The Giants Road Struggles

The Giants road struggles have little to do with the road. The Giants are struggling on the road this year, just 2-8 entering Tuesday’s game in Chicago. So the easy excuse is to blame the ivy on the brick walls of Wrigley field for being out of bloom, or the cavernous alleyways of Petco Park. Even the Dodgers supreme dominance at Chavez Ravine has masked the real culprit, just look at what this team does at China Basin; they’re 10-4. But the real problem lies in the fact that the bats residing in the cave like tunnels underneath Wrigley are showing more life than the bats Mike Murphy’s clubhouse attendants are setting out in the visiting dugouts. This isn’t a home and road schism. The Giants have scored 84 runs this year, the fewest in the majors. Thankfully they have only given up 89, also the fewest in the game. When looking at that it’s a fairly remarkable feat that they find themselves at 12-12 on Cinco de Mayo. Who’s to blame? Well, we knew this was the ma...