San Francisco Giant Starters Declare Team Will Be a Contender All Year

When the San Francisco Giants came limping home from what is becoming an annual spring tail-kicking in Southern California, there could've been a considerable panic growing and spreading from China Basin.

Not only did the hometown nine get swept by a white-hot group of San Diego Padres, but they also dropped two of three to the hated Los Angeles Dodgers for a 1-5 jaunt through SoCal.

Of these five losses, three would've conspired to demoralize a lesser ball club.

There was the game decided by Manny Ramirez' eighth-inning, two-run big potato . Then came Bleacher Report - San Francisco Giants
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