Giants beaten by L.A., 3-1

I probably wasn’t the only person excited about this game and the series as a whole. After most of a season of meaningless baseball, the Giants finally had the chance for a game to mean something and play spoiler to the Dodgers.

I didn’t complain much when the Giants lost 98 games last season. I haven’t complained very much about the nearly 90 games they’ve lost this season. All I asked was that they win these specific games. That’s all I needed for this season to be a success.

Things looked promising early on. The crowd was pumped up after the pre-game ceremony for the 2018 Willie Mac Award, which went to Will Smith. I don’t know that anyone was expecting this turn of events, as many assumed…