considered to be anything special, recording that kind of record didn’t seem all too feasible.

Then the games started actually being played on the field.

There were rough patches—two sweeps on the hands of San Diego where the offense could barely muster anything of note and great pitching performances went unrewarded.

Many of us preached patience from the masses. The pla...

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