You could make a fairly strong case that the period between Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning was the worst 20-hour stretch in the history of the San Francisco Giants bullpen.
On Wednesday afternoon, the bullpen took the mound for the ninth inning holding a 9-3 lead over the Cincinnati Reds, with the first series sweep of the season standing before them. It was the 2,209th time in franchise history that they had led a game by six or more runs entering the ninth inning.
And moments later, it became the first time in franchise history that they lost such a game.
Those shenanigans were compounded on Thursday morning, when general manager…
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