The Giants are the anti-ray and that's how they got their first home win of the season – The Athletic



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It's odd in many ways for the Giants to open their season at home against the Tampa Bay Rays. It's a completely random match, for one. These are different teams in different leagues, from different parts of the country. There is absolutely no connection between these teams.

Except maybe that's the goal. These teams could be more different from the other two baseball teams and we should probably study these differences.

This comparison works at any level. The Rays entered Saturday's game with one of the best baseball records; the giants have entered one of the worst.

The rays are built on the youth found; the giants are built on well-established veterans.

The Rays have one of the lowest payrolls of baseball; the giants have one of the highest.

The rays have the power; the giants have the Brandon belt.

The Rays exchanged Chris Archer a year before being forced to do so. Two young players should be …

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