The last time the Giants rolled into Cincinnati, they were high off a series win against the Dodgers in LA that ended with a 4-1 win in 11 innings. They were also just 11-18. But they had hope! The Reds quickly disabused them of that hope with an overwhelming sweep. They absolutely clobbered them. Just embarrassed the Giants.
That three-game series was early enough in 2017 that Giants fans still thought things couldn’t get much worse than losing Bumgarner. But by the end of it, Grant had a firm grasp of where it was all going:
If you came here for objective analysis, I can’t apologize enough.