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Murph: The Giants’ 2019 playoff hopes appear dire, but what about 2020?
And the biggest question of all: Has Farhan Zaidi done enough in his first nine months on the job to convince you the Giants will be any good in 2020?
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Murph: A reminder to never, ever take August football too seriously
When it comes to JGP — Jimmy Garoppolo Panic — which came first: The Twitter chicken or the Twitter egg?
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Murph: For the 2019 49ers, let’s learn from last year and curb our expectations
The Jock Blog was so caught up this summer in KDD (Kevin Durant Drama) and MBB (MadBum Buzz) that we realized it’s August and there have been no entries on the local NFL squad which broadcasts its games on The Sports Leader.
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Murph: On Joe Panik and the first break of the World Series core
Meanwhile, Farhan’s decision to DFA Joe Panik today marks his first break with the World Series core, and speaks to several things, among them Donovan Solano and Scooter Gennett’s immediate future, Mauricio Dubon’s long-term future and Joe Panik’s declining recent past.
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Murph: We may have to reassess our feelings about the 2019 Giants
It started in mid-June, a little flicker when they won four straight against the Padres and Brewers. But, naw, back then the Giants were 30-38, eight games under and we were all busy enmeshed in Warriors drama, ACLs, Achilles tendons, all that.
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Murph: Three takeaways as new era begins in Golden State
Was it just back on June 13, less than a month ago, that Steph Curry launched a shot from the left wing that, had it fallen, would have extended the NBA Finals to a Game 7?
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Murph: On the two competing ‘truths’ surrounding Kevin Durant’s free agency
On this week’s episode of “To Tell the Truth”, Kevin Durant-style, we present the two competing truths.
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Murph: In defense of Madison Bumgarner, whose fire we’ll miss when it’s gone
If and when the inevitability of a Bumgarner trade happens in the next month, we will all miss — sorely — Bumgarner vs the Dodgers, and the Dodgers vs Bumgarner. There won’t be anyone left in black and orange who quite lays his emotions bare like Bumgarner.
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Murph: The Warriors went out on their shields, what more can you ask for?
Their bodies gave way, but not before they made it two wins shy of the mountaintop. Out on their shield. And that’s OK, sports fans.