SAN FRANCISCO — Peculiar doesn’t begin to describe the first five games of the Giants’ 2018 season, and simply noting that San Francisco is 2-3 after a 6-4 loss to the Mariners Tuesday in the team’s home opener at AT&T Park doesn’t come close to telling the whole story.
Remove the context and the Giants are a game or two back in the National League West with 157 games to play. I’d be ridiculous to panic.
But if you watched the Giants’ first five games this season, you’re probably not viewing things that way.
And I get it: The first few games of any season draw extra attention — there’s anticipation and eagerness and pomp and circumstance and Brian Wilson running in from the bullpen in full uniform to throw out the ceremonial first pitch (that last part was weird) — and that makes it easy to overreact to a less-than-ideal start.