Giants pull out the theatrics in Opening Day win over Reds

The San Francisco Giants dominated the Cactus League this year, leading to a chorus of voices (yours perhaps among them) reminding you on an hourly basis that Spring Training results don’t matter. In a quest for optimism ahead of the long journey that is a 162-game baseball season, you might have found yourself questioning authority, asking the immortal why when presented with said hourly reminder.

There are, unfortunately, a lot of answers to that question; answers you’ll eagerly pull out the next time the Giants finish their spring schedule five games under .500. But the largest reason might be this: many baseball games are decided in the late innings, when Spring Training games are…