Category Archives: Brian Murphy
On the purgatory of .500-ish Giants …
Photo: Ed SzczepanskiIf you listen to us in the morning - thank you, immediate family - you know we have a couple of running bits when the Giants are doing that frustrating ".500 Thing" they do.When t...
May 02, 2024
Keep ’em all, 49ers!
Matt Pendleton / USA TODAY NETWORK.This Jock Blog is being penned Friday afternoon and may have the shelf life of Trey Lance's run as QB1 in Santa Clara. A late Friday trade of Deebo Samuel could redu...
Apr 26, 2024
Just a few wee questions regarding your Warriors
Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports.Boy, the Warriors sure could have made our lives easier by not getting trucked by the Kings last Tuesday night.Had the Warriors not been trucked by the Kings, they'd be...
Apr 19, 2024
On Shohei-Gate – That Was Fast
Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports.So much for Shohei-Gate ruining the Dodgers.Not only is Japanese megastar Shohei Ohtani on a heater - 13-for-30, three home runs, four doubles and a triple in his last seve...
Apr 11, 2024
Today, John Fisher violated the social contract of sports ownership, and sealed himself as the worst of all time in the Bay
Congratulations, John Fisher. Today you announced that Sept. 26, 2024 will be the last A's baseball game in Oakland, ending a 57-year run that ran from Catfish Hunter to Vida Blue to Mitchell (The Rag...
Apr 04, 2024
Is it finally time to think about parting ways with Draymond?
PHOTO: Brad RempelI write this Jock Blog some minutes before the Warriors take on the Hornets in Charlotte Friday, and for all I know, Draymond Green will not only help lead the Warriors to victory, b...
Mar 29, 2024
The love, the hate, the Giants offseason
What a week - heck, what an off-season - for the love/hate Giants crowd.Was it Freud or John McGraw who said that love and hate are the same emotion? Man, who knew the good doc Sigmund bled orange and...
Mar 22, 2024
The Padres get Dylan Cease, as Farhan continues to hoard
Photo: Victor DecolongonDylan Cease in orange and black.Corbin Burnes in orange and black.Tyler Glasnow in orange and black.Nope. Nope. And . . . (checks notes) . . . nope.Three premier pitchers avail...
Mar 14, 2024
The Warriors love you, and they love you not
PHOTO: KELLEY L. COXThe Warriors love you.The Warriors love you not.The Warriors love you.The Warriors love you not.At this rate, we're going to be plucking petals off this maddening Warrior flower un...
Mar 11, 2024
Murph: And a Purdy Shall Lead Them
Brad Mills-USA TODAY SportsIn Brock We Trust.Amirite? The magical American sports journey to a Super Bowl championship starts Saturday evening at 5:15 pm in Santa Clara, Calif., and the 49ers are...
Jan 18, 2024
