Category Archives: Brian Murphy
Murph: This is going to be a blast, no matter which side you’re on
Kyle Terada | 2019 Apr 30 James Harden is a Brooklyn Net. God bless the NBA. All that talk about how the TV ratings cratered in the bubble, how social justice issues ruined the experience for so many ...
Jan 14, 2021
Murph: If you’re looking for normalcy in 2020, Tiger at Augusta should do the trick
Rob Schumacher | 2020 Nov 12 Can't tell you how many Jock Blogs in the last eight months have centered around the search for normalcy - in the sound of baseball on the radio, or college football on a ...
Nov 12, 2020
Murph: Would the Giants really trade Brandon Crawford to Yankees?
Kyle Terada | 2020 Sep 27The Jock Blog needs serenity. Now.Too much stress in the world, as I was just saying to Kyle Shanahan as he looked over his depth chart for the Packers game.What we need is a ...
Nov 06, 2020
Murph: We’ll never forget Kevin Cash’s decision in Game 6, but maybe that’s a good thing for baseball
Tim Heitman | 2020 Oct 27 Devoted readers of the LRJB (Lightly-Read Jock Blog, for you newcomers) could see this one coming like a Cody Bellinger two-cheeked swing for the fence: Yeah, like any red-bl...
Oct 28, 2020
Murph: I’m singing a slightly different tune after seeing the NL Designated Hitter experiment
Kyle Terada | 2020 Sep 26Avid readers of the Jock Blog will not be surprised to hear this, but I'm pleased to hear the 2021 baseball season will feature no DH in the National League, according to earl...
Oct 22, 2020
Murph: The case against the new home-run-or-bust brand of baseball
Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports Times I like the word "true": - Season 1 of "True Detective". - When the deep-voiced narrator on the old "Dragnet" told us, "the story you are about to hear is true." ...
Oct 08, 2020
Murph: Can 49ers have the season they want to have?
Danielle Parhizkaran | 2020 Sep 27Of all people, I didn't expect our Murph & Mac platinum member "Friend of the Program" (Gentleman) Jim Nantz to knock me for a loop about the 2020 49ers.Generally...
Oct 02, 2020
Murph: The ethical quandary of Pac-12, Big Ten returning to football
Kirby Lee | 2019 Dec 6 I had the blessing and the curse to be raised by a man who valued ethics. This makes many things in the modern world - and today I am speaking of the return of college football ...
Sep 17, 2020
Murph: The San Francisco Giants’ hitting improvements are not slight, they’re drastic
Kelley L Cox | 2020 Aug 23February 26, 2020 was about six lifetimes ago for most of us. Just a few tiny things have happened since then: a global pandemic, roiling racial injustice protests, a nation ...
Sep 03, 2020
Murph: The Dodgers honored their history on Wednesday night
Kyle Terada | 2020 Aug 26 Here's a sentence you may never see again in the Jock Blog: Way to go, Dodgers. That's right. I wrote it. And it took every ounce of repressing my scarred 1970s childhood - I...
Aug 27, 2020
