The 2026 Giants graduated from infamously bad to forgettably bad on Wednesday night. This is good news.
Their 63rd win, by way of a 461-foot moonshot from Bryce Eldridge, ensured the Giants will not lose 100 games for the second time in franchise history. While some, including the franchise shortstop, expressed indifference over losing 100, I think it matters. A lot.
Your resume sticks with you.
Make an All Star team, you’re forever an All Star. Win a World Series? Forever a champion. Take an at-bat or pitch an inning? Forever a major leaguer.
The stench of 100 losses sticks with you, especially if you’re Buster Posey and Tony Vitello. Not something they couldn’t recover from, but not something that would disappear from memory, either.
Instead the season will go down as an aberration, right alongside 2017. A pothole on the road to a better place. Hopefully it’s even closer than it appears.
Up next: Baseball and eggs. It’ll be Anthony Molina (3-1, 5.24 ERA) against Matthew Liberatore (5-14, 5.53 ERA) in the series finale at 10:15 am.