The 2019 Giants have played in 77 games through Monday. They’ve scored in the first inning in just 12 of those games. That’s bad. Their opponents have scored in the first inning in 35 of those games, or almost half. That’s also bad.



This article isn’t going to be fun. I do my best to alternate the fun ones with the slow descents into pain … but I gotta be honest with you, you clicked on the pain today. With some help, though, I discovered a few things about the 2019 season that absolutely have to be shared. These numbers are way too impressive to ignore.



That opening paragraph details how many games in which the Giants have scored or allowed a run in the first inning, but it doesn’t detail the total number of runs scored and allowed in the first. Through Monday, the 2019 Giants have scored 19 runs in the first inning, and they’ve allowed 75 runs. Again, that’s bad. We don’t need historical comparisons to judge...