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The Giants Research Paper

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The Giants have been one of the best teams in baseball for a few years now and it sure didn’t look any different this year, until the second half of the season. The Giants have made it to the postseason three times since 2010 and won the World Series each time. The Giants are somewhat a hit and miss club that is use to inconsistency. Unlike their counterpart, the Dodgers have made it to postseason since the 2013 season including this year, unfortunately, they haven’t been able to get passed the NLCS in any of those years. The Giants are in that same position this year, on the brink of victory or failure. As of today, they are in the second Wild Card spot, but expect there to be quite a bit of shake ups until the postseason starts. The Giants had the best …show more content…

Since the Giants have been able to succeed at the highest level in the postseason for the times that they have gone to the postseason in the most recent year, if they can make it into the playoffs, count on them to be a factor. The biggest problem that they are going to have to face is their last regular season series against the Dodgers. The Dodgers have risen to the occasion since the end of the first half of the season and have played almost as well as the Cubs. The Wild Card race will most likely come down to the final series of the regular season and that series with the Dodgers will determine their fate. The Dodgers will be starting two of their best pitchers in Clayton Kershaw and Rich Hill and will finish off the season with Brandon McCarthy. Fortunately, the Giants will start their best pitchers as well. In recent years these games have been decided on the mound and that won’t be any different form this series. Whosever starting pitching can show up, that team will most likely win. Having said that, the Dodgers in my opinion are playing too good and will most likely roll over the ailing Giants. Simply put, the Dodgers are a better team and have been since

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