There was a time before “3 in 5” when rooting for the Giants was all about rooting for “just good enough” most of the time with BEAT LA moments peppered in — the thing about Dodgers series, though, were that they were mostly all we had on a consistent basis. The Giants have historically been one of baseball’s most successful teams, but over the past 30 or so years, that historic level of success has never really appeared.
Being competitive? Sure. Interesting at time? Maybe. So “3 in 5” was a spurt, perhaps more of an outlier — and, if true, more of an outlier than it ought to be, given the team’s resources and the fan interest — but it didn’t take away from the one constant that’s remained: the Dodgers get no quarter.