Giants season, playoff hopes unravel

It's been a week since I last posted. My last semester started but after the 2-1 extra inning loss to Milwaukee and the hell week that followed the drive to post hasn't been there.

I don't want to come off like a front-runner but the Giants haven't been good since I was in high school and the last five months were so exciting as a result.

So to have it all crash and burn so quickly is painful.

The Giants bats erupted on labor day for nine runs. I actually told people at work as I kept refreshing the box score on my iPhone that I hoped we saved some runs and that nine runs was a week's worth for us.

The G-Men who were 45-21 at home following that win - have lost four in a row at AT&T since and scored 9 runs total in those contests.

They blew close games to the Padres (4-3 and 4-2) with more pathetic situational offense and have been embarrassed at home by the rival Dodgers 10-3 and 9-1 to cement a third place finish in the NL west and their sixth straight season out of the playoffs.

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The future is bright in San Francisco but there are some guys on the roster that need to take a long look at themselves this winter and set out about getting better.

As an organization the black and orange need to set a standard of excellence.

The guys that laid the groundwork for that are gone and in their place a new group needs to pick up that legacy and it starts with the little things.

Winners make the most of opportunities and seldom waste them. Hopefully the Giants won't waste another in 2010.