On the Giants, Again

Well, the time has arrived again. The "wait til next year" season started on like Monday or something. Let me tell you, it blows. This was a frustrating season for the Giants. Hovering around .500 the whole year, but remaining in the races, but having a number of glaring faults all the while. I have to say, in my heavily biased opinion, the Giants have got to be the most frustrating team to be a fan of in all of baseball. Until they win a World Series, I will never forgive them for blowing it in 2002. That being said, I will always unconditionally love the Giants. But let's take a trip down memory lane, shall we?
1989 - I was 5 years old. This is the first season I can remember. And a magical season at that. Brett Butler, Robby Thompson, Will the Thrill, Keving Mitchell, Dave Dravecky, etc. We go to the World Series, and then just absolutely get destroyed by the A's.
[by the way, I know some people are opposed to fans referring to their team as "we." I'm not. I can see why some people dont like it, but for all intensive purposes here, its just easier. So deal with it]
1993 - This was where I really became a diehard. Barry Bonds was signed in the offseason in what would become arguably the best free agent signing in all of sports...ever. Seriously. We win 103 games, and don't go to the playoffs. The last day of the season the Dodgers beat the shit out of us, and the Braves won their 104th game. It was a horrible, HORRIBLE, day.
1997 - Another magical season. Remember the Brian Johnson game? We beat the Dodgers for the division title, and promptly get swept by the Marlins in the first round. Devastating.
1998 - Lose to the Cubs in a one-game playoff for the Wild Card spot.
2000 - Move into a new ballpark, which happens to be the best in the league, make the playoffs, but lose to the Mets in the first round.
2001 - Barry Bonds becomes the new home run king, but we don't make the playoffs, rendering the acheivement pretty much nothing to celebrate.
2002 - we dont talk about.
2003 - There is not 1 day during the regular season in which the Giants are not in first place. Who does that? Anyway, we meet the Marlins again in the first round. Jose Cruz Jr. drops a routine flyball. JT Snow gets thrown out at the plate, which ends the series and the season.
2004 - Eliminated from playoff contention by a Dodger-blue clad Steve Finley grand slam. Come on. That was horse shit.
2005 - We get Moises Alou, hopes are extremely high at the beginning of the year. But Barry can't recover from 3 surgeries until September, only plays 14 games, and the Giants have their first losing season since 1996. However, due to the sad state of the NL West, they were actually in contention for a bit towards the end of the season. We were kidding ourselves though.
2006 - Expectations are just as high as in 2005 except for the fact that they were high in 2005. And in a better, but similar season, we drag along, waiting for something to happen, and it never does.
So that's what happened in my life for the better part of the last 2 decades. So I'm making the argument that this is the most frustrating baseball team to be a part of. Like I said though, the opinion is heavily biased. Whenever a team loses in the playoffs, its devastating to their fans. But I don't know. The Giants have had more than their share. I think you could make a case for the Cubs, just cuz they suck so bad and havent won in such a long time. But the Giants have not won a WS in over 50 years, so they have to be near the top of that list. What pisses me off is that the Marlins have been in existence for less than 15 years, and they've won 2. And they don't even have fans. It should be noted that in 1997, and 2003, when the Giants were eliminated by the Marlins, the Marlins went on to win the whole thing. So it is pretty clear that the Giants were the second best team in the Major Leagues those years. But that's neither here nor there. I think you could make a case for the Braves as the most frustrating team. 14 division titles in a row, and just 1 WS ring to show for it. But at least they got 1. My life will seriously feel much more complete when the Giants win one. Plus I hate the Braves.