SAN FRANCISCO -- "There is a script, but it's not that defined."
Those were Giants manager Bruce Bochy's words before Tuesday's game, the premiere of The Opener in San Francisco. The Giants will try this again, because any front office willing to try an opener is also one familiar with the phrase "small sample size," but the first attempt went off-script from the start.
Nick Vincent, the reliever-turned-starter, nearly got knocked out in the first. Tyler Beede, the starter-turned-reliever, wasn't much much better. The Giants lost 7-3 to the equally lowly Blue Jays.