It's not over for the Orange and Black

No way, not even after the horrific 1-11 stretch we've just seen. Hopefully today's 6-2 thumping of the Rockies, thanks largely to ace-like pitching by Cain and Chulk, will give the Giants some momentum on this road trip. They are only 5 games behind the Padres.

John Perricone at Only Baseball Matters makes this very point in a posting today --

The division is so bad that the Giants actually still have hope. However, the team is so bad that, even if it made the postseason, it would take a miracle to make any noise. They would be underdogs, in some cases, huge underdogs to any team they faced. But, and it's a big but, anything can happen in a seven-game series. Any team can beat any other team.
All that's left for Sabean to do is to scour the waiver wire reports in the hope that somebody makes a big mistake and leaves a decent hitter or pitcher or whatever out there for him to scoop up on the cheap..... AAA--HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

It's worth noting that Cain struck out 12 and walked one; Chulk has now rung up five 1-2-3 innings since joining the team two weeks ago (According to one poster at McCovey Chronicles today, Blownitez has managed six 1-2-3 innings all season). Should the team somehow get to the playoffs, that kind of pitching is often what wins games.