Think about the 2016 Giants for a moment. What words are coming to mind? For me, the main one is ugghhhhhhhh, but you can also throw in terms like boring and why? and spiritless. They’re playing exceptionally dull baseball and have been for more than two months; they’re utterly incapable of taking the lead in the 9th inning and have been all year; they’re absurdly likely to blow a lead in the 9th inning and have been all year. All of this leads to a dispiriting team that it’s impossible to get too attached to.