Category Archives: Brian Murphy
Murph: On Giants, Dodgers, October and how it’s all almost too much to handle
D. Ross Cameron | 2021 Oct 3This one is tribal.This one is personal.This one is for the 'BELCH ON WELCH' crowd.The Giants and the Dodgers meeting in October -in their first official postseas...
Oct 07, 2021
Murph: Can the Giants overcome the Brandon Belt injury?
Michael Ciaglo | 2021 Sep 26This is how much Farhan Zaidi has me under his spell:I still think the Giants can go deep in October without Brandon Belt.Don't get me wrong. I'm pro-Belt. And I'...
Sep 28, 2021
Murph: Are the 2021 Giants above criticism?
Ray Acevedo | 2021 Sep 23One up. Nine to play. I think we can all agree that this 99-win season by Gabe Kapler's Giants has been astounding/historic/legendary.But . . . is it above criticism?That...
Sep 24, 2021
Murph: Sunday in Philly may be a little more stressful than we’d like
Raj Mehta | 2021 Sep 12 One week ago, the Jock Blog stole this piece of cyberspace to proclaim faith and optimism in the 2021-22 49ers.One week later, in this same slice of cyberspace: Gulp.Sorry, but...
Sep 17, 2021
Murph: Why I’m high on the 49ers
Kirby Lee | 2021 Aug 29 And now, the 49ers.After weeks and weeks of marveling, processing, trying-to-explain Gabe Kapler's outrageously successful Giants on the Jock Blog, let's just leave them on the...
Sep 10, 2021
Murph: Here come the Dodgers for the biggest series in years
Kelley L Cox | 2021 Jul 29 These are the times that try men's souls - not to mention Gabe Kapler's tightly manicured beard and superfly shoe game. Yes, everything about the Giants in September 2021 re...
Sep 02, 2021
Murph: The truly quantifiable thing defining the Giants season has nothing to do with analytics
Darren Yamashita | 2021 Aug 21Platoons, schmatoons.Analytics, schmanalytics.Launch angle, smaunch angle.Let's talk about the truly quantifiable thing defining this 2021 Giants season:Magic.Or, as my G...
Aug 26, 2021
Murph: Three up, 41 to play, can the Giants hang on?
D. Ross Cameron | 2021 Aug 18 Three up. Forty-one to play. You never would have dreamed it. I didn't. Now, can they hang on? Gabe Kapler's Giants, pegged for 75.5 wins by the sharps in Vegas, soared p...
Aug 19, 2021
Murph: Should Trey Lance start Week 1?
(Via Chris Mezzavilla)We love a good barroom sports argument here at the Jock Blog, and nothing stirs our loins more than the Greatest QB of All Time topic.You say Tom Brady.I say Joe Montana.And now,...
Aug 05, 2021
Murph: A deep dive into why, exactly, everyone is so upset about these Giants City Connect uniforms
SFGiantsToday's assignment: A deep dive into why, exactly, everyone is so upset about these Giants City Connect uniforms.There must be some Freudian reason, the reactions are so intense. Or Jungian; m...
Jul 08, 2021
