San Francisco Giants

The world of sports is littered with sad stories of failure—failure that has come as a result of a myriad of issues.

With two days to go in the All-Star Game voting process, it's time to go ahead and say it—the fan vote is flawed.

The most recent vote counts have been released by NBC Sports, and I'm troubled by some of the totals. And it most noticeably has to do with certain San Francisco Giants players.

In light of how things were going for a while there, it didn't occur to me to imagine a scenario in which there would be a huge fuss over Ricky Nolasco.

But lo and behold, such a fuss is happening now.

With essentially the same roster back from the team that won it all in 2012, the San Francisco Giants entered the season expected to once again contend for a title, but they have stumbled to a 38-38 start and currently sit in fourth place in the NL West.

They were 28-22 and tied for the division lead back on May 26, but since then they've endured a 10-16 stretch, including just 3-7 in their past 10 games.

Two years in to his major league career, the San Francisco Giants are still wondering who exactly Brandon Belt is.

Is he the guy that destroys spring training and minor league pitching, showing both his ability to hit for prodigious power as well as a high batting average (spring stats: .437/.459/.901, 8 HR)?

On Friday night, the San Francisco Giants received a first-hand look at Ricky Nolasco—a pitcher who they reportedly have interest in acquiring, according to

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