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Giants unable to overcome umps and their own bullpen

The San Francisco Giants opened the second half of the season by visiting Coors Field on Friday night, and depending on your relationship with Giants baseball you may have viewed that as a good or a bad thing.

On the happy hand, Coors Field is where the Colorado Rockies play, and the Colorado Rockies are one of baseball’s truly elite teams when it comes to playing poorly. On the visibly despondent hand, Coors Field is where weirdness ensues in droves. The Giants playing at Coors Field is the baseball equivalent of the cliché Thanksgiving family dinner, wherein everyone leaves thinking, why can’t we just be normal?