Every game the Giants play over the final month of the season is against a team from their division. This means that the Giants control their own destiny. Sitting three games back the miSFits wouldn’t have it any other way. The baseball season is very long. Most teams only hope to be in contention at this point in the season as pennant races start to define themselves.

The beginning of September is going to be the key for the defending Champs. Nine of the first twelve games are at home where the Giants have a winning record. If we can draw even or within a game by the end of this stretch, the experienced Giants might be able to create enough pressure to hold off a young Dbacks team.

Conversely, the road however has not been as kind. The Giants finish off September playing 10 of 13 games on the road. Of course this is not the way the Giants would have picked the season to end but there is one bright spot to the scheduling. The last series of the season is a home set vs. the Colorado Rockies. So if everything goes as planned we will see the defending champs celebrating another NL West title. I have a feeling this is only the beginning.