I have suffered through many lean Giants years, most of the seventies, 1983-1985, 1995 and 1996, literally years where the teams were not ever in contention, but you kind of understood that going into the season.  You knew, that if everything broke right, they might be able to flirt with .500.  This was before Bonds and before the revitalization of the franchise brought by Magowan's ownership and Pac Bell Park.  It was difficult to really blame those teams for their lackluster play.  This team is harder to watch than many of those awful collections, simply because you would expect them to play much better.  This team literally does nothing well, or even to average big league levels, and it finds a way to lose, either due to a starter getting blown out, poor fielding, poor situational hitting,  a bullpen blowout, baserunning mistakes, you name it.  The worst thing is, this is a boring team to watch play because they just don't do anything well, where you can watch a team as a whole and appreciate fine defense, pitching or a slugging tema.  This team is boring.