Category Archives: Brian Murphy
Murph: With Baer’s suspension, a year of loss, change, and uncertainty plunges deeper
Neville E. Guard | 2017 Aug 5 Larry Baer has been suspended from the Giants until July 1, and a year of loss, change and uncertainty plunges deeper. Permanent departures from icons Peter Magowan and W...
Mar 26, 2019
Murph: An ode to March Madness
Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY SportsOne-and-dones have killed name recognition. The Pac-12 is a disaster. The rise of the NBA in the past few years has only served to show how limited the skill sets are.An...
Mar 20, 2019
Murph: New three-batter rule change makes baseball better
f Ed Szczepanski | 2018 Sep 30 As one of the last baseball fans in America, I support the demise of the one-out specialist in the new rule change. I'm jesting, of course. I imagine there might be two ...
Mar 15, 2019
Murph: What’s the proper response to the Warriors’ woes?
Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports Wait - I have to put on my White Sox hat before I Jock Blog. Time for some Warriors Rage. I kid, of course. Since when has a Jock Blog taken itself so seriously? But it...
Mar 07, 2019
Murph: Who are the 2019 Giants? We have no idea
Jayne Kamin-Oncea | 2019 Feb 19 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - I feel like by the time you read this Jock Blog, another rumor or seven will have broken out about Bryce Harper's future. By the time you scroll dow...
Feb 27, 2019
Murph: Bruce Bochy’s announcement brings up two relevant questions
Isaiah J. Downing | 2018 Sep 3 The emotion of the Bruce Bochy retirement announcement unleashed a torrent of memories, so many sweet, rich ones. Don Mattingly visiting the mound twice at Dodger Stadiu...
Feb 21, 2019
Murph: What to make of a quiet first two months for Farhan Zaidi
Jake Roth | 2018 Jul 12 We have a texter to the 'Murph & Mac' show who launches the same text, in perfectly-timed intervals of every two hours or so. The text reads: "Is this Farhan guy going to d...
Jan 09, 2019
Murph: 38 years later, Willie McCovey made a fan base weep again
If you listened to KNBR the day after Willie McCovey died, you heard us play an unforgettable four-minute stretch of audio from June 29, 1980. It was the day Willie McCovey made a fan base weep with j...
Nov 08, 2018
Murph: There’s something fresh and thrilling about the 2018-19 Warriors
Kyle Terada | 2018 Oct 24 Maybe it was the sight of those pristine, sweet, always-should-wear-'em 1975-era Golden State Warriors uniforms. Maybe it was Fitz shouting "Jerebko tipped it in! Jerebko tip...
Oct 26, 2018
Murph: Stop worrying about Kevin Durant leaving
Kyle Terada | 2018 Oct 16 "The ball is tipped, and there you are .... " ... Asking yourself: Is Kevin Durant leaving the Warriors????? Ohhhhhh, noooooo! And yes, I just used the opening of basketball'...
Oct 17, 2018
