The Padres have scored eight runs or more in four games at AT&T Park since the start of 2014. They're 1-3 in those games. This article is filled with fun facts like that.
When the Giants scored three runs in their final three games of the recent Diamondbacks series, it was easy to be annoyed. Perplexed. Flummoxed. Disappointed. And, sure, a little ticked off. They were not fun games to watch.
Compare a similar scenario to previous years, though. Pick your least favorite odd year, or dig something out of the post-Bonds/pre-Posey void. When the Giants would do that, when the bats would go through a futile stretch, everything was much more extreme.