Splitsville on the Road Trip

Mark is away, so I thought I would take the opportunity to post something for a change. The Giants just took a 5 - 1 finale in Miami to give them a 5 - 5 road trip. The old maxim about playing .500 on the road applies, but yet......it seems like it could have been a bunch better, like maybe 7 - 3.

They started 2 - 3 in Cincinnati, then took 2 of 3 against the theoretically good team, Philadelphia. Philadelphia is in panic mode, firing their manager, Joe Girardi as soon as Gabe Kapler (their former manager) was out of the dugout, and within a few days of promising that they would stick with him for the season. Winding up with 4 in Miami, the Giants lost the first one and then won #2, got…