Giants Fans Should Be Pleased, Especially Considering Who Manages Their Team

From Grant at McCovey Chronicles, where they have also broken down exactly what the Giants need to do to force a one-game playoff (which would be in S.F. because the Giants won the season series vs. Rockies):

This loss doesn’t sting nearly as bad as it should. This is a team with a flawed roster, managed by a guy who has found a way to make it worse. He took the rusty bicycle he was given, and decided that square tires would make for a smoother ride. There’s no way this team should sniff the playoffs with this offense and this manager. It would be a historically bad postseason team at the plate. […]

They fought hard. Kind of proud of them. But right now Bruce Bochy’s talking about Edgar Renteria’s clutchitude. That’s like watching the Secretary of Defense get excited about new trebuchets after watching Washington D.C. burn. I’ve never disliked a manager more. Search the archives for “Felipe Alou.” I’ll guess there’s, oh, twenty mentions over a couple of years. I didn’t think managers could ever make much of a difference, but I’ve never watched a manager so clueless as to what constitutes a talented hitter.