In the storied history of the Giants franchise, it’s rare that they’ve been around .500 at this point in the season. Usually, they’re either up a bunch or down a bunch, so this is one of the few times where the fans have been dragged through painful uncertainty.
By my count, there have been 7 times over the past 77 years when they’ve had a .500ish record around the 108 game mark: 1991 (54-55), 1987, 1982 (54-55 and 55-55 in both seasons), 1981 (54-53), 1975, 1960, 1952, 1948.
It was 1941, though, that we strike the “magic” number: 54-54.