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Article: Double-play woes doom Giants again

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May 16, 2004
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Questions have been asked. Numbers have been crunched. Theories have been formulated.

Still, no one seems to know why the San Francisco Giants keep hitting into double play after double play.

"Any ideas, anybody?" Giants manager Felipe Alou asked rhetorically after Saturday's 6-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at SBC Park.

Marquis Grissom was front and center in the Giants' latest double play, rolling into a game-ending 6-4-3 twin killing with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning, much to the dismay of the 41,042 fans.

Grissom hit into two double plays in Friday's 4-2 loss, and San Francisco, which has lost three straight, has hit into a major league- ...

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