MIAMI – Measure it in days (88) or weeks (12 ½). Doesn’t matter. For the first time since they awoke on May 15, the Giants do not hold sole possession of first place in the NL West.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy is not the sort to panic. Even if he were, he wouldn’t say anything publicly to that effect. But Bochy did acknowledge the obvious in relatively unvarnished terms: losing their cushion in the NL West, as much as eight games at one point and 6 ½ at the All-Star break, is entirely their own fault.
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“We haven’t taken a series in how long?